Climate Conversations: Recent Episodes
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Harry Rosson delivered the latest in the Public Money, Public Good lectures, titled "An economy that puts people & planet first: What it looks like & how to get there".
In this lecture, Harry shows how we have been tricked into a destructive growth agenda, and how we can move beyond it for our and our planet's sake.
Monty Don tours the gardens of the River Rhine, wondering frequently about the impact of climate change - "Monty Don's Rhineland Gardens";
"Earth Overshoot Day" – the date when humanity has consumed everything the planet can regenerate during the entire year. In 2026, that date arrived on 30 July;
"What is climate gentrification? Why house prices are rising outside of Europe's city centres";
"Fire, flood and wishful thinking: Why we’re not ready for Victoria’s climate future".
John Lewis came from England in what seems like a lifetime ago, and his first in Australia was with the Shepparton News.
John, who quickly became a favourite with many readers of the city's newspaper, became, along with his family, an important member of the city's community, especially in the arts.
Readers loved his "left field" writing, particularly in his column, "My Word", and the obvious empathy he had for people when he wrote about the daily lives of those he reported on.
His latest column was: "Heated warnings from Europe".
"‘Never seen so many grown men cry’: The everyday Aussies who can’t afford another disaster";
"International rise in chronic idiocy".
Many things trigger migration, but a worsening climate enriches the mood among people to move, to find what they believe is a safer place.
The Guardian tells about the thousands of people who stormed into one of Spain's territories in search of a better life, driven by many things, among them a worsening climate: "At least 57 people die as tens of thousands cross to Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco";
"Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn";
"The Fossil Lobby Is Winning: 45 Climate Policy Reversals in One Year";
"‘It looked like an atomic bomb’: The Aussie pilots flying into a French firestorm";
"George and Amal Clooney flee luxury French home as wildfires rage";
"Earth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find";
"Extreme Heat Has Transformed What Summer Means Across Generations in Europe";
"Climate migration is coming. Cincinnati wants to shape its effects.";
"Why Climateflation Will Drive Food Prices More Than War";
"Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder".
Tim Flannery (pictured) was on the most recent edition of "Australia's Biggest Book Club" organised by The Australia Institute.
Long had I been concerned that Tim had said, according to my climate-denying friends, Australia's dams would never fill again.
Answering a question about that during this webinar, Tim said it was clearly misinformation and those claiming he said that should produce the evidence.
Tim Flannery, Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, author, science communicator, activist and public scientist, talks wth Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie, about the new book he has written with his daughter, Emma.
The book, "A Brief History of Climate Folly", is, according to one bookseller: "An outrageous history of dreamers and schemers who wanted to change the climate, from one of Australia's most recognised names in nature writing".
You will find a link to the actual webinar here: "In Conversation with Prof. Tim Flannery".
The name David Wallace-Wells (pictured) was on everyone's lips following the publication of "The Uninhabitable Earth" and here he is being interviewed on the Canal Street Podcast,
The title for that episode was "Climate Crisis Isn't Over".
This episode of Canal Street is from earlier this year (2026), but it is well worth listening to.
Is humanity on a trajectory toward death - does it have an unwritten suicide pact with itself?
Wars and major international sporting events contribute massively to the worsening of the world's climate, resulting in wildfires in both Canada and Europe.
"More than 200,000 people flee or lock down as wildfires sweep France and Spain";
"A Tempting Remedy for Heat-Stricken France: Be More Like Spain";
"What to Know About the Wildfires Raging in Western Europe";
"MAGA’s Response to Wildfire Smoke? Blame Canada!";
"Piketty Offers a Vision for Sharing What We Have Left, But How Do We Convince the 1%?".
Fossil fuel companies that ignore bushwalking philosophy will be targeted - "Labor threatens oil giants with emergency offshore clean-up levy";
"‘It’s dirty’: Stoush over whether burning waste for energy is renewable";
"Hot nights are stealing people’s sleep, researchers say";
"Solar generated record 25% of EU power in June with Germany, Spain and Poland leading the race";
"US Gov Report Details ‘Robust’ Ties Between Climate Crisis and Extreme Weather Events".
Sarah Perkins Kirkpatrick (pictured) is the Deputy Director, Engagement and Impact at The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University.
And she, along with the co-editor of CounterPunch and author of "Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who Are Selling Off Our Future", Joshua Frank, will be guests on Climate Conversations in September.
"Too hot, too humid: why the sustained heatwave in India and Pakistan is so dangerous";
"Coal plants would cut power costs by 2050, but with a massive price to pay";
"Vampire Planet: The El Niño From Hell";
"How About an E.V. Charge With That Fried Chicken?";
"One of the planet’s strongest heat domes will soon scorch the East Coast";
"How the Superwealthy Sidestep the Masses to Get to the World Cup".
Ketan Joshi (pictured) from Crikey warns of the power demands of Australia's proposed data centre.
"Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee Flagship Report";
"Framing the causes of hotter heatwaves";
"Hotter Seas in Britain and Europe Threaten Marine Life";
"Power companies need more homes to share control of their batteries";
"‘Super’ El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting into 2028, analysts say";
"Heatwave conditions in England and Wales to continue into next week, says Met Office".
Bill McKibben (pictured), who is recognised for his understanding of climate change, has praised Australia for its use of solar power.
McKibben was in conversation with Ezra Klein from The New York Times.
Many would know of McKibben for his efforts in establishing 350.org, and, more recently, The Third Act.
The U.S.-based 350.org presented the webinar "Fuel on Fire: Reporting El Niño and the true cost of climate change"
Among the guests was Shel Winkley, a Senior Engagement Specialist and Chief Meteorologist with "Climare Central", and Gareth Redmond-King, who is the Head of the International Programme at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit".
The Executive Director of 350.org, Anne Jellema (pictured) was the moderator.
"Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost";
Australia's Labor Party has been accused of "incrementalism" on a webinar organised by "The Australia Institute" - After the landslide: one year on from the historic 2025 election.
Visit the "Wilderness Society" and learn about the highlights from April to June 12026.
Greens Leader, Larissa Waters (pictured), wants the Federal Labor Government to rake in huge sums by properly taxing the gas industry.
"The biggest myth about EVs is dying and sales are surging";
"The world is failing to curb carbon, and we may be close to a scorched earth tipping point";
"Fragmented and incomplete: why isn’t anyone in charge of Australia’s EV charger rollout?";
"The Mad Scramble to Dim Sunlight".
Kate Aronoff says "This Is the Week for Democrats to Start Saying “Climate Change” Again";
"Heat Starts to Break in Western Europe, as Central Europe Begins to Broil";
"Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’";
"Voters Rank Billionaires, Then Corporate Landlords as Top Villains to US Society and Economy";
"Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal, as France heatwave deaths rise"
"‘Climate Change Is Here’: Wildfires Ignite Across Europe Following Deadly Heatwave";
"As Millions Endure Extreme Heat, Climate Group Tells Congress: ‘Protect People, Not Data Centers’";
"As High Heat Cancels July 4 Plans, US Must ‘Declare Our Independence From Fossil Fuels’";
"The Pacific Ocean is running a fever. Why that’s an ominous sign.".
The co-founder and executive director of "Covering Climate Now", Mark Hertsgaard, recently moderated a Press Briefing entitled "Deadly Heat, Vital Reporting".
In this press briefing, panellists discussed climate adaptation best practices, attribution and end-to-end science, and storytelling tips, equipping journalists to deliver the coverage their audiences need.
Covering Climate Now said: "As millions of Europeans swelter under record-shattering heat and North America faces similar temperatures next week, civic-minded reporting can literally save lives.
"As journalists, we’re part of the 'social infrastructure' that shapes how communities experience extreme weather. In the short term, providing accurate and timely information on the dangers and how to stay safe is imperative. The best reporting also explains the “why” behind extreme weather: global warming driven by burning fossil fuels has overheated the planet, making heatwaves hotter, longer, and more frequent."
"‘Frustrating start’ to ski season as climate change and El Nino weather pattern converge";
"Heat Wave Spreads East on Wednesday, Putting Millions More at Risk".
Barry R. Davis has written a book about something whose success is often invisible - should "The Preventioneers" be successful, there is nothing to show/see.
The author has pulled something of a magical trick, as his excellent book is about an issue for which there is no obvious evidence or visible result.
And that, of course, is the sleight of hand, for if the efforts of his subjects bring success, the disaster does not happen.
"The Preventioneers: Diseases, Disasters, and the Discoveries That Changed Our World" takes on a journey through inspiring stories of individuals who shaped prevention as a public good.
For those of us concerned about climate change, Davis explores the motivations and achievements of climate scientist James Hansen.
It's an enjoyable book, well worth reading.
The fourth seminar in the Powering the Futureseries was presented byDr. David Kearnsfrom the Global CCS Institute.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is increasingly recognised as essential to achieving net zero, particularly in hard-to-abate sectors such as cement, steel, chemicals and LNG. This seminar examined the role of CCS in Australia and the broader Asia-Pacific region, where industrial emissions, energy demand growth and existing infrastructure make carbon management especially important. The presentation outlined why most credible climate pathways include large-scale CCS deployment, and how the technology is evolving alongside broader decarbonisation efforts.
The seminar also explored recent advances in CCS policy, deployment and technology development across Australia and the region, including new projects, carbon management hubs and cross-border collaboration. Alongside this progress, it will address the major barriers still limiting deployment — including policy uncertainty, investment and infrastructure challenges, and the need for stronger market incentives. The discussion concluded with a practical assessment of what is needed to accelerate CCS deployment and strengthen Australia’s role as a regional leader in carbon management.
You'll find a "recording of the event here".
One Nation Party leader, Pauline Hanson, has just addressed the National Press Club and, in doing so, illustrated that she, her party and supporters are locked into 20th-Century thinking, seemingly unaware that this is the 21st Century, a time and place that needs a whole new approach and athletic thinking.
Here is a story from The Melbourne Age - "‘We must be monocultural’: Hanson demands end to multiculturalism, calls climate change a hoax", and another from The Guardian - "Pauline Hanson’s speech ‘shameful’ and echoed ‘rubbish’ from rightwing figures in UK and US, critics say".
"Sorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits" - Michael Man and Genevieve Gunther.
"3 Months of Trump’s Disastrous Iran War Has Cost US Consumers $60 Billion in Extra Energy Costs";
"‘Deep concerns’: Labor gas plan triggers alarm in Asia";
"Wind and Solar Overtake Gas. What It Means for Energy Strategy";
"Four EU countries push Brussels to ease carbon market pressure on industry";
"Capitalism trumps climate: Why BHP’s green ambitions turned to empty promises";
"Trump’s misfire: The electric car takeover is now unstoppable";
"The race for oil: will Jamaica be the next country to drill and what does that mean for its green pledges?".
David Spratt, the Research Director for Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration, has damned the recent Federal budget for not mentioning climate even once - "Turning a blind eye to climate risk threatens derailment".
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Four Corners program. "The BHP Files", alerted viewers to the big miners' deceptions about carbon emissions.
"Revealed: huge climate cost of harmful emissions from US immigration flights";
"For 44 years, Australia has subsidised diesel use. Is it time to stop?";
"How lethal humidity threatens to displace millions in our region";
"Capitalism trumps climate: Why BHP’s green ambitions turned to empty promises".
Greater City of Shepparton's Climate Resilience Officer, Jack Bowmaker, has encouraged city residents to attend the first-ever "GV Home Energy Expo" on Sunday, June 14.
Mr Bowmsaker, or "Jack" to most, points to an array of reasons why people should visit the expo, among them, they can learn how to set up and equip their homes, making them cheaper and more comfortable places to live.
The expo is free, and those attending will have the chance to win a portable induction hotplate when they register on the City of Greater Shepparton Facebook page.
Book author and associate professor, Fernando Racimo, discusses academia's complicity in the polycrisis, and its potential for transformation towards serving social and ecological well-being.
His book, "Science in Resistance", provides a first-person account of the Scientist Rebellion, a global movement of scientists and scholars rising in collective resistance for climate and social justice.
Racimo combines his own experiences in activism with interviews with dozens of scientist-activists around the world, as well as insights from research on activism and direct action.
Racimo, an Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the "University of Copenhagen", explores the challenges academics face when taking a stand against systems of oppression.
He focuses particularly on how academic institutions are complicit in exploitative and extractive logics, and how they could be transformed from the bottom up to become institutions that foster social and ecological well-being.
The webinar was organised by the School of Regulation and Global Governance from the Australian National University.
Natalie Kyriacou was one of several speakers at the May 9 event at the Melbourne Town Hall, "Recovering Democracy Together" where she asked the question "How will history judge us?"
"Trump Has Created a Climate Opportunity";
"The Iran War Is Crippling One of the World’s Wealthiest Nations";
"White Supremacy Is the Point of the Trump Presidency";
"Dookie calls for the ‘ugly’ truth";
"Rainfall good sign for cropping farmers";
"Farmland flooding authorised in NSW";
"Goorambat appoints lobby group over battery concerns";
"Extreme weather, floods and fires threaten to compound Victoria’s road woes".
What appeared, at the time, to be a dearth of news about the quickly unfolding climate crisis prompted me to have a crack at producing a podcast - "Climate Conversations".
That was in 2018, and only you, as the listener, can make a judgment good or bad, useful or otherwise.
I was fascinated when I discovered that the latest episode of the Reuters Institute podcast, "The Future of Journalism", was to discuss news podcasts.
Apparently unaware of the real cost of coal, both financially and environmentally, coalition leader, Angus Taylor, has hitched his party's fortunes to coal - "Coal comfort: Taylor kicks off Climate War 3.0 in shift from nuclear";
"Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions";
"How this regional town became a caravan community";
"Victoria approves the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere";
"Our fragile world is being hammered by one crisis after another. It’s about to get worse";
"The Climate Optimist".
From The Washington Post - "Why the odds keep rising for the strongest El Niño in a century":
"As David Attenborough turns 100, four experts explore his legacy, from science to storytelling";
"Climate campaigners attack Shell over ‘windfall’ profits from Iran war";
"‘Only the Beginning’: Santa Marta Summit Heralded as New Dawn in Fight to End Fossil Fuel Era";
"Australia is one of the world’s biggest gas exporters. Labor will now force companies to save some";
“My Green World".
Renewable energy, according to Christriana Figueres will give Australians and Australia everything the climate deniers argue is essential, including energy sovereignty - "This ‘energy crisis’ is fixable. We already have the answers";
"Scott was already working late on fuel supply when a call stopped him cold";
"Rudd calls to harness ‘physical terror’ of fuel shortages to push renewables";
"‘Wars, Uncertainty, and Geopolitical Upheaval’ Led to 2025 Global Military Spending Surge";
"Can This Military-Industrial Beast Ever Be Tamed?";
"ABC Shepparton "Breakfast" discusses Renewable Energy Zones";
"A New Idea to Save the Climate? Dam the Bering Strait.";
"Amazon invests in Mooroopna";
"Mokoan solar project opened".
Geelong's Mik Aidt (pictured) describes himself on Substack as a "Climate crusader with a creative soul – part journalist, part campaigner, part podcast poet and musician."
He writes and speaks about mobilising more people in service to life on Earth.
His Substack is "In service to life on Earth".
Many would know Mik Aidt through his popular radio show, "The Sustainable Hour" on community radio.
This "climate crusader" is truly eager to have people meet face-to-face, and to see that happen, he first established a Climate Cafe in Geelong.
Those attending felt the name was somewhat limiting, and so decided the group should change its name to the "Connections Cafe".
Although climate is still on the agenda, the new name has allowed the group to explore fresh and exciting topics.
The American-based "Covering Climate Now" recently staged a "press briefing" at which the speakers and hosts explored "America’s Extreme Drought and Its Climate Connection".
One of those at the event was Dr Peter Gleick, a leading scientist, innovator, and communicator on water and climate issues.
"Who’d have thought a fossil-fuel shill like Trump would be the one to spark a green revolution?";
"A prime-time hit job on renewables falls apart under basic facts";
"‘Made in China’ EVs are taking over the streets, but just how safe is your data?";
"11 Electric Cars Worth a Look With Gas Prices High";
"ANZAC Day".
Common Dreams says: "We Must Fight Fossil Fuel Oligarchs to Save Democracy";
"Energy security is now inseparable from national security. Australia has options, but they’re being neglected";
"Critically Endangered listing of Lower Murray River ecosystem and Macquarie Marshes is a wake up call";
"Overheated cows, flooded highways, and now a fuel crisis: why Australia’s food system is in big trouble";
"An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?";
"El Niño is set to take hold this summer, driving up global temperatures";
"WaterNSW criticised for ‘appalling’ decision after hundreds of turtles left to die in wetlands".
It was the co-Chief Executive Officer of The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss, who told those at a Royal Society of Victoria gathering late last year that recovery would preoccupy Australians as the world's climate system continued to worsen.
"Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll";
"‘A Sign of What’s to Come’: Super Typhoon Sinlaku Slams Into Remote US Islands in Pacific";
"‘Time for Half Measures Is Over’: Study Warns of Terrifying Atlantic Ocean Current Collapse";
"The 'crop' we're not harvesting: Why Australia's brightest source is still underused";
"Carbon Removal Industry Reels as Microsoft Retreats";
"Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025";
"Live from SEJ: The State of Climate Journalism";
"Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington";
"Some states will go from record heat to a freeze — thanks to Alaska".
John Brinnard lives in a wonderful place just west of Yandina on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, in a lush piece of forest you could never imagine burning, but after a long, dry spell, that's exactly what happened - bushfire!
Was that attributable to climate change? John, in his quiet and considered manner, didn't jump to that conclusion, but he had never seen the bush near his home so dry before or after.
John is big on people giving themselves agency through involvement with others concerned about climate issues, and so he has supported "Rising Tide" playing an active role in the group's protests at the Port of Newcastle.
He is also involved with the "Urgent Climate Action Network Sunshine Coast ".
Professor Ian Lowe lives in the small coastal town of Marcoola on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, a place he and his late partner moved to in retirement.
However, as he points out, once a scientist, always a scientist, and so he continues to devour scientific journals, engage in webinars and travel to conferences covering topics that embrace his interests.
The Professor has written many books and has been involved in ensuring others get published.
Ian has been a regular at the Woodford Folk Festival and recently was a guest on the day four edition of the podcast, "First Wine of the Day".
Although he spent some of his career in England, most of Ian's time was spent at Queensland's Griffith University.
Peter Simek leads EarthX, one of the world’s largest convenings of environmental and sustainability leaders, bringing together policymakers, investors, scientists, innovators, and advocates to accelerate pragmatic, market-driven solutions.
Recently, EarthX announced programming and additional speakers for "Earthx2026", a three-day Congress of Conferences taking place in Dallas at the Hilton Anatole on April 20–22, 2026.
Under Peter's leadership, EarthX has evolved into a global platform focused on finding common ground and advancing scalable environmental progress.
One of the speakers at "EarthX 2025" was Peter Fiekowsky from the "Foundation for Climate Restoration"'
"Saudi Arabia could be seven days away from chaos if Iran’s water war hits home";
"Sweden’s ‘old‑growth’ natural forests store 83% more carbon than managed woodlands – new study";
"US interest in electric vehicles surges as gas prices jump amid Iran war";
"Making Coal, Oil and Gas Corporations in Australia Pay Their Fair Share for the Costs of Climate Change";
"Gas giants warn against windfall gains tax as Pocock says ‘wartime profits’ should go to struggling Australians";
"Russian tanker drifts into Libyan waters amid environmental warnings";
"‘Just as Big Oil Predicted’: Fossil Fuel Industry Under Fire as Record Heat Broils Western States";
"'Do not get more powerful than this': Cyclone Narelle set to slam far north Queensland";
"Cyclone Narelle: ‘compact’, dangerous and unusually predictable";
"‘Disaster inertia’: why must NZ keep relearning the same lessons from extreme events?".
Capitalism is, for many, the root of the problem regarding climate change, and some see the solution in degrowth, and others in what's known as "green growth".
The Columbia Climate School tackled this issue through its webinar "Perspectives Dialogue, “Degrowth vs. green growth: can capitalism solve climate change?”
Those hopeful of gaining an Australian perspective on this issue, at least from the degrowth angle, will have the chance on Sunday, March 22, to join the Degrowth Festival at Curtain Square in Carlton, not far from Melbourne's CBD.
Also, those eager to learn more about what's happening in Sunday should listen to the Climate Conversations with Tonié, one of the organisers.
Darwin's successor, the late Edward O. Wilson, clearly understood humanity and the dilemmas it facedwhen he said it has "Palaeolithic emotions, medieval Institutions and God-like technology".
Read the story about the late professora nd hear the interview in a story from The New York Times: "E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92";
"Deny, delay, downplay: How governments hide climate change intelligence";
"Bundaberg residents told to evacuate as floods trigger memories of 2010 disaster";
"Israeli Strikes on Fuel Depots Send Black Clouds Over Iranian Capital";
"The Iran war has triggered a fuel price rise. What does this mean for Australian consumers?";
"The Interview: Rebecca Solnit Says the Left’s Next Hero Is Already Here";
"“A tidal wave of hostile messaging:” The billions spent each year by fossil fuel industry demonising renewables";
"War With Iran Is Turning the Energy Affordability Crisis Into a Calamity";
"‘Labor can’t have it both ways’: How the EV industry will fight any plan to wind back tax breaks";
"Sea Levels Are Already Higher Than Many Scientists Think, New Study Shows".
The war in Iran, initiated by the U.S. and Israel, may have trapped some twenty per cent of the world's fossil fuels, but sunshine is still free to shine anywhere in the world.
This webinar, organised by "Covering Climate Now", was a press briefing considering "The Iran War and the Climate Emergency".
Two websites mentioned by speakers that would help reporters covering the Iran conflict were "Forensic Architecture" and the "Conflict Observatory".
Professor David Lindenmayer from the Fenner School of Environment & Society at the Australian National University is critical of many issues impacting Australia's forest industry, arguing he has worn out many pairs of shoes trekking to Federal Parliament to plead the case for the nation's forests.
His frustration with the country's politicians, other decision-makers, and industry lobbyists, who all handled the scientific truth about our forests rather loosely, led him to write "The Forest Wars".
More than four decades of working with his team in Australia's forests, particularly in Victoria, have seen Professor Lindenmayer emerge as Australia's Pre-eminent authority on the present health of our forests and well-positioned to comment on what should happen next.
Dancing will be just one of many activities at the Victorian Degrowth Festival 2026, being held at Carlton's Curtain Square on Sunday, March 22.
Degrowth is an idea whose time has come as nearly 40 stalls, workshops and displays, along with music and dancing, will bring the City of Yarra event to life.
One of the organisers, Tonié has urged people to register their intent to attend as it's important to have a clear idea of how many people will be at Curtain Square, and people can note their planned attendance at Humanitix.
More information about Degrowth can be found at Degrowth Network Australia.
President of the Mansfield Football/Netball Club, Bo Christopher, has seen his club score ever before the season proper has begun, as it teamed with Footy for Climate to set up solar panels and a battery to capture energy from the sun on the club's facilities, reducing its power costs substantially.
Jo Printz from ABC radio, Shepparton, interviewed Bo.
"Extreme weather is transforming the world’s rivers. We need new ways to protect them";
"Who's driving up our power bills?";
"Marge, the rains were here";
"The Great Olympic lie: untold story of Winter Games’ huge environmental impact";
"‘Don’t leave late’ is the best advice for fires or floods. These terrifying videos show why";
"Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis";
"New U.S. Rule Aims to Speed Up Mining of the Seafloor";
"How to get mass adoption of EVs in city areas? It’s not just about public chargers";
"Pumped hydro is vital to the future grid. So why does gas exploration get all the tax benefits?";
"Victoria’s mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?".
Melbourne Age letter writer questions court finding on Santos.
"There’s a New Forecast for Peak Oil Demand. It’s Increasingly Cloudy.";
"‘Ball bearings in the snow’: The role of climate change in deadly avalanches";
"US Youth, Climate Coalition Sue to Stop Trump EPA ‘From Torching Our Kids’ Future’";
"Missing Profits May Be a Problem for the Green Transition";
"Have China's carbon emissions peaked?";
"From fossil fuelled tanks to wildfires: How Russia’s war on Ukraine is destroying the planet";
"Ocean Warming Drives ‘Deeply Concerning Loss of Marine Life,’ Study Shows";
"Prehistoric creatures flocked to different latitudes to survive climate change – the same is taking place today";
"Released emails reveal heavy political lobbying as massive gas project extended";
"Mass extinction: our fossil study reveals which types of species are most at risk from climate change";
"Severe flooding – in central Australia? How a vast humid air mass could soak the desert";
"Climate change is drying out the ‘forgotten rivers’ that keep the Murray-Darling alive. We need a new plan".
Sarah Newman (pictured) is the founder and director of the "Climate Mental Health Network" and was the MC for the webinar, "Thriving in an Age of Disasters: Building Emotional Resilience & Taking Climate Action".
One of the speakers was Elizabeth Bagley, the Managing Director of "Project Drawdown".
She encouraged those at the webinar to check out the "Drawdown Explorer".
Climate change and mental health are increasingly appearing in the same sentence, and this webinar helps people develop some perspective on what is an inherently challenging question.
David Brian (pictured) is the president of the Victorian Hemp Association, which has a field day at Northern Victoria's Nanneella on Sunday, February 22.
David is passionate about educating people, particularly farmers, about hemp.
He regularly attends exhibitions, conferences, field days and festivals to educate people about hempcrete and its benefits.
He also works with farmers in Victoria and southern New South Wales who are interested in growing hemp, and they will have a chance to learn more on Sunday, February 22, at Nanneella, during a field day.
David's company, "Southern Hemp", will be at the "Seymour Alternative Farming Field Day" in April this year.
The Director of Strategy and Campaigns at polling firm Redbridge, Kosmos Samaras (pictured), explains the ever-unfolding intricacies of elections, emphasising the importance of climate change.
This educational and revealing webinar - "Why We Shouldn’t Be Held Hostage to the Past: Unlocking the Consensus on Pricing Pollution" - was organised by The Superpower Institute.
In this third webinar in TSI’s series supporting The Case for Pricing Pollution, Kos Samaras, Director and co-founder of Redbridge Group, unpacks new national polling on public attitudes to pollution, fairness, and Australia’s gas resources - and what those views mean for the prospects of reform.
Redbridge Group recently conducted national quantitative and qualitative research into Australian voter sentiment on pollution, economic fairness, and fossil fuel taxation, exploring how people think about these issues in the context of cost-of-living pressures and broader concerns about economic fairness.
The findings cut through long-held and outdated assumptions about carbon pricing and shed light on:
- where public support is strongest,
- what issues policymakers need to manage, and
- where the real political obstacles to adoption lie.
This conversation focuses squarely on political shifts, and how proposals such as a Polluter Pays Levy and a Fair Share Levy are likely to land with voters.
Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirpatrick and Professor Mark Howden (pictured) were at the Australian National University's Climate Update 2026.
Professor Perkins-Kirkpatrick was the keynote speaker.
The event, which had the subtitle "Adaptation from soil to stars", helped people understand why, in 2025, Australia experienced simultaneous flooding in the north and drought in the south.
Promoting the event, the university said: "As we travel further from the historical bounds of the Earth’s natural systems, climate-fueled disasters are increasingly the new normal.
"While still carrying the load of mitigation, Australia must now also plan for a changed climate. Our future policy direction is already being laid down, with the release of the first National Climate Risk Assessment and National Adaptation Plan last year".
Adam Bandt (pictured) is the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Conservation Foundation and just this week was a "guest" on a webinar organised by the foundation's community organiser, Dan Scaysbrook.
Bandt has been the leader of the Australian Greens party, but lost his Melbourne seat in the 2025 Federal Election.
His new role at the foundation as CEO sees him taking over from Kelly O'Shannasy, who had fulfilled that role for more than a decade.
This statement appeared last year on the ACF website:
Following more than a decade of outstanding service at the helm of Australia’s national environment organisation, trailblazing leader Kelly O’Shanassy has announced she will step down as CEO of the Australian Conservation Foundation at the end of 2025.
“It’s been an honour to lead this powerhouse organisation and serve Australians who love nature and want climate action. It’s a hard decision to step away — but unlike solar and wind, CEO energy is not renewable, and it’s time for a break.
“I leave knowing we have created so much impact for nature and people. Together we’ve protected ancient forests from bulldozers,saved world heritage reefs and wetlands from being dredged, stopped toxic waste dumps and helped return a million hectares of Country to Traditional Owners.
“We’ve shaped new laws to cut climate pollution and boost renewables and made climate action a resounding feature of Australian politics and business.”
ACF President Ros Harvey said Ms O’Shanassy leaves a lasting legacy at ACF and should be proud of her role in making a stronger, more powerful and more inclusive organisation.
“Kelly has cultivated a welcoming and empowering culture within ACF and the broader environmental movement and has always led with great vision, compassion and integrity.
“Under Kelly’s stewardship, ACF created more than 40 ACF community groups across the country and attracted more than half a million new supporters, from cities, farms, the bush, the beach and mining communities,” she said.
As the second woman to lead the Australian Conservation Foundation, Ms O’Shanassy helped shatter the glass ceiling within the environment movement and has been deeply committed to making the organisation more inclusive and equitable for everyone.
“Great organisations are not just about their CEO, they are about every person being the best they can be – our staff, our community and the other NGOs we get to work with every day,” Ms O’Shanassy said.
“We have vast challenges still before us. 2030 is fast approaching, Australia’s emissions trajectory is a long way from 1.5° aligned, and the gas industry is still pushing to expand.
“Australia’s threatened species list is growing. Stronger nature protection laws remain the big unfinished business and winning them will be ACF’s focus in the crucial first 12 months of the new parliament.”
“There is so much more to do, and we need big, bold action more than ever,” she said.
The Washington Post was once one of America's most influential newspapers, and in some ways it still is, but Amazon owner, Jeff Bezos, who bought the paper and had the wealth to sustain it, now appears to be shredding it.
Layoffs at this once great newspaper were nowhere near inevitable. But Jeff Bezos was never committed to the paper’s best traditions - "The Washington Post Is in Free Fall—and There’s One Person to Blame";
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"Authoritarianism is undermining climate action – and time is running out";
"Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges";
"Mass layoffs fuel fears of ‘death spiral’ at Washington Post";
"The Otways brace for another gas fight";
"Why Scientists Are Rethinking 60 Years of Arctic Snow Data";
"Milan protesters rally against environmentally and economically 'unsustainable' Winter Olympics";
"'Easy and cheaper': Why a growing number of Australians are adopting this niche lifestyle";
"The case for banning fossil fuel donations ".
I missed the chance to talk with Australian historian Manning Clark, and death again intruded, unexpectedly, to rob me of the chance to meet and talk with Emma Johnston (pictured) - "Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity";
"Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump";
"I used to have a great travel tip for Europe. It doesn’t work anymore";
"In the Trump era of America first, scientists fear for the future of Antarctica";
"More than $9 billion in renewable energy projects fast-tracked in two years";
"Scientists Warn ‘Garbage’ Models Underestimate Risk of Economic Collapse From Climate Crisis";
"Abbott, Boyce and Trump – three ways to deny a warming world";
"Making polluters pay could fix Australia’s climate problem – and its budget";
"Chance of El Niño forming in Pacific Ocean may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027".
Greg Mullins (pictured), who has fought and experienced fires around the world, was one of two guests on a webinar organised by Australia's "Climate Council", which discussed how fires that devastated huge parts of America's Los Angeles could easily erupt in Australia.
Mullins is the former Chief Fire Officer and CEO (Commissioner) for New South Wales, and he is a member of "Emergency Leaders for Climate Action".
Australian astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg (pictured), is the 2026 Australian of the Year and reminds us that all life on Earth depends on a thin blue envelope surrounding the planet.
"Victoria to reach 49 degrees as communities brace for week-long heatwave";
"For the first time, renewable energy is supplying most of our power";
"This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers";
"Corporate Polluters Running Rampant Under Trump as EPA Enforcement ‘Dying a Quick Death’";
"Bushfire smoke triggers health alert, heat records could tumble as Mallee braces for 49-degree blast".
Brisbane family, Jon and Emelie Watson, and their two children (pictured) are "Living More With Less" in the Queensland capital city, creating a life free of the W.E.I.R.D.; way of living that most wealthy westerners seem addicted to.
Jon and Emily don't insist that others follow their example; rather, they hope to illustrate how living with less brings joy and happiness, a state that eludes most.
W.E.I.R.D - "Western, Educated, industrialised, Rich, Democratised.
The 1970 music of Edwin Starr (pictured) sent a shiver around the world, and his song "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing" is as relevant today as it was 55 years ago.
Check out the impressive presentation my Canadian PM Mark Carney delivered recently at the Davos World Economic Forum.
Carolyn Ingvarson, pictured at her rooftop-panelled Melbourne home, says the current lack of recycling is a big barrier to many people installing panels - "The dirty secret in Australia’s love affair with rooftop solar";
"Water wars ahead now Australia’s longest river officially critically endangered";
"Country Breakfast";
"Cleeland says government needs to truly understand scale of devastation";
"Longwood fire remains out of control";
"Generosity shines through";
"‘Garden of Eden’: the Spanish farm growing citrus you’ve never heard of";
"UK urged to ratify high seas treaty to avoid being shut out of Ocean Cop summit";
"Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis";
"Global warning: Trump’s war on the planet heats up";
"Fires destroy 500 structures, premier heckled over CFA funding";
"‘Like something from Apocalypse Now’: Catastrophic bushfires tipped to become the new normal";
"Why Wye River copped a rain bomb that washed away cars";
"‘It was a few seconds’: Warning system under scrutiny after flash floods";
"As Victoria’s Great Ocean Road flash floods show, we need to get better at taking warnings seriously";
"2025 was Earth’s 3rd-warmest year on record";
"Allan announces review into bushfire season";
"Facing ‘a new enemy".
Phillip Ruddock (pictured) was Australia's Attorney General in 2005, and along with his parliamentary counterparts was well aware of the perils of climate change - "Cabinet Papers 2005: From The Archives";
"Previously secret cabinet documents reveal Howard government tried to mitigate 'homegrown' terrorist threat";
"Socialism Should Give Us Hope for Tomorrow";
"Heat, drought and fire: how extreme weather pushed nature to its limits in 2025";
"A gas betrayal. King plan favours foreign buyers, gas cartel over mums and dads";
"How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?";
"Oregon faced a huge obstacle in adding green energy. Here’s what changed this year";
"How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’ ";
"Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025";
"Queensland to continue to allow farmers to shoot flying foxes after revoking ban on controversial practice";
"Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience";
"‘Choose people and planet over pain’: UN chief highlights climate impact of war in New Year’s call";
"Why you should consider a ‘flight diet’ in 2026";
"The great climate vibe shift of 2025";
"150 Years of Change: How Old Photos, Recaptured, Reveal a Shifting Climate".
Tijana Jovanovic from Queensland's School of Social Impact interviews freelance journalist and author, Bridget Shirvell, about her book "Parenting in a Climate Crisis: A Handbook for Turning Fear into Action".
Shirvell, an Environmental journalist and parent, has created a handbook for parents to help them navigate these questions and more, weaving together expert advice from climate scientists, environmental activists, child psychologists, and parents across the country.
She helps parents answer tough questions (how did we get here?) and raise kids who feel connected to and responsible for the natural world, feel motivated to make ecologically sound choices, and feel empowered to meet the challenges of the climate crisis—and to ultimately fight for change.
Learn more abourt Bridget from her website: "Bridget Shirvell".
David Spratt's "Climate hot takes for 2025";
"Greenpeace’s Fight With Pipeline Giant Exposes a Legal Loophole";
"When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline";
"Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center";
"‘The biggest transformation in a century’: how California remade itself as a clean energy powerhouse";
"Green light for first apartment block in ‘great design’ high-density push";
"‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis";
"This Simple Chemistry Fix Could Revolutionize Flow Batteries";
"‘The anxiety never disappears’: Monmouth businesses recover from severe flooding".
The Shepparton News has one view about how to best care for the Goulburn River (pictured) - "Government actions wreak havoc" - and the Goulburn Valley Environment Group has another - "Environment group critiques News".
"Interstate refugees: Why more Aussies are moving south";
"Trump threatens world-leading forecasting and climate research centre";
"Australia’s roads are full of giant cars, and everyone pays the price. What can be done?";
"The secret to a cooler home could already be sitting in your living room";
"Our podcast: Trust, politics and AI. What people think about climate news";
"Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?";
"How Did a City of 10 Million People Nearly Run Out of Water?";
"The Earth Transformed: An Untold History".
Cascadia Times Editor, Paul Koberstein, teamed with Jessica Applegate to write the wonderful book, "Canopy of Titans: The Life and Times of the Great North American Temperate Rainforest".
The pair had written an article for the Cascadia Times, but realised that what they had was more than a newspaper article; rather, the adventure of researching the great North American temperate rain forests became Canopy of Titans.
There has been much talk, and much money has been spent on creating artificial carbon capture and storage; however, the world already has a natural storage facility in its great forests, a fact emphasised by Paul and Jessica.
You can also find the Canopy of Titans here: https://tinyurl.com/y664n7as
The council of the City of Greater Shepparton has extended its approval for the staging of the Spring Car Nationals at the city's showground, in breach of its covenant with the 2020 climate emergency declaration.
That apparently simple act of endorsing the continued use of the city's showgrounds for what is a "climate offensive" event effectively amounts to the hidden approval of the business-as-usual paradigm.
Here is a Shepparton News article about that issue: "Petrol before planet";
"Environment water rejected";
"Report indicates basin shortfall";
"Biodegradable plastics that actually break down might finally be here";
"Is My Morning Coffee Climate Friendly?";
"Private companies have raised millions to block the sun. What could go wrong?";
"How Sick Is the Planet Johan Rockström’s Planetary Health Check 2025 - COP30";
"Government actions wreak havoc";
"Rising Tide, rising backlog. Coal protests too big for Zero Tolerance, police & courts".
The Australia Institute's joint CEO, Richard Denniss, (pictured) was one of a trio of guest speakers several weeks ago at an event organised by The Royal Society of Victoria, warning of the emerging problems of recovery from weather-related disasters arising from climate change.
‘"Just heartbreak’: At least a dozen homes lost in bushfires near Sydney";
"‘Crippling prices’: Manufacturers demand gas reservation";
"The $265 million commute: How urban sprawl is costing Melbourne";
"What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?".
Simultaneous storms devastate Asia (picture): "Death toll surpasses 1200 after simultaneous storms devastate Asia";
"In 1939, a Royal Commission found burning forests leads to more bushfires. But this cycle of destruction can be stopped";
"The Cost of Climate"
"The surprising technology that could be key to saving the Great Barrier Reef";
"Environment Bill passes Senate as Greens cut deal with Labor";
"Are UN climate summits a waste of time? No, but they are in dire need of reform";
"Reflections from COP30";
"Climate “Realism” Is the New Climate Denial";
"Solutions for Climate Australia is a national initiative calling on all federal political parties to slash climate pollution this decade";
"56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly";
" A/Prof Hans Baerm Honorary School of Social and Political Sciences".
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) airs grid controversies on the 7:30 Report: "The fight between farmers and the Victorian government is spilling onto the paddock";
"Australia’s sales of big cars are out of control";
"Helping producers navigate sustainability opportunities";
"Blackout risk: Grid ‘not ready’ for coal plant closures, solar surge";
"‘The New Price of Eggs.’ The Political Shocks of Data Centers and Electric Bills";
"Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War";
"Who are the Australians trying to shut down the world’s biggest coal port?";
"Australia could miss clean energy target as solar and wind investment slumps, investors warn";
"Petrol Vehicles Are 5-20 Times More Likely to Catch Fire than EVs: Peak Body".
Canada's Prime Minister, Mark Carney, signed a sweeping agreement on Thursday laying the groundwork for a new oil pipeline to expand Alberta’s oil sands, exempting the province’s energy industry from several environmental laws.
Carney is pictured here with Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith.
"Canada Lifts Climate Laws for Alberta Oil Sands, Planning Pipeline";
"More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate";
"Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown";
"Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In?";
"The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That. ";
"Renewable energy zone win";
"Preparing for a hotter, drier basin";
"Funding for sustainable water solutions";
"Water planning over morning tea".
Ben Pederick (pictured recording an interview post The Adaptation Game - TAG) is a big man with a big smile, a big heart and some equally big ideas about how we step up to the challenges we confront arising from the seriously different weather events being brought to us courtesy of a worsening climate.
The City of Greater Shepparton has bought several sets of The Adaptation Game, and locals have been trained as facilitators to oversee and orchestrate the games, which will be available through local libraries.
You can learn more about TAG by watching: "The Adaptation Game: a Community Climate Resilience Drill built on Stories"
Australia's Climate and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen (pictured), is attending climate talks in Belem, Brazil, at COP30. However, the talks have gone a little awry for Australia, as it has ceded COP31 to Turkey.
"Australia can win big international bids when it wants. This was an omnishambles";
"Anger, questions over Albanese’s call to concede COP to Turkey";
"‘Avoidable failures’: Government defies watchdog on compensation for flood victims";
"The Accidental Activist, Madeleine Serle";
"Australia beaten by the Turks. Don’t mention the war";
"Victoria’s EV battle: Should non-drivers pay for roadside chargers?";
"World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds".
California Governor Gavin Newsom (picture) steals the spotlight at COP30 in Brasil - "Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip";
"This widely used chart makes the clean energy switch seem much harder than it actually is";
"Indigenous People, Long Sidelined at Climate Talks, Take the Stage in Brazil";
"‘I didn’t agree to that’: The proposal that triggered uproar in the Coalition party room";
"A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics";
"Earth Nowhere Near Where It Needs to Be to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change";
"COP30 Forges Ahead as World’s Biggest Emitter, the United States, Stays Absent";
"How Monash Uni took a $43m moral stand and gave Building 94 its name back";
"The comforting but dangerous fantasy of ‘normal’ climatic and political aberrations".
Liberal Party leader, Sussan Ley (pictured), is at the centre of discussions that mean little to what it is that Australians need to hear about addressing climate change.
"These numbers say net zero is doomed – and so is Sussan Ley";
"Where the sky keeps bursting";
"Greenwashing in the Evergreen State";
"Ley’s job on the line as Liberals reject net zero";
"Birrell advocates for coal, gas, and eventually nuclear";
"The Liberal party’s betrayal of younger voters on net zero isn’t just a moral failure – it’s electoral stupidity";
"The spectacular nonsense of the Coalition’s internal brawl over the 2050 net zero emissions target".
Marian Wilkinson has sliced through the fossil fuel companies, particularly Woodside, and our politicians, in her latest Quarterly Essay," Woodside vs The Planet: how a company captured a country".
The Australian investigative journalist is interviewed here by the co-convenor from Climate 200, Kate Hook.
It's long — more than an hour — but well worth your time.
Victorian Trades Hall Council assistant secretary, Danae Bosler (pictured), told those at the Saturday, November 8, launch of the Climate Safety Plan, that it was the workers who bore the brunt of the world's changing climate.
She argued that they knew best what the problems were and how they should be confronted and resolved.
Nurse practitioner and union member, Sigrid Pitkin, explained to those at the Millennium Building launch at Seddon, in Melbourne's west, how a thunderstorm asthma event impacted Melbourne's health services.
Sigrid predicted that a warming climate would bring more similar and even worse events.
The Climate Safety Plan will propose policies spanning eight key areas: built environment; health; insurance; emergency management; community resilience; food and agriculture; workers' rights; and income support.
Speakers at the launch included:
- Kate Thwaites MP, Special Envoy for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience.
- Madeleine Serle, Maribyrnong Community Recovery Association.
- Danae Bosler, Assistant Secretary, Victorian Trades Hall Council
- Sigrid Pitkin, Nurse Practioner and union member
- Angela Ashleigh-Chiew, Environment Victoria.
- Shweta Dakin, GenWest and;
- Emma Bacon, Sweltering Cities.
The new book, "Human Nature" by climate scientist Kate Marvel is, in a sense, a whole new genre, for in it Marvel explores the feelings of a climate scientist, and from it we learn that they are just like us with emotions ranging across the entire arc of human feelings.
Marvel talks about her new book with Columbia University's Andre Revkin, who is one of America’s most honoured and experienced environmental journalists and the founding director of the new Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute.
At Columbia, he is building programs, courses, tools and collaborations bridging communication gaps between science and society to cut climate risk and boost social and environmental resilience.
Kate can also be found on TEDx talking about "Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?".
Her book, to give it the full title is "Human Nature: nine ways to feel about our changing planet".
Melbourne's recent All Energy Conference was fascinating for many reasons, but left me flummoxed, as it was, at its essence, about limiting climate change, even though it seemed to be about growth. The exhibits were impressive, almost like social events with free coffee, lots of meetings, and the exchange of ideas (pictured).
"The $4.1 million question: How did the BOM get its new website so wrong?";
"‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green";
"Backbench heat over Labor plans to ‘gut’ environment safeguards";
"People trust podcasts more than social media. But is the trust warranted?";
"‘We’re not going to streak ahead’: Nationals officially dump net zero climate target";
"Hastie rebukes Liberals ‘living in Howard era’ as opposition weighs net zero rebrand";
"View from The Hill: Nationals dump net zero – say Australia shouldn’t cut emissions faster than comparable countries";
"Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’";
"Money to Help Nations Cope With Climate Disasters Is Declining, U.N. Says";
"Deadly rivers in the sky".
Robin Bell (pictured), a Marie Tharp Lamont Research Professor with the Marine and Polar Geophysics department at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, was one of three speakers at a webinar organised by The Columbia Climate School and chaired by the Professor and Senior Vice Dean, Columbia Climate School; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, Jeffrey Shaman.
Experts from the Columbia Climate School and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory gathered for a candid conversation about what real climate responsibility looked like at the personal, local, and systemic levels.
The panellists discussed the connection between individual actions and large-scale societal efforts, all within the context of the planet’s rapidly changing climate and the evolution of climate awareness and action. They explored the steps we could each take to expand our impact.
Geelong's Mik Aidt (pictured) has found a new connection through the Geelong Connection Cafe that meets for the first time this Friday at 3:00 pm.
Mik, who has been deeply involved with climate activities in the city for about 15 years, mainly through "The Sustainable Hour", has worked with others from the city's former Climate Cafe to create this new body to reinvigorate connections in the southern Victorian city.
Directly from the Geelong Connection Cafe website page, we hear:
"At our September gathering, a small group of locals in Geelong made an important decision: our long-running Climate Café will now be known as the Geelong Connection Café.
Why the change? Because words matter. While climate is central to our concerns, the word often carries a weight of crisis and disagreements. We wanted a name that points to what helps us move forward: togetherness, resilience, and the energy of being connected.
Mel, who suggested the word, summed it up beautifully:
“I think ‘connection’ is a good word because we have a global loneliness problem at the same time as having a climate crisis, and I think the thing that will move us through the climate crisis and make us more resilient is connection – the only thing that will actually get us through. If we are prepared to connect before that happens, then it means that we’re more likely to do better in the future. It also puts a more positive tint on things, because climate can feel a bit doom and gloom, but everyone wants connection – it’s intrinsic to us.”
Anthony added that the word opens up many directions at once:
“There are so many things we can connect with – connect with each other, talk about what’s important in life, connect with nature, connect with other people. That same connection can apply to all of those things. And that’s actually what’s missing in society as a whole.”
For Adam, co-founder of the Geelong Climate Café, the new name also ties back to the history of The House, where our monthly café is hosted:
“For the founding members of The House, it was actually that lack of community that drove us to put together The House. So it definitely fits with the theme of this place as well.”
The move also reflects a broader shift. Around the world, people are experimenting with new language for community gatherings on climate and sustainability. Joseph Gelfer, who talks about replacing “climate” with concepts rooted in service to life, points out that words shape our expectations and our energy. By naming our café around connection, we are choosing to emphasise possibility, relationship, and resilience, rather than crisis alone.
What to expect at the Connection Café
The Geelong Connection Café will continue to meet monthly at The House. It will remain an open, informal space for:
• Conversations about how we live well in times of change
• Sharing personal experiences and practical ideas
• Building supportive networks in Geelong and beyond
• Exploring ways to strengthen community resilience and connection
Most of all, it will be a place to practise what the name promises: connection.
A Treaty with Victoria's indigenous people brings benefits to all, and our environment.
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"Extreme weather costs Australia more than any other rich country, bar one";
"Gondwana Link - connecting people, connecting nature";
"Man arrested, accused of starting deadly Palisades Fire in California";
"‘Vanish in a puff of smoke’: Monash plans to close climate crisis institute";
"Extreme weather now costs Australians $4.5b a year. Better insurance options and loans would help us adapt".
Richard Denniss (pictured) was one of a trio of speakers at an event at Melbourne's Royal Society of Victoria to consider: "What is Australia Risking? Future Impacts of Climate Change".
The event was convened by Climate Communications Australia and hosted by The Royal Society of Victoria, and offered a unique chance to discuss the report with Risk Assessment experts.
The event focused on how climate change would affect Australia, and the scenarios for the 'cascading, compounding and concurrent disasters' that are emerging across the country.
The social and developmental implications of these impacts for future generations were discussed, along with what policies were needed to adapt to and mitigate the risks.
The speakers were:
Dr Andrew Watkins is a climate scientist in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment at Monash University. He was previously at the Australian Climate Service, where he was a Lead Author of the National Climate Risk Assessment. For more than 10 years, he was the Head of Climate Prediction at the Bureau of Meteorology. Andrew is a Research Fellow at Climate Communications Australia.
Dr Richard Denniss is the Executive Director of The Australia Institute and is a prominent Australian economist, author and public policy commentator, and has spent the last twenty years moving between policy-focused roles in academia, federal politics and think-tanks.
He was also a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Newcastle and former Associate Professor in the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU. He is a regular contributor to The Monthly and the author of several books,a including Econobabble, Curing Affluenza and Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next?
Professor Lucas Walsh is the director of the Monash Centre for Youth Policy & Education Practice (CYPEP) within the Faculty of Education at Monash University and was a member of the National Climate Risk Assessment Expert Advisory Committee.
Bill McKibben (pictured), a climate activist, author, and occasional newspaper columnist, has encouraged people to be less individualistic and join groups.
He was among those on a panel organised by The New York Times as a part of its annual "Climate Forward" conference assembled to discuss "The future of climate activism in the Trump era"
Mik Aidt has a special guest on his "The Climate Revolution" show - British sustainability strategist Joseph Gelfer calls time on weak incrementalism. He argues that the urgency of planetary collapse, combined with rising public frustration and disillusionment, will soon push even moderate citizens to demand bold, transformative change.
When that moment comes, we must be ready. A peaceful political revolution for a pollution-free society is possible – but only if we dare to think big and act boldly on a planetary scale.
And from The Guardian we read "Wildfires tore through central Chile last year, killing 133 people. In California, 18,000 buildings were destroyed in 2018 causing US$16bn (A$24bn, £12bn) in damage. Portugal, Greece, Algeria and Australia have all felt the grief and the economic pain in recent years.
The story is: "Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable".
Chris Bowen (pictured) is Australia's Climate Change and Energy Minister, who says it is the toughest job he has ever had.
Mr Bowen, also the Federal Member for McMahon, was a guest on a recent webinar organised by Australia's Climate Council.
He was interviewed by the CEO of the Climate Council, Amanda McKenzie.
And from The Melbourne Age we have the story: "COP out? Prospect of climate summit spanning Australia and Turkey raises carbon emissions question".
Rebecca Huntley (pictured), Australia's pre-eminent social researcher, watched Sydney's 2019 School Strike for Climate students marching in the city's streets and, mesmerised by what these young people were doing, she wrote a book - "How to Talk about Climate Change in a Way That Makes a Difference".
But the drive those students ignited didn't end there, for working with her company, "86 Degrees East", and with the support of "Boundless Earth," she created "The Clean Energy Solutions Index".
The Clean Energy Solutions Index is a unique research tool that measures deep support for 11 clean energy technologies across Australia.
During the interview, Rebecca mentioned "Climate Compass".
Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese (pictured), was among the guests interviewed during the "Climate Forward Conference" organised by The New York Times.
Also among those interviewed was Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest, the boss of Fortescue.
The New York Times hosted the Climate Forward Conference on Sept. 24, bringing together political leaders, activists, policymakers and business executives.
Andrew Forrest, the executive chairman of Fortescue and one of the richest people on the planet, has a bold, perhaps unlikely vision to shift his gigantic mining company to net zero emissions by 2030.
Mr Forrest pushed back against Mr Trump’s claims that climate change is a “con job” and challenged Mr Trump to “come and see what’s happening to my land.”
Prime MinisterAlbanese discussed Australia's challenge in reducing emissions. Australia remains reliant on fossil fuels, including coal, which generates nearly half of its electricity.
But Albanese has been outspoken in calling for Australia to be a global leader in lowering emissions and embracing renewables.
David Spratt (pictured) was the keynote speaker at the webinar "Cooling or Collapse", sharing the microphone with activist and author Jane Morton.
David is the lead researcher with The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough). This independent think tank develops critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy making.
Also, in this episode, you will hear how a councillor from the City of Greater Shepparton wants officers to report on progress made on a 2020 decision to set a target of zero carbon emissions by 2030.
Cr Rod Schubert gained unanimous support in calling for the report to be tabled by November.
Professor David Karoly (pictured) was among those critical of Australia's position on carbon emissions: "Climate scientists target Albanese as Turkey holds out on COP talks";
"Call for more urgent climate action";
"Drought resilience project focuses on orchards";
"Water impacted in climate report";
"On a progressive journey to their carbon-neutral future";
"'Russian blood oil': Australia faces calls to ban oil products refined from Russian crude";
"Exxon Urges Europe to Repeal Rules to Make Companies Track Climate Pollution".
Great Teapot in the Sky believers are mostly climate change deniers.
The SBS show "Black Gold" illustrates how fossil fuel companies were aware decades ago of how, when, and why our climate was going to deteriorate.
"Europe splits on climate in ‘major embarrassment’ before UN summit"
"60 Best Climate Change Podcasts";
"Albanese takes his usual each-way bet on climate change";
"All Gassed Up, Part 1: The Carbon Coast";
"Urban sprawl worsens as government struggles to meet density targets";
"What will Australia's 2035 climate goal mean for the grid?";
"Here’s the good news: we’ve improved the environment before, and we can do it again".
Australian mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest sharply criticised US President Donald Trump’s “gobsmackingly illogical” energy policies and accused him of kowtowing to oil and gas donors as he arrived in New York for a major United Nations summit - "‘Gobsmackingly illogical’: Twiggy lashes Trump on climate as Aussies hit New York";
"Charlie Kirk and America’s political collapse";
"Climate Minister Chris Bowen stops short of setting targets for renewables, EVs";
"Matt Kean on Australia’s future in a climate crisis – Australian Politics podcast";
"Coalition denial makes Labor seem reasonable on climate – but neither is ambitious enough".
Some days, Australia presents as a petrostate; others, it's not that at all.
Read the new book by Michael Mann and Peter Hotez, "Science Under Siege," to better understand Australia's Chameleon-like behaviour.
"Will the government's 2035 target avert a climate crisis?"
"Littleproud labels Labor's 2035 climate target a 'con job' ";
"'Falls short': Vanuatu on Australia's 2035 climate target";
"Bowen weighs in on climate target criticism";
"Three times faster: Climate target means emissions need drastic fall over next decade";
"‘It’s a farce’: Treasury reveals only one number in play for Albanese’s climate target";
"Australia needs to quadruple its number of wind farms. This year, none have been funded";
"How Tim Winton hopes to inspire a generation of ‘ocean defenders’";
"‘Too late to avoid any impacts’: The reality of Australia’s climate crisis";
"In 2050, I’ll be 46. These climate targets abandon my generation";
"‘We love it’: How Caroline turned a knockdown into a home built to last";
"Bowen has committed Australia to reducing emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035. What does this even mean?".
Australia has set a goal to cut emissions by between 62 per cent and 70 per cent by 2035 from 2005 levels, as the Albanese government continues its strategy of modestly ambitious climate action over the next decade.
The 2035 target is an upgrade to the plan to cut greenhouse gases 43 per cent by 2030 and represents a major challenge to the government and the economy, given emissions have fallen 28 per cent in the two decades since 2005 and must fall a further 15 per cent in the next five years.
"Australia announces 2035 climate target of 62-70% emissions cut";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Wood on ‘politics trumping climate policy’ and the hard road ahead";
"Heat waves aren’t just natural disasters. Study finds hidden fingerprints on our hottest days.";
"Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research";
"How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters";
"Why snow days are becoming increasingly rare in the UK";
"Smoke from Canada's 2023 wildfires linked to more than 80,000 early deaths worldwide, study warns";
"Europe faces billions in economic losses from summer heatwaves, droughts and floods, study warns";
"Government set to announce Australia's 2035 emissions reduction target";
"Labor’s 2035 emissions target a ‘sliding doors’ moment for future generations";
"Heat, air quality, insurance costs: how climate change is affecting our homes – and our health".
(Michelle Grattan pictured)
The present events in Gaza City are driven by one man's twisted thinking, with the subsequent death and destruction, undergirded by fossil fuels, not to mention the massive rebuild needed to repair the lives of millions, is climate change writ large.
Here's a story from The New Times: "Israeli Ground Forces Move Into Gaza City, Sowing Chaos";
"Coalition divisions erupt as more MPs urge leader to dump climate pledge";
"Victoria’s renewables push suffers major blow as developers bail";
"September is hotter than ever, but January rings the alarm bell even louder";
"‘Using the wrong data’: Major problem with the 1.2m new homes";
"New climate report warns property prices face a $611 billion hit. What does that mean?";
"Australia’s 2035 climate target is coming. Here’s how we’ll know if it’s good enough ".
Australia's news services were alive today with stories about the country's first Climate Risk Assessment Report.
"Catastrophic forecast pushes case for Australia to spend big and cut hard on emissions";
"Climate Risk Assessment's 'high risk' warning for 1 million Australian homes";
"Queensland among most at-risk from sea level rises by 2050";
"‘Alarmist’ or ‘terrifying’? New climate report divides parliament";
"‘Like a Mad Max movie’: How hot it will really get in ‘unliveable Australia’";
"Horrifying report paints grim picture of Australia’s future".
Haoning Xi (pictured), from the Newcastle Business School at the University of Newcastle, has examined Australia's rail network in detail and sees investment now as it means of saving huge sums in the future.
She has written about that on The Conversation: "Buckling rails and lines underwater: how Australia’s ageing train networks are crumbling as the climate changes".
Haoning refers to the "Australasian Rail Network" as one source of information for her research.
An advanced and sophisticiated rail newwork will play a significant role in helping Australia navigate the climate crisis.
Dr Linden Ashcroft (pictured) will explain the quickly evolving dynamics of climate change and what impacts we can expect in the Goulburn Valley when she appears as the keynote speaker at Tatura Transition Towns event - "Community to gather for a greener tomorrow at Transition Tatura event";
"AI’s Massive Energy Demands" - Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and clean energy reporter Dan Gearino as they discuss the mounting demand for electricity to power AI.
"Former UN climate chief urges Australia to set ‘prosperity’ target of cutting emissions by 75% by 2035".
Dr David McCoy (pictured) appears on a "Saving the World" webinar, emphasising the importance of good governance when it comes to global health.
In this webinar, "Power, accountability and global health governance", Dr McCoy speaks about the principles of good global health governance, examining current and evolving power dynamics in global health and how accountability deficits need to be plugged to improve the quality and effectiveness of global health governance. In doing so, he highlights the role and accountability of powerful private actors in global health governance.
He describes some of the work being done by the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).
Ryan Batchelor (pictured) is the member for Melbourne's Southern Metropolitan in Victoria's Legislative Council and is the chair of the Environment and Planning Committee.
Mr Batchelor and his committee spent nearly two years considering and preparing a report of more than 450 pages about the state's "Climate Resilience".
Sadly, the committee's terms of reference for the study didn't allow it to consider mitigation, but rather adaptation in reference to the state's built environment.
Late U.S. stand-up comedian, George Carlin, joked about plastic and the fate of the planet, and this human creation is on the international agenda.
"The lifecycle of plastics, a modern wonder that is choking the planet";
"Deadlocked on Plastic Pollution";
"Flash floods kill more than 360 in Pakistan, India";
"Canada’s Wildfire Season Is One of Its Worst Ever, and It’s Not Over Yet";
"Cost of state’s renewable energy transmission plan predicted to double";
"Intense rainfall, chilly nights and possible flooding on the way for Australia's east coast";
"Soft plastics recycling looks set to return to supermarkets. Cutting back on plastic would be even better";
"How could we clean up the algal bloom?";
"Spain deploys hundreds of extra troops as it steps up efforts to bring wildfires under control";
"A perfect firestorm";
"El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse";
"As the Great Salt Lake dries up, clouds of dangerous dust blow into boomtowns";
"After a Drought Last Year, Ohio Farmers Wished for Rain. Now Downpours Are Destroying Their Crops";
"Global Warming in Vogue, Deal With It!".
Dr David Holmes (pictured) is an upbeat, friendly and co-operative fellow who is the Managing Director and founder of "Climate Communications Australia".
CCA, as it is known, can be found in the Melbourne building of the Royal Society of Victoria in the city's La Trobe Street.
This episode had a less-than-positive start when a pre-arranged phone call to record the interview fell apart because of unusable audio.
We arranged to meet in Melbourne and we quickly ran into trouble again when a busy Dr Holmes had forgotten the keys to his office and so we moved to a nearby coffee shop, which was a little noisy, but okay.
More troubles - my inadequate knowledge of audio resulted in the gain in Dr Holmes' microphone being too low, and my microphone wasn't working at all.
The resultant episode is a workaround, and while far from ideal, it still helps us better understand something about the important, and critical work of Climate Communications Australia
The Chair of the "Climate Resilience" report from the Legislative Council Environment and Planning Committee, Ryan Batchelor (pictured), said: "The impact of a changing climate on Victoria’s built environment is clear. Hotter summers leading to longer bushfire seasons, more intense rainfall events create new flooding patterns, coastal erosion continues apace, and we are experiencing more frequent high-intensity wind and storms."
"56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators";
"Cricket under threat as Hit for Six climate change report highlights risks of extreme weather events";
"Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas";
"They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.";
"Stronger Target, Safer Future Webinar";
"Why Complex Societies Collapse | Joseph Tainter";
"Sweltering Heat Wave Hits Southern Europe";
"If You Fly Economy, You’re Paying for Someone Else to Fly Private";
"Fires burn throughout Europe";
"How Short-Term Thinking Is Destroying America";
"China’s EVs are dirt cheap. Its policymakers are concerned".
Ross Garnaut (pictured) is among those who have urged the Australian Government to use this month's roundtable discussions to boost Australia’s productivity and economy, and repair the budget as a platform to resurrect the carbon price - "Economists want a carbon price comeback – but does Australia have the political courage?";
"Great Barrier Reef suffers sharp decline in coral coverage after 'unheard of' heat events";
"Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching";
"Renewable Energy Fit for a Superpower";
"How to answer the argument that Australia’s emissions are too small to make a difference";
"The agency asked five climate skeptics to write a report criticizing the consensus on global warming. Scientists are pointing out its errors.";
"Candidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, They’re Getting It.";
"Changes in Nature’s Symphony Can Reflect Climate Impacts":
"Australian researchers discover two invasive weeds have the potential to be burned as biofuel";
"Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching";
"World’s biggest coral survey confirms sharp decline in Great Barrier Reef after heatwave";
"These students cut air pollution near their schools – by taking aim at their parents’ idling cars";
"What would a climate model made from music sound like? This team of artists and scientists has created one";
"TSI's Submission to the Economic Reform Roundtable";
"August to bring more rain and snow, but for farmers it’s ‘storm Lotto’";
"These kids want climate action. Here are the cutting questions they’re asking CEOs";
"Ten Victorian towns to lose piped gas as operator says network is too expensive";
"UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says";
"‘The forest had gone’: the storm that moved a mountain";
"Heat, work, and worry: How is outdoor employment linked to concern about extreme heat?";
"Walkable Cities, Neighborhoods = Happy Communities";
"Energy Dept. Attacks Climate Science in Contentious Report";
"Australia's Bid for COP31: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care ";
"New National Climate Risk Assessment – more omission than commission?";
"Clean energy subsidies should be replaced with ‘market-based incentives’ from 2030, Australia’s Productivity Commission says";
"Threat of Nuclear War Is Rising, But Scientists Say the Public Can Change That";
"'A bellwether of change’: speed of glacier shrinking on remote Heard Island sounds alarm";
"5 ingenious things trees do that human designers can learn from";
"Romania to access EU funds to help areas affected by devastating floods, PM says";
"Offshore wind leasing is officially dead under Trump";
"Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation";
"Woman swept away in flood waters in Hunter region as emergency services respond to more than 1,450 calls";
"Going to waste: two years after REDcycle’s collapse, Australia’s soft plastics are hitting the environment hard";
"Troubling Scenes From an Arctic in Full-Tilt Crisis";
"Greening of Antarctica Is Another Sign of Significant Climate Shift on the Frozen Continent";
"Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave";
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Dubbo lawyer, Claire Booth (pictured), told the July 23 Bendigo "National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo" that farmers and their counterparts were living through a time of exponential change
Ms Booth was speaking at a session entitled "Large-scale energy transition - tax law, insurance, agrivoltaics and hosting transmission".
With her on the panel were Billy Greenham from "Coagency", Andrew Bomm from "Progressive Agriculture", Yvette Lloyd from "EnergyCo" and a cropping farmer who was hosting transmission lines and wind turbines, Simon Tickner.
The Energy Program Director from the Melbourne-based Grattan Institute, Tony Wood (pictured), was the keynote speaker at the Wednesday, July 23, National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo.
The conference, the best-attended yet of the several already staged, was held in Bendigo's Capital Theatre.
Nearly 400 people enjoyed the theatre's facilities and, particularly, the varied and powerful program laid out by event organiser, Karin Stark.
Earlier conferences had been held in Queensland and New South Wales, but this was the first in Victoria, although one was recently staged in Albury, close to the Victorian border.
The Chief Operating Officer, Wei-Chi Lee, (pictured) and one of the trio of founders of the Melbourne-based company, Phnxx, will be in Bendigo on Wednesday, July 23.
We-Chi will be at the National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo to be held at the city's View St Capital Theatre.
Phnxx has a stand-alone solar/battery, containerised array of equipment that allows a farmer, regardless of what they are growing or producing, to quickly, easily, and relatively cheaply adopt renewable energy, eliminating, almost entirely, the cost vagaries of electricity to run their farm.
The Bendigo conference is another in a series of annual events organised byKarin Stark, who lives on a cotton and wheat farm in Narromine, providing her with a firsthand perspective on the inherent energy challenges faced by farmers.
Karin was a guest on "Climate Conversations".
My hometown newspaper, The Shepparton News, has undergone a remarkable change - it's now almost entirely a digital publication, switching from five print editions each week to just two. However, it will still be available to subscribers seven days a week via its digital editions.
The change brings many benefits, particularly for those who follow this podcast, as all those stories the newspaper publishes about climate-related issues will be available in text-to-audio style and so can be included with the first being: "Locals encouraged to make the switch to electric living";
"Transition to net-zero emissions";
"It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers";
"Storms drench spots on hot, humid D.C. Saturday";
"Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change";
"Trump Is Gutting Weather Science and Reducing Disaster Response";
"Trump’s big toxic bill will cost America – and the world";
"Trucks are big polluters, but can batteries make them cleaner?";
"Strung out: Power line problems put nation’s renewable rollout on backburner";
"AI tool tracks early hurricane formation";
"Climate Change Degrades Nutritional Value of Crops, Study Finds";
"Millions of Tons of Tiny Plastic Particles Are Polluting the Ocean, Study Finds";
"Ed Miliband would let a turbine farm destroy Brontë country. We need net zero, but at what cost?";
"Science Moms lean into ‘humanness’ to educate on climate change risk";
"Adapting to climate decline";
"Europe’s Leaders Are Doing Something Disastrous";
"Going it alone – how not to prepare for climate change";
"Ancient WA rock art given UNESCO World Heritage status after 20-year campaign";
"‘We don’t want to be climate refugees’: Torres Strait uncles fear for their islands and their people";
"The solar battery rebate has arrived – here’s how to steer clear of scammers";
"Trump defends Texas flood handling as disaster tests vow to shutter Fema";
"The Texas flood, Australia and the psychology of evacuation";
"More than half of koalas relocated to NSW forest died in failed government attempt at reintroduction";
"What’s happened to Australia’s green hydrogen dream? Here are 5 reasons the industry has floundered";
"Air Pollution Can Speed Aging, New Study Finds, but Measuring Other Factors Is Challenging";
"Climate activists victim of flakey arrests";
"Weather tracker: supercharged storms hit Texas’s ‘Flash Flood Alley’";
"Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn";
"‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action";
"England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans";
"Jeff Hardy: Promoting Global Change for Sustainable Peace to Secure the Second Human Evolution";
"Futurist says there are three stages of human evolution - and we're currently in the second phase";
"We should be paying more for our energy. Here’s why".
The U.S. Senator, Sheldon Whitehouse (pictured), has stood before the Senate 300 times, urging his fellow Senators to "wake up" to the perils of climate change.
The representative for Rhode Island can be seen on YouTube spelling out the facts and the realities of climate change, and how the fossil fuel industry has played its cards to capture government processes and, at the same time, confuse and deceive the public - "Senator Whitehouse Delivers 300th Time to Wake Up Speech".
The Conversation is a wonderful place to learn more about the climate crisis.
"The dangers of romanticising Britain’s 1976 heatwave":
"Climate change has doubled the world’s heatwaves: how Africa is affected";
"Too hot to sleep? Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up";
"Why homeowners are suddenly rushing to install rooftop solar";
"As the Texas Floodwaters Rose, One Indispensable Voice Was Silent";
"Tons of Invisible Plastic Pieces Lurk in Ocean Water";
"The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come";
"Trump’s Pick to Head NOAA Faces Senators in the Wake of Multiple Weather-Stoked Disasters";
"Southern China and Hong Kong Brace for Floods and Fierce Winds from Danas";
"Melting ice will strengthen the monsoon in northern Australia – but cause drier conditions north of the Equator":
"New carbon forestry land restrictions only ‘palliative’ – watchdog";
"Climate anxiety meant I could no longer work as a pilot. But I love flying – and I know we can transform aviation";
"Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt";
"Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator";
"Millan Millan and the Mystery of the Missing Mediterranean Storms";
"Europe hit by storms and wildfires after heatwave - is climate change also to blame?";
"To future-proof crops, science is half the battle. The other half is getting existing solutions into the field.";
"Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods";
"The growing problem electric vehicles are fuelling";
"The third day of a heatwave is the tipping point … are we ready?":
"Why homeowners are suddenly rushing to install rooftop solar";
"‘He died trying to save Mystic girls’: Camp director’s last desperate bid to reach Bubble Inn cabin";
"Marseille suspends flight and evacuates homes as wildfire reaches city's outskirts";
"Texas pediatrician ‘no longer employed’ after post about pro-Trump flood victims";
"Murray Watt ramps up lobbying efforts in last-minute push to get Murujuga rock art on world heritage list";
"American science is in crisis. It’s a great opportunity for Australia to snap up top scientists";
"Patriots break cordon sanitaire to seize climate file in European Parliament";
"Portugal records 284 excess deaths during heatwave as wildfires rage across Europe";
"Thirsty future: Australia’s green hydrogen targets could require vastly more water than the government hopes";
"NZ Post is the latest company to drop its climate targets – another sign business is struggling to decarbonise";
"Solar powers up retirement villages’ sustainability plans";
"River Seine in Paris Reopens for Public Swimming for the First Time in 100 Years";
"UN Climate Expert Urges Criminalization of Fossil Fuel Disinformation to Protect Basic Human Rights";
"Facing Climate Anxiety With Visual Comedy: ‘World Without End’ Graphic Artist Christophe Blain";
"Global unrest threatens fuel security, but electric vehicles could ease oil dependency";
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Stories about this month's flash floods in central Texas have dominated the news, and a panel assembled by Climate Central has discussed the impact of climate change and a link to a recording can be found at: "Understanding the climate connection with the devastating Texas floods";
"Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying";
"Texas floods kill at least 104, including 27 from Camp Mystic, as search for missing continues";
"Texas Flood Live Updates: Hope Fades for Finding Survivors as Death Toll Passes 100";
"Deadly floods could be new normal as Trump guts federal agencies, experts warn";
"Climate Change Helped Fuel Heavy Rains That Led to Devastating Texas Flood";
"At least 161 people missing in Texas floods as death toll rises to 109".
Auckland University's Dr Timothy Welch has applied his urban design skills to help local councils better understand what they need to do to keep their towns and cities cooler in a warming world.
Dr Welch recently wrote about this on The Conversation in the story: "NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes".
His story begins: "Stand on any car park on a sunny day in February and the heat will radiate through your shoes. At 30°C air temperature, that asphalt hits 50–55°C – hot enough to cause second-degree burns to skin in seconds."
Climate scientist Professor Michael Mann is critical of podcaster Joe Rogan, whom he says was one hundred and eight per cent wrong in his interpretation of a story - listen to that on Truthout - "Europe Sees Dangerous Heat Wave as North America Sets 3,000 Temperature Records";
"Spain records highs of 46C and France under alert as Europe swelters in heatwave";
"Trump’s True Colors, Revealed";
"A Special ‘Climate’ Visa? People in Tuvalu Are Applying Fast.";
"The World Is Warming Up. And It’s Happening Faster.";
"Trump’s Attack on CA Environmental Law Brings Us Closer to Climate Catastrophe";
"Italy and Spain bake in heatwave as cities issue red alerts and regions mull work bans";
"1 in 3 Tuvaluans is bidding for a new ‘climate visa’ to Australia – here’s why everyone may ultimately end up applying";
"Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years".
David Spratt (pictured) points to Australia's commitments to other crises to illustrate his arguments on how and why we should respond to the unfolding emergency of climate change.
He wrote about that in an article published recently in The Canberra Times, available now on his website, "Climate Code Red".
The article asks the question: "How bad can climate damage get?" And then answers that "Worse than you imagine".
David, working with the late Phillip Sutton, co-wrote, in 2008, the prescient book "Climate Code Red".
In the final paragraph on his latest piece, David writes: "All of this leads to one conclusion: we are on the edge of a precipice and humanity now needs to throw everything at the climate threat, literally “all hands on deck”. The late Prof. Will Steffen’s call to make climate the primary target of policy and economics is now a survival imperative. The business-as-usual delusion embraced by policymakers that climate is just another issue is laid bare by the 1.5°C time-bomb."
David is an Australian climate policy analyst and advocate, and Research Director at the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration. Spratt co-authored the 2008 book Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action, which argued for urgent, large-scale action to address the climate crisis. He co-authored 2018’s What Lies Beneath: The Understatement of Existential Climate Risk with Ian Dunlop, which called for a reframing of climate science within an existential risk management framework. His work explores climate threats and human security, risk methods, and the need for restorative action.
Melbourne Age reporter, Caitlin Fitzsimmons, takes us into the deniers' playbook to help us understand the motives: "How to get the best bang for your climate buck";
"Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension is being challenged in the courts. Could it be stopped?";
"How bad can climate damage get? Worse than you imagine";
"Global warming is changing cloud patterns. That means more global warming";
"A Heat Wave Leaves Britons Looking for Ways to Stay Cool";
"Bees are collapsing in the U.S. A key to their secrets might vanish";
"Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests";
"Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn";
"Freak wind gusts made worse by climate change threaten airline passenger safety";
"West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?";
"Beneath a ‘heat dome,’ the Washington monument closes and a region girds itself";
"Figuring Out a Battery Storage System to Fit New York’s Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy";
"Insect Numbers Are Plummeting: Here Are Eight Easy Ways to Help";
"Are Sharks and Rays Using Offshore Wind Farms as Habitats?";
"How to feel about climate change? A scientist reflects on anger, hope and love.";
"The Fossil Fuel Industry Hasn't Come Up With a New Story in 100 Years, Why Do Climate Folks Find It So Hard to Keep Up?";
"Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project";
"Only two years left of world’s carbon budget to meet 1.5C target, scientists warn";
"Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows";
"Oil Companies Fight Climate Lawsuits by Citing Free Speech";
"War, Inflation and Now Drought Are Hitting Global Food Supplies";
"How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?".
Donald Trump's order to have the U.S. military attack uranium enrichment sites in Iran refreshes our understanding of the "tyranny of the immediate".
From The New York Times, we hear about "Pentagon Details Multipronged Attack on Iranian Nuclear Sites".
The military is not included in the 2019 Paris emissions targets due to pressure and agitation from the U.S., and this bombing raid clearly illustrates the reasons for that, as the emissions would have been equal to those of a small country.
However, the Iranian assaults are a clear reminder of the tyranny of the immediate and why we need to rise above that and remember that climate change remains, all the time, in the background as an existential threat.
And here is that earlier episode of Climate Conversations - "Press briefing: Covering Climate Now helps us understand the tyranny of the immediate in global conflicts".
Climate change regularly falls victim to the tyranny of the immediate, meaning it is pushed out of major media outlets by news perceived as more urgent or immediate.
Beyond that, for some years, articles covering climate issues were rarely seen in national media and, in a few instances, almost prohibited.
That is changing as it is now a topic frequently covered, as illustrated in recent episodes of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television show, "Landline".
Data scientist, Hannah Ritchie, writes about "How much biofuel would we need to decarbonise aviation?";
And here you can hear her discussing "Heikki Malinen: Does sustainable aviation fuel work?" on her podcast, "Solving for Climate';
And should you be eager to know more about "Hannah Ritchie";
"Discarded clothes from UK brands found in protected Ghana wetlands – Greenpeace";
"The desalination plant is running, but these Victorian towns are on water restrictions";
"Climate Change Will Bankrupt the Country";
"Sustainable Aviation Fuels Are Struggling to Take Off Amid Greenwashing Claims";
"Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims";
"Government to consider changes to gas appliance ban";
"Indicators of Global Climate Change";
"Brazil: Let’s deliver on our old climate promises before making new ones";
"How ‘sophisticated’ climate misinformation gets to the heart of power";
"Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’";
"England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels";
"Fuel firms can challenge California’s emission limits, supreme court rules";
"Here's how climate change is affecting your home insurance";
"As anti-tourism protests grow in Europe, we need a rethink – but that’s no reason to stop travelling";
"Do solar farms make good neighbors? New study challenges NIMBY assumptions.";
"Don’t expect rooftop solar to power NZ’s future, says new Meridian boss";
"The rise of the Anthropocene can be tracked in hummingbirds’ beaks";
"Labor’s new environment laws won’t be ‘credible’ unless new projects consider climate change, advocates warn";
"Can Solar and Geothermal Energy Help a Church and Its Neighbors Wean Off Fossil Fuels?";
"Predicting current and future habitat of Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) under climate change";
"Cleanup underway after storms topple trees, power lines across D.C. region";
"Trump says he plans to phase out FEMA after 2025 hurricane season";
"Bribe or community benefit? Sweeteners smoothing the way for renewables projects need to be done right";
"As the federal government fumbles on nature law reform, the states are forging ahead";
"Overhead power lines kill millions of birds a year. Scientists found a way to help cut the devastating toll";
"UK Plans to Ban Destructive Activities Like Bottom Trawling in Marine Protected Areas";
"Protected Bike Lanes Lead to Nearly Twice as Many Bicycle Commuters: Study";
"Oil Prices Drop, but Iran-Israel Conflict Raises Many Risks";
"xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video Shows";
"Climate crisis could hit yields of key crops even if farmers adapt, study finds";
"The world's shrinking cloud cover is driving record temperatures, new research finds";
"Trump is undermining U.S. science. Here’s why that’s dangerous.";
"Net zero’s a bit under the weather in Barnaby land";
"How big is the generational divide on climate change?';
"Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says";
"Attenborough’s Ocean is the film I’ve been waiting my whole career for – now the world must act on its message";
"UK temperatures of 45C may be possible in current climate, Met Office says".
Covering Climate Now takes us into the world's war zones to help us understand how the tyranny of the immediate distracts us from the hard realities of climate change.
The group, an organisation set up by journalists, for journalists, most recent "press briefing' was entitled: "War and Climate Change".
The group says: "War and climate change are intertwined in ways that journalists need to understand. Violent conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine, and elsewhere are not only causing terrible human suffering, they are feeding the climate crisis.
"War — and military operations in general — have a massive carbon footprint that is often overlooked, partly because militaries’ emissions are excluded from limits imposed under UN climate agreements. Not only does conflict contribute emissions, but extreme weather and other climate impacts can kindle armed conflict — both within nations as people from drought-stricken rural communities migrate to cities and between nations. Perhaps most challenging for journalists is that, when guns and bombs are killing people, that necessarily grabs headlines, but also edges out climate change on the news agenda."
Guardian reporters, Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed, alert readers to the frightening impact of a Western Australia gas project: "Revealed: the astonishing greenhouse gas emissions that will result from the North West Shelf project"
Geoff Rose (pictured), a Professor in Transport Engineering, Monash Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, discusses the trials, challenges and opportunities of E-bikes and E-scooters in his article on The Conversation: "E-bikes and e-scooters are popular – but dangerous. A transport expert explains how to make them safer".
Geoff delves into history to tell us of an early interview about e-bikes in which a woman in Portland, Oregon, in the U.S., told him how an e-bike had enabled her to recover her life.
He urges authorities to abandon their fixation with the power of e-bikes and e-scooters and allow law enforcement to administer comparatively simple speed restrictions.
Dr Philip Lawn (pictured at COP 23, where he dared mention population and was almost thrown out of the room) was the preeminent speaker at the June 14 Swanpool Environmental Film Festival.
Dr Lawn's address followed the screening of the movie "Climate Extreme: At the abyss?"
The small country at Swanpool (about 20 km south of Euroa) was booked out for the annual festival.
Bicycle Network CEO, Alison McCormack (pictured) pedals to work, finding both fitness and peace of mind. Her story was in the Melbourne Age: "Why cycling to work is better for your brain than walking".
"Activists like Greta Thunberg care more about fame than facts";
"Israel says Greta Thunberg has been deported after seizure of Gaza-bound ship";
"This group is the most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses by far";
"Parts of Australia are suffering another devastating drought, but you wouldn’t know it in the cities";
"Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor’s North West Shelf decision";
"Valencia’s flood was a catastrophe. Was it also a crime?";
"9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them";
"Australia’s next national adaptation conference";
"Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack";
"New Zealand government sued over ‘dangerously inadequate’ emissions reduction plan";
"Against the grain: as prices and temperatures rise, can Japan learn to love imported rice?";
"Ministers pledge UK action to ratify high seas treaty by end of year";
"Trump Determined To Gut The Endangered Species Act";
"AI Threatens Efforts To Combat Climate Change";
"NASA Finds Summer 2024 Hottest to Date";
"Extreme Heat Hazards";
"A critical review of the effectiveness of electric fans as a personal cooling intervention in hot weather and heatwaves";
"There are clear laws on enforcing blockades – Israel’s interception of the Madleen raises serious questions";
"Australia’s government is pledging better protection for our vulnerable seas – but will it work?";
"Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments";
"In Spain, a chat on the doorstep is a custom worth preserving in the digital age";
"‘Ticking Time Bomb’ of Ocean Acidification Has Already Crossed Planetary Boundary, Threatening Marine Ecosystems: Study";
"2025 Global Energy Investment to Reach Record $3.3 Trillion, Driven by ‘Clean Technologies’: IEA Report";
"A 500MW Wind Energy Plant Launches in Egypt";
"‘Shelter and Storm’: Tamara Dean’s Memoir of Living in the Driftless";
"These Kids Fought the Climate Crisis in Court. Now They’re Taking on Trump";
"On Ireland’s peat bogs, climate action clashes with tradition";
"More than Half of all Daily Trips Were Less than Three Miles in 2021";
"It looks like a golf cart, maxes out at 25 mph and could be your next city car".
Writing in "Now, the People! Revolution in the Twenty-First Century", Jean-Luc Mélenchon argued that Earth's ecosystem wasn't coping with the combination of a booming population and capitalism.
"As disasters loom, emergency managers say they aren’t counting on FEMA";
"The White House Gutted Science Funding. Now It Wants to ‘Correct’ Research.";
"‘There are no rules on the high seas’: Australia to play a key role on ocean protections";
"Inside Climate News: A weekly conversation about top climate news";
"Are Any of Us Really Ready for Fire Season?";
"The NSW floods were bad enough. But then came the mould, and getting rid of it in winter is ‘almost impossible’";
"Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law";
"How Nantucket Is Preparing for Rising Seas";
"Global Scientific Community Urges World Leaders to Transform Research Into Policy Ahead of UN Ocean Conference";
"Tropical storm Barbara off south-west Mexico coast could become hurricane";
"Will the North Sea oil and gas industry be Labour’s next U-turn?";
"Israeli army detains Greta Thunberg after boarding Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla ship".
Some rain has fallen in parts of Victoria, and among those celebrating were these kids (pictured).
However, one Victoria farmer says: "‘I won’t get excited until my hair is wet’: This weekend is make or break for farmers";
Podcast: "Mining in the deep blue";
"In one awful decision, Albanese has revealed his do-nothing plan";
"A carbon tax and some key policy challenges";
"UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef";
"The slippery question of how to define a wetland";
"Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuel Facilities";
"DOE Axes $3.7B in Clean Energy Grants—Is America’s Net Zero Future in Jeopardy?";
"Trump Is Going to Raise Your Insurance Premiums";
"‘Fast running out of time to turn the tide’: Australia at sea in vast marine heatwave";
"Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals";
"Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows".
Greens MP Sue Higginson (pictured) talks about rain-bombs, rivers falling from the sky during a discussion on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National program, "Country Breakfast".
"Australia’s renewable energy shift to be powered by gas";
"‘I lost everything’: Swiss residents in shock after glacier debris buries village";
"A prince, traditional owners and a ‘carbon bomb’: Inside Woodside’s extension plans";
"The range of EVs is surging, but certain fears are holding back sales";
"What role will gas play in Australia's energy transition?";
"10 Steps to Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate";
"Earth’s seasonal rhythms are changing, putting species and ecosystems at risk";
"Most of Australia’s conservation efforts ignore climate risks – here are 3 fixes";
"Could a river sue a corporation? Robert Macfarlane’s books change the world – now he’s advocating for the world’s waterways";
"North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing’ to Australia’s public purse";
"Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave";
"Prime minister says Australia will bid to co-host 2026 UN climate change meeting";
"Youths Sue Trump to Stop Anti-Climate Agenda, Arguing It Violates Right to Life";
"'Going to get worse': Why Sam's dream home came with a $30,000 insurance dilemma";
" The Republican Plot to Let People Die of Heatstroke";
"Woodside spills 16,000 litres of oil into ocean north of Ningaloo";
"Australia's winter weather forecast: Here's what the BoM says to expect";
"Traditional owners angry over North West Shelf Gas extension";
"Glacier collapses, burying nearly all of Swiss Alpine village";
"Earth is likely to cross a key climate threshold in two years";
"Why Trump’s push for ‘gold-standard science’ has researchers alarmed";
"Reclaiming power in a broken energy system"';
"Carbon footprint of Israel’s war on Gaza exceeds that of many entire countries";
"Recent Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten US air quality for days";
"Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire";
"UNESCO expresses ‘utmost concern’ at the state of the Great Barrier Reef";
"WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update 2025-2029".
Dr Kristina Dahl (pictured) is the vice president for science at Climate Central, leading the group's scientific activities, helping design analyses that enable people throughout the world to connect their lived experiences to climate change.
During the interview, Dr Dahl said: "We are all living in a 'climate-changed' world.
Climate Central is an independent group of scientists and communicators who research and report the facts about our changing climate and how it affects people’s lives.
It says: "Climate Central uses science, big data, and technology to generate thousands of local storylines and compelling visuals that make climate change personal and show what can be done about it.
"We address climate science, sea level rise, extreme weather, energy, and related topics.
"We collaborate widely with TV meteorologists, journalists, and other respected voices to reach audiences across diverse geographies and beliefs," it says.
Decisions by Australia's Labor Government through its newly minted Environment Minister, Murray Watt, have sent shudders through many, and the airwaves of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation were alive with comments and observations: "Australia's largest gas project granted extension";
"Gas is no longer a dirty word for Labor. Should it be?";
"The Woodside boss’s attacks on my generation are blatant scapegoating – and we see straight through them ";
"Damaging winds follow ‘unusual’ dust storm in Victoria";
"As Australia’s carbon offset industry grapples with integrity concerns, how can companies genuinely tackle climate change?";
"5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver".
The lights recently went out across Spain, and the Australian oil and gas giant, Woodside, was quick to seize on the consequences of the disruption to drive home the importance of ensuring reliable energy supplies: "Spain’s crippling blackout shows need for gas in a greener world: Woodside CEO";
"What we lose when weather balloons don’t fly";
"5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver";
"'A war zone': Desperate for help, flood-hit residents say army deployment 'isn't enough'";
"Rather than blaming carbon, Paul Hawken argues we should recognise its role in animating life. This way, we can heal the planet";
"Could the fuel powering F1 next season also run your car?";
"Damaging winds follow ‘unusual’ dust storm in Victoria";
"Carbon-negative fuels startup Aeon Blue finds welcoming home in Atlantic Canada";
"Waste generation is rising, and circular economy action is the answer";
"As the energy transition ramps up, Australia risks becoming a more unequal society. Here’s what needs to change";
"As Australia’s carbon offset industry grapples with integrity concerns, how can companies genuinely tackle climate change?";
"For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas";
"I’m Facing Prison for My Climate Activism. Here’s Why.";
"Veteran-led disaster recovery group calls on Albanese for help to build army of 10,000 volunteers";
"Govt ‘actively considering’ financing home solar via council mechanism";
"‘The spin has been wrong’: rock art expert raises concerns over critical report ahead of Woodside decision".
Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, claims he cares about climate change, but then supports his Environment Minister, Murray Watt, in his moves to quickly advance a major gas project off the Western Australian coast: "Murray Watt knocks back objections to Woodside’s North West Shelf extension and clears way for final decision";
"‘Desolate’: farmers in NSW’s west battle drought as east coast mops up after floods";
"Reliable energy or ‘carbon bomb’? What’s at stake in the battle over Australia’s North West Shelf";
"Clean-up begins as waters recede after devastating NSW floods";
"Greenwashing is rife in Australia, but could its days be numbered?";
"The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial";
"'It’s all gone': After losing nearly everything to the floods, Kelly now faces mould and rats";
"The NSW floods have already been linked to climate change. Scientists are debating if that’s too quick";
"The Pilbara is at risk of becoming a ‘wasteland’. Could green iron help?";
"The intensifying climate driver behind the coastal deluges and inland drought";
"Spectacular rescue amid isolation and exhaustion";
"Climate Council Statement On NSW Floods: More Destructive Due To Climate Change";
"Disaster or digital spectacle? The dangers of using floods to create social media content";
"Urban rewilding has brought back beavers, hornbills and platypuses to city parks – and that’s just the start";
"Vivid, thrilling and ghastly: new theatrical adaptation of The Birds evokes climate disaster, terrorism and lockdown";
"Can Murray Watt fix Australia’s broken nature laws? First stop, Western Australia";
"Antarctica has its own ‘shield’ against warm water – but this could now be under threat".
Australia's National Party was successful in recent Federal elections and subsequently has been beating its chest in celebratory joy, but not everyone feels the same way, according to this opinion piece in the Melbourne Age: "Denial is hard to grasp in the city. In flooded Taree, it’s bewildering".
"The True Cost of Pretending Climate Change Doesn’t Exist";
"Trump administration plans to end greenhouse gas limits on power plants";
"This town was wiped out by Helene. How does it come back?";
"‘Destruction everywhere’: Taree cleanup begins as NSW floods reignite inter-agency tensions";
"Dry spell hits Shepparton as rainfall plummets below average";
"The intensifying climate driver behind the coastal deluges and inland drought";
"Earth’s major climate goal is too warm for the polar ice sheets, study says";
"ABC Radio's Country Breakfast is an entertaining look at rural and regional issues around Australia.";
"‘We’re really struggling’: Fire levy pushing drought-stricken farmers to the brink";
"New Mexico Is the Latest State Developing Standards to Protect Workers in Extreme Heat";
"Why is southern Australia in drought – and when will it end?";
"The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere";
"Gas industry could get far more than $200m if deals keep flowing – Jones";
"We bear the brunt of the climate crisis. A Pacific Cop could help shape the global response";
"Climate Council Statement On NSW Floods: More Destructive Due To Climate Change";
"The shadows of Amazon dams";
"A Truly Dark Day in DC" - Bill McKibben
"Trump and Republicans are targeting blue states’ climate policies";
"The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce";
"Climate change could drive surge in foreclosures and lender losses, new study finds";
"How states can fight climate change without the feds";
"Eight EU countries form coalition of the willing on crisis preparedness";
"Trump’s “wins” on nuclear power are losses for taxpayers and public safety";
"Battery Recycling: How Accounting for Social and Environmental Benefits Boosts Returns";
"“As journalists, we fail to extend empathy to ourselves”: How climate reporting is impacting mental health";
"More Than 1 in 4 Cars Sold Globally in 2025 Expected to Be EVs: IEA Report";
"NSW on alert: these maps show the areas at risk of flooding and storms";
"Floods, fires and even terrorist attacks: how ready are our hospitals to cope when disaster strikes?";
"In a flood, first responders balance helping others while their own families are at risk. It’s an impossible choice";
"The deluge in NSW sounds a warning to rural and regional communities elsewhere";
"Nuclear has highest investment risk; solar shows lowest, say US researchers";
"James Hansen and the scientific contest about accelerated warming: 2025 is the crunch year";
"One-in-500-year floods: How often do they really happen and what does the term mean?";
"How the government is setting everyone up to fail on green claims";
"Penguin Poop May Help Preserve Antarctic Climate";
"In Chicago, Artists Imagine a World Without Prisons or Environmental Hazards";
"Flooding Caused by Atmospheric River Over Maryland Shows How Climate Change Is Stressing Inland Communities";
"Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn";
"Victorian planning laws blasted – wrong answer to market failure";
"Can glaciers regrow if global warming is reversed? Not in our l
Salvador Rueda (pictured) envisages a car-free CBD for Melbourne, arguing during an event ar the city's RMIT University that Melbourne’s grid design and tram network made it suited to superblocks, and land close to train stations could be their starting point because “you don’t need the car, practically”: "Car-free superblock pioneer’s vision for Melbourne – and the one thing he forbids";
"Humanity is compressing millions of years of natural change into just a few centuries";
"Average months now feel cold thanks to climate change";
"How weather ‘blocks’ have triggered more extreme heatwaves and floods across Europe";
"Heat extremes in southern Africa might continue even if net-zero emissions are achieved";
"Waste-to-energy in Australia: how it works, where new incinerators could go, and how they stack up";
"Energy Australia is in court accused of greenwashing. What is the case about and why is it significant?";
"The maps that show how climate change is driving up the cost of insuring Melbourne homes ";
"EnergyAustralia accused of misleading customers over ‘carbon-neutral’ bills";
"How parts of a dead gas rig washed up on our beaches";
"As the Latrobe Valley moves away from coal jobs, could a green worker’s cooperative offer a solution?";
"How Green Is Pope Leo XIV?";
"‘The Earth Loses a Defender’: Pope Francis Fought for the Poor and the Planet";
"After the 2025 election: Energy transition and restoration of Australian growth";
"Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law";
"As Costs and Temperatures Rise, Trump Moves to Gut Low-Income Energy Assistance";
"A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.";
"‘April showers’ – a rainfall scientist explains what they are and why they are becoming more intense";
"How the weather got ‘stuck’ over the UK – and produced an unusually dry and warm spring";
"Haiku has captured the essence of seasons for centuries – new poems contain a trace of climate change";
"The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts";
"First large-scale study of telemedicine’s carbon impact uncovers big climate benefits";
"House Republicans are about to wreck Trump’s nuclear-powered dream";
"Plastic may be warming the planet more than we thought";
"Project 2025 Is at the Center of Trump 2.0";
"How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change";
"Europe ‘lagging’ behind on human rights by not recognising right to healthy environment, experts say";
"Red meat and cars mean French men have a 26% higher carbon footprint than women, study says";
"Europe’s electricity grid is outdated and risks derailing fossil fuel phase out, report finds";
"‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world";
"Running blind: The silencing and censoring of environmental threats to US national security";
"To the new environment minister, Murray Watt: it’s time to get reforms right";
"Tiny frogs and fjords: Australian student features in Nature's Science photo competition";
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Violet Coco (pictured) has the innate ability to reach into people, touch their hearts, make them feel something, make them angry, and yet comfort them with the thought that someone is doing something about alerting the world to the terrors of climate change.
Violet, a woman with the seeming innocence of a young girl, was taken to lunch by Angus Delaney, and here you can hear the audio of a story he wrote for the Melbourne Age: "There’s no bridge too far for this climate activist’s cause".
Sharon Brettkelly (pictured) will go to extreme lengths, in this case, heights, to get to the bottom of a good story.
Sharon, who writes for The Newsroom in New Zealand, tells the story this time on The Detail: "Powering New Zealand from a Wellington wind farm".
She writes: "When rain poured into our South Island hydro lakes last week, electricity bosses heaved a huge sigh of relief.
"They’re still wincing from the memories of last winter’s energy crunch, when power became dangerously scarce and wholesale prices shot sky high.
“Droughts are no fun,” says Meridian Energy’s chief executive Mike Roan.
“They’re inevitable though.
“Our power system has been built with droughts in mind. The scale of the southern hydro lakes, Lake Taupō, the combination of them is there to provide that backup stored energy for and when a drought emerges.”
"But the past 12 months have been “horrible” with the August drought and loss of gas supply causing wholesale prices to spike", her story says.
Professor Tim Flannery (pictured) was one of three speakers on a Climate Council webinar tonight (May 13), facilitated by the Council's CEO, Amanda McKenzie.
The webinar, which attracted hundreds of people, was entitled "After the Vote: What Australia's new parliament means for climate - and how we can make the most of it".
The webinar discussed:
- What kind of progress should we expect under the new Albanese Government?
- What are the best opportunities in the new Parliament? And what might the handbrakes be?
- What should our vision for climate action in Australia be for the next three years, and how can I help make it a reality?
Chinese electric car companies are building vehicles that are both nimble and fast, and denting the sales of traditional manufacturers: " This luxury car can use ‘leap mode’ for potholes – but it’s not a Ferrari";
"‘Getting barer by the day’: drought conditions in SA and Victoria worsen, leaving rural communities in the dust";
"Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive";
"It’s almost winter. Why is Australia still so hot?";
"Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ºC Paris Agreement Target";
"Hawai’i Isn’t Backing Down From Its Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Climate Crisis";
"Trump considers weakening nuclear agency in bid for more power plants";
"Trump promised U.S. dominance. Instead, energy companies are faltering.";
"Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants’ role in global warming";
"How we know global warming is real";
" Months after Helene, it’s still hard to drive these North Carolina roads";
"Australia’s clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here?";
"Climate Crisis Wildfires Caused 15,000 Smoke Inhalation Deaths in 15-Year Span";
"New Pact Would Require Ships to Cut Emissions or Pay a Fee";
"Environmental stand-off threatens aquatic oasis in bayside Melbourne";
"The CBD’s future is car-free and open all hours, say these big thinkers";
"Watch out: America is becoming less ready for natural disasters";
"Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity";
"NOAA will stop updating database tracking costliest weather disasters";
"Renewables Generated 43% of Electricity Used by Australia’s Main Power Grid in First Quarter of 2025";
"World’s Richest 10% Responsible for Two-Thirds of Global Heating Since 1990: Study";
"28 Major U.S. Cities Are Sinking, Mostly Because of Groundwater Withdrawal, Study Finds";
"GOP Advances Bill to Fast-Track Fracking, Logging and Mining on Public Lands";
"Spain-Portugal blackouts: what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?";
"Clever new technique turns falling rain into renewable energy";
"Solar squeeze: US tariffs threaten panel production and jobs in Thailand";
"'We're really stuck': The Australians who can't afford to stay in, rebuild or insure their homes";
"100-Year Storms Now Expected at Least Once a Decade in Bangladesh, Study Finds".
Rebecca Huntley (pictured) appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television program Q&A, questioning the viability and value of Australia's National Party.
"Even as emissions level off, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is growing faster than ever. Here’s why";
"These 3 climate misinformation campaigns are operating during the election run-up. Here’s how to spot them";
"How to talk about climate change";
"The Women’s Climate Congress";
"About one third of young adults are skeptical about democracy";
"Woodside commits $18bn to US project that climate advocates warn ‘would export harmful gas until the 2070s’";
"New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest.";
"Renewables, coal or nuclear? This election, your generation’s energy preference may play a surprising role";
"James Hansen and the scientific contest about accelerated warming: 2025 is the crunch year";
"Yosemite scientists now forced to clean bathrooms";
"Hawaii Sues Big Oil for Alleged Climate Deception After Trump Administration Tried to Block the Litigation";
"Unleashing the 89% of People Who Want Climate Action Could Lead to ‘Social Tipping Point’ and More Government Action, Experts Say";
"‘The World Is Moving Forward’: UN Chief Says Fossil Fuel Interests and Hostile Governments Can’t Stop Clean Energy Future";
"How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases";
"London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds";
"Why Australia’s most prominent climate change deniers have stopped talking about the climate";
"Greening the Hill Mk2";
"Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take";
"The World Seems to Be Surrendering to Climate Change";
"Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back";
"Ocean warming is accelerating, scientist warns";
"83 per cent of 5-year-olds will be exposed to ‘unprecedented’ extreme heat in their lifetime";
"Europeans want homegrown renewable energy over fossil fuels from Trump or Putin, poll confirms";
"More Frequent Fire Weather";
"Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.";
"Banning cars in city centres has worked around the world. Why isn’t London’s Oxford Street pedestrianised yet?";
"Climbing Shoes Can Release Potentially Harmful Chemicals Into the Air of Bouldering Gyms, Study Says";
"Climate Essentials";
"Fossil fuels are bad business";
"Puerto Rico drops climate lawsuit after DoJ sues states to block threats to big oil";
"Climate Risk Map of Australia";
"Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.";
"Logging and palm oil plantations are expanding in Malaysia.":
"We talk a lot about being ‘resilient’. But what does it actually mean?";
"House Votes to Block California’s Plan to Ban New Gas-Powered Cars";
"Scientific societies to do climate assessment after Trump administration dismissed authors";
"‘Protest shapes the world’: Rebecca Solnit on the fight back against Trump";
"Mark Carney’s Climate Strategy: Balancing Carbon Policy, Trade, and Energy Security";
"Wyoming Has Been Slow to Transition From Fossil Fuels, but Is Moving Fast Toward New Nuclear Technologies";
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Professor David Lindenmayer (pictured). from The Fenner School of Environment & Society at the Australian National University, was the guest on a May 1 webinar organised by the "Victorian Forest Alliance".
Professor Lindenmayer discussed "Disturbance and flamability: how logging and burning makes forests more flammable".
His understanding of Australian forests, their history and how our interference with them, along with the challenges with the quickly unfolding dilemma of climate change, makes them significantly more susceptible to fire,
Sue B. Inches (pictured) wants to build a better world, so she is doing what she can in that she has written a book about "Environmental Advocacy", she teaches on that topic, and also has been giving sermons about hope in challenging times, and beyond, that she advocates for people, corporations and governments at all levels to take action on the mitigation of climate change.
Sue's thoughts about climate change can be found on her weekly Substack.
She admires the University of Maine, which she says is doing wonderful work with floating wind turbines.
Simon Molesworth (pictured far from the austerity of a courtroom, working on his far western New South Wales property) sees the exhibitions of old ("fun fares" as he describes them) as a means to bring an understanding of climate change to as many people as possible.
The Melbourne-based barrister, who has long been involved with climate and environmental movements throughout Australia, was the keynote speaker on Wednesday, April 30, at the Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025.
A kitchen table discussion, during Victoria's 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, resulted in the design and construction of the first Frankenstein-like "Power-Droid" by former film and television stuntman, Purven Pather, aided by his business partner and wife, Jessica Gower.
The arrival of the Power-Droid was followed by the creation of the company, Equoria, which is about "Powering your production with portable, renewable power sources".
The Power-Droid, a mobile box of just over 80 kilograms, looking smart in its new finery and remote from its Frankenstein-like elder, was on show at the recent "Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025."
The City of Greater Shepparton followed the earlier lead of other municipalities, declaring a "climate emergency" in 2020, passing the motion on the casting vote of the then mayor, Cr Seema Adullah.
Shepparton climate activists are concerned that the new council, elected last year and whose climate credentials are unknown, will move to see that 2020 reversed, just as has been the case at Mornington: "Mornington Peninsula council scraps climate emergency plan".
On April 22, the organisation that has been set up by journalists for journalists, "Covering Climate Now", organised and staged a webinar with a panel of three, moderated by the Audience Editor from Covering Climate Now, Theresa Riley, which discussed "The Future of Climate Activism".
A poem from Ashanti Kunene stunned the audience with her act of provacation and the opening of the "Systemic Investing Summit 2025".
Former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, ignited the San Francisco "Climate Week Conference" when he compared some Trump administration actions to those of Nazi Germany.
And The Guardian covered the same issue: "Al Gore draws parallels between Trump 2.0 and early Nazi Germany in speech".
From The Washington Post: "For Earth Day 2025, here are simple planet-friendly activities that people can incorporate into their lives, starting with their morning shower."
Again from The Washington Post: "This Earth Day, there are some reasons to be hopeful about the climate".
Rob Bakes from Vote Climate One, which includes the Traffic Light Election Guide, says, "The only thing we've got left is one another; we can't rely on government."
He also says, "When you look at the science, we are in real troubles, We're buggered".
Rob, whose passion is as wide as it is deep, finds comfort in talking with Geelong's Mik Aidt, who runs the bay City's "The Sustainable Hour".
The Traffic Light Election Guide has already proved its worth, and Rob has urged people to take the advice it offers and make certain that, come Saturday, May 3, Australia will have a minority government.
Daniel Lancefield (pictured), who manages the "Victorian Clean Tech Cluster", worked in community organisations and not-for-profits for more than 15 years in sport and the arts before joining the Victorian Cleantech Cluster as Manager in 2022.
Since then, Daniel has developed a deep passion and appreciation for all things clean and green, and has an extensive network of people across clean technology, climate technology, circular economy and sustainability.
He's now overseeing the staging of the group's "Australian Cleantech Showcase 2025" on Wednesday, April 30, at "The Timber Yard" in Port Melbourne.
The event is sponsored by the "Fishermans Bend Ideas Group", "Earth Systems", the "City of Melbourne", and the "Melbourne Climate Network".
Taking the nuclear conversation to the people: "Online Citizen Assembly";
"The Climate Council's Climate Risk Map of Australia";
"Weather tracker: north-west Italy braces for thunderstorms and snow";
"One brick higher";
"Victorian Liberal leader distances state party from Peter Dutton’s nuclear proposal: ‘Our focus is gas";
"Coalition scores just 1/100 points for environment and climate policies from conservation organisation";
"How climate change could disrupt the construction and operations of US nuclear submarines";
"Ten things we learned from Peter Dutton’s speech at the Liberal party campaign launch";
"Can climate scientists save the world?";
"Sudden closure of Story Bridge to cyclists shows ‘car is still king in Brisbane’";
"Peter Dutton’s climate policy backslide threatens Australia’s clout in the Pacific – right when we need it most";
"Most bike lanes in inner Melbourne have less than 40% tree cover – that’ll get worse, new maps show";
"Outback publican finds hostelry coated in mud as residents return to tiny Queensland outpost after flooding";
"Layoffs at NOAA Signal Setback for Climate Research and National Security";
"Big Oil Seeks to Shield Itself From Climate Liability While Trump Is in Power";
"Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024";
"Climate Change Is Helping Heartworm Spread to Pets in the Mountain West";
"Is AUKUS a priority when climate change - which should be the focus - is about to upend our region?".
Democracy, that's democracy as envisaged by Emeritus Professor Joseph Camilleri and his Online Citizen Assembly he writes about in Pearls and Irritations.
He argues, " Australia’s fading democracy calls for radical rethinking";
"Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.";
"The Australien Government has made an ad for the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative!";
"Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget";
"Trump’s new reason for canceling grants: ‘Climate anxiety’";
"World Expo 2025 opens in Osaka themed 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives'";
"Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu residents. An expert explains";
"Scottish wildfire risk increases after lack of spring showers";
"UK weather: wildfire warning as hottest day of the year expected";
"Some good news on the climate transition";
"Pollen peril: how heat, thunder and smog are creating deadly hay fever seasons";
" California’s $59bn agriculture industry reels under Trump’s wavering tariffs";
"Beyond anxiety: Teens’ mental health suffers on Africa’s climate frontlines";
"Fire smoke tied to thousands of premature deaths in 2017 alone";
"Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise";
"‘Waste Wars’: A Conflict With No End in Sight";
"The Home of Natural Sequence Farming";
"A Natural Sequence Farm.";
"Victoria wants to burn more waste for energy – in someone else’s electorate";
"March 2025: Earth’s 3rd-warmest March on record";
"Some good news on the climate transition";
"New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say";
"Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers";
"NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire";
"Meet a Family That’s Betting the Farm on a Wild Idea. Literally";
"Bridges and Tunnels in Colorado Are Helping Animals Commute";
"Governments agree green shipping targets and fees for missing them";
"Renewable and Low-Carbon Sources Accounted for Over 40% of Global Electricity Production in 2024: Report";
"Friday essay: in an uncertain world, ‘green relief’ offers respite, healing and beauty";
"Australian voters are left in the dark on climate targets as they head to the ballot box";
"‘Endearing and fascinating’ yellow-bellied glider faces ‘inexorable slide’ into extinction";
"Green activist group is pausing work after backlash by investors";
"The unusual inspiration for this energy-free cooling system is elephant skin";
"‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say";
"Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World’s Main Climate Pact";
"‘Everyone is breathing this’: how just trying to stay warm is killing thousands a year in the world’s coldest capital";
"Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report";
"Bigger than Texas: the true size of Australia’s devastating floods";
"Not enough water available for Coalition’s nuclear proposal to run safely, report finds";
"Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters";
"The Coalition prepares to soften Australia’s 2030 climate target, while reaffirming its commitment to the Paris Agreement";
"How Capitalism Crashes Democracy";
"Livestock producer speaks with SBS about impacts of floods in south-west Queensland";
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Dr Cathy OPke (pictured) was at TEDx Bendigo talking about our Cities: Our Climate Change Antiheroes’ and challenging us to reimagine cities as robust climate solutions rather than just sources of emissions.
She explained that while national governments debate, cities are becoming command centers for climate action - a role so crucial that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is preparing its first-ever special report focused on cities.
Through examples from Bendigo to Singapore, Cathy Oke shows how 13,000 local governments worldwide are already leading bold climate initiatives, often outpacing national action.
The future of our climate will be decided in our cities, she argues, and every citizen has a role in this transformation.
Dr Cathy Oke OAM is a leading voice in urban sustainability and city leadership, combining 25 years of practical and academic expertise. She serves as Associate Professor in Informed Cities in the Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning and Director of the Melbourne Centre for Cities at the University of Melbourne, while advising the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy on research and innovation.
"Understanding climate change";
"A UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute report shows Australia’s fossil fuel exports are a significant contributor to global warming";
"The Rise and Fall of Degrowth";
"Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign";
"Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs";
"Nations debate historic first global carbon tax as shipping faces pressure to cut emissions";
"NYC and Long Island Could Lose 80,000 Homes to Flooding by 2040, Exacerbating Housing Crisis: Report";
"Meet Zen, the border collie teaching rescue dogs as climate change compounds avalanche risks";
"Scientists say human-caused pollution may be masking the true extent of climate warming";
"‘Their determination is heroic’: Portuguese youth mount fresh climate lawsuit against government";
"‘Society is at a crossroads’: 5 deep changes experts say will turn us away from the climate abyss";
"In the rain-soaked South, storms portend future ‘generational’ floods";
"These recycling techniques could help keep clothes out of landfills";
"Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds";
"Why California and the West could face a ‘big fire season’ later this year";
"Oil Execs Warn Privately That Trump’s ‘Chaos’ Could Be ‘Disaster’ for Their Industry";
"Coalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns";
"Pipis, octopi, starfish and more have died en masse in South Australia, but it's not clear why";
"Climate Change is even worse than we thought, but this might be good news.";
"Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer";
"Beyond the Threshold: The Urgency of Climate Change";
"Labor’s home batteries policy could help people who will never take it up. Here’s how";
"Here’s who topped the rankings in this year’s scorecard for sustainable chocolate – and which confectionery giant refused to participate";
"In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas";
"I’m a disaster reporter. But I was not prepared to watch my city burn.";
"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging";
"Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise";
"Batteries for all, not just the rich? Labor’s home battery plan must be properly targeted to be fair";
"98% of Queensland prawn areas at risk of inundation by rising seas this century";
"‘Same shit, different year’: Australia records hottest 12 months and warmest March on record";
"It’s not easy being a street tree, but this heroic eucalypt withstands everything we throw at it";
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Glenn Connley (pictured), moderator for the "Climate Academy" webinar organised by The Australia Institute.
Industrial Atlantic salmon farming near Tasmania is a story that needs to be told and understood, and this "Climate Academy" webinar moderated by Glenn Connley and featuring Leanne Minshull and Eloise Carr is a wonderful opportunity for people to learn more about what's happening in this southern Australian State.
Also, it's an equally wonderful chance to learn more about what's happening to Maugean Skate that has inhabited Australian waters, well, 300 square kilometres of Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast.
The Skate has inhabited the harbour since T-Rex roamed the Earth.
Linden Ashcroft (pictured) went from wanting to be a poet to climate science, although she still dabbles in poetry.
Linden grew up in country Victoria, in Tatura near Shepparton, on the lands of the Yorta Yorta people, and is a lecturer, climate scientist and science communicator at the University of Melbourne.
Her parents still live in Tatura, and she will be back there on Saturday, September 6, for an event organised by the Transition Towns group in Tatura.
The Tatura Transition Towns program will include, in addition to Linden, a performance from the Melbourne band, "Music for a Warming World".
Short films and other identities are being organised now for the September 6 event.
People can learn more about "Tatura Transition Towns" by checking its Facebook page.
Challenges on her home farm prompted Karin Stark (pictured) to pull together her first National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo in 2019. Now, this year's event will be in Bendigo.
In what is a first for Victoria, the conference and expo will be held at The Capital Theatre in View St, Bendigo, on Wednesday, July 23.
The expo opens at 8:00 a.m., and the conference follows at 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
On the National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo website, it says:
"This event brings together farmers, agriculture and energy consultants, peak bodies and Government representatives to share stories of on-farm renewables, their business case and discuss what’s driving the transformation of energy use in agriculture.
"Large scale solar and wind developments present opportunities for farmers and regional communities if planned well with meaningful engagement around benefit sharing. These topics plus combining farming and solar, termed agrivoltaics, also forms part of the yearly Conference program."
Ms Stark has urged farmers to attend the event and hear the keynote speaker, the Energy Program Director from the Grattan Institute
"Are we there yet? The country’s economic transformation".
Australia's former Secretary to the Treasurer, Ken Henry (pictured) has written about "cowardly politics" and "robbing our children blind", along with the 'juvenile climate politics" - "Cowardly politics is robbing our children blind. It’s time to be brave";
"Citizen Future: why we need a new story of self and society";
"I’ve spent my life fighting nuclear. Here’s what Dutton isn’t telling you about his reactors";
"Renewables v nuclear: the facts point to one clear winner";
"Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it";
"Solar panel windows that could turn whole buildings into power plants smash electricity record";
"Energy expert slams Dutton's 'populist anti-market' gas plan as self-defeating 'betrayal'";
"Winter sea ice in the Arctic just hit a record low";
"Outback flood tops 1974 levels, as residents evacuate amid major stock loss fears";
"Small town flown out as ‘dynamic’ flooding hits large parts of Queensland";
"New York to make major greenhouse gas emitters pay for past pollution".
Climate change and it impact on life in Australia's northern parts has been ignored by the Australia Football League (AFL) as it has progressed plans to build a multi-million dollar stadium in Darwin, the capital of Northern Territory.
The climate community is well aware that wet-bulb temperatures expected in Darwin within decades could make life in that northern capital not only difficult, but for many people, fatal.
Senior players from the Brisbane Football Club (that's on the other side of the country, but still in a northern state) had urged the AFL not to schedule matches to start before midday as it is simply too hot.
Here is what Fox Sports had to say about the Darwin plans: "‘A truly national AFL’: $735m Darwin stadium plan unveiled as NT bids to land 20th club";
"Peter Dutton’s new energy plan sounds like a gas. In reality it means more emissions – and more profits for industry";
"‘Hard to see how lower pricing will emerge’: Experts doubtful of Dutton’s gas plan";
"The oil industry takes its critics to court";
"Fossil fuel companies get direct email line to Trump for exemption requests";
"U.S. Honeybee Deaths Reach Record High: Survey";
"Earth’s soil is drying up. It could be irreversible.";
"Seymour Alternative Farming Expo".
Economist Angela Jackson (pictured) was among the guests on the ABC's latest Q&A program and talked passionately about the seriousness and reality of climate change.
"Their profit, our cost: Should fossil fuel companies pay for climate disasters?";
"Confirmed: 2024 was the hottest year on record in the air and the oceans";
"The maps that reveal how climate disasters are driving up insurance premiums in Sydney";
"Zali Steggall stands by controversial offshore wind, seeks to broaden climate debate";
"Greenhouse gas emissions. Winning slowly or losing the battle?";
"'Devastating' wildfires in South Korea claim lives and force evacuations";
"South Korea Battles Some of Its Worst-Ever Wildfires";
"2024 Wrapped: Yes, Climate Change Will Probably Kill You";
"The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires";
"The true story behind the ‘gold bars’ at the heart of Trump’s biggest climate fight".
Emma Bacon (pictured) is among the most climate-aware and knowledgeable Australians and leads the Sydney-based non-government organisation. "Sweltering Cities".
You can hear more of Ms Bacon's almost prescient thinking on the "Finding Nature" podcast.
If you're in Geelong this Friday, March 28, get along to that city's "Climate Cafe".
"Garbage trucks are catching fire. Your battery could be to blame";
"Forget the Future — The Fall of Society Has Already Begun";
"I Wrote A Book About Water: Here’s What I Learned";
"‘Sugar-daddy’ Trump comes for CSIRO on scientific research funding";
"US Banks Quit Climate Alliances and Targets. What Does This Mean for a Green Transition?";
"‘Apoplectic’ environment groups halt Coalition attack ads to take aim at Albanese over species’ ‘death warrant’";
"Billionaires Advance Fossil Fuels at “Energy Super Bowl” in Houston";
"Here’s How the Right Is Packaging Its Conspiracies in Environmentalism".
The 89 Percent Project is a year-long global journalistic effort to explore a pivotal but little-known fact about climate change: The overwhelming majority of the world’s people want their governments to take stronger action.
The project launches on April 20, 2025, with a week of focused coverage by journalists and newsrooms worldwide coinciding with Earth Day. A second week of focused coverage will come in October, before Brazil's COP30 UN climate summit.
The idea of The 89 Percent Project arose from a slew of recent scientific studies finding that the overwhelming majority of the world’s people — between 80 and 89% — want stronger climate action.
This overwhelming global majority of people, however, does not realize that they are a majority; most think their fellow citizens don’t agree.
Climate change is a dilemma that appears to escape the understanding of most people astounding me.
"In the Australian outback, climate change widens the racial divide";
"The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told";
"Trump may ax EPA’s research office and fire most of its staff";
"Trump’s attacks on science are a massive blow to Australia. These numbers show why";
"Helene blew through nearly six months ago. North Carolina’s recovery has barely begun.";
"Why Europe is going ‘car-free’";
"How restaurant leftovers are playing a role in audacious bid to bring life back to Port Phillip Bay".
Anthony Stott (pictured) is a Geelong psychologist, whose fertile mind helps us understand how we can profit from his fresh idea of "Green Prosperity"'.
Anthony has put Green Prosperity on the table. Beyond that bold and adventurous thinking, he helps people through the travails of climate anxiety through his work at Aspire Health and Psychology at Werribee.
This thoughtful fellow first attracted the attention of Climate Conversations at a recent gathering of the "Geelong Climate Cafe ".
During our conversation, we discussed Green Prosperity's likeness to the "Degrowth Network of Australia", although as Anthony points out, the two have subtle and important differences.
Anthony has written two papers on Green Prosperity, both are freely available via email.
Usually, episodes of "Climate Conversations" begin with a relevant or outstanding quote, but this event from La Trobe University, "Climate change: where are we now?" was littered with powerful and important quotes.
Subsequently, I decided it would be best if you listened first and then chose for yourself — enjoy, it is a powerful webinar.
A friend fears nuclear annihilation more than whatever climate change has in store.
"How Formula 1 is trying to cut its carbon emissions, on and off the track";
"Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries";
"How Climate Change Is Framed to Disempower You";
"‘Greeted by concrete’: Town fights for trees as rail project steamrolls historic avenue";
"The campaign battle over the next step to cheaper power bills";
"Alfred held its punches, but is Queensland prepared for a bigger blow?";
"Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries".
Dr Kumi Naidoo (pictured) and Professor Noami Oreskes joined former South Australian Premier, Mike Rann, for a stimulating conversation about phasing out fossil fuels at the University of South Australia's Hawke Centre.
Promotional material for the conversation says: "Despite world leaders making climate pledges and investments in renewable energy, many governments are still approving new coal, oil and gas projects — threatening our chances of limiting warming to 1.5ºC. "The world has used powerful treaties to ban nuclear weapons, phase out landmines and save the ozone, but we have no international agreement on how to transition away from fossil fuels. How can we chart a future that breaks from fossil fuels, and with the urgency that is needed?
"This session will explore the pathway toward a global plan for keeping coal, gas and oil in the ground, and how governments, cities, scientists, communities and people from all walks of life can get involved to protect what we love from the threat of fossil fuels."
Carly Noble (pictured) will represent the Australian Democrats at the next Federal Election and hopes your vote will help her secure a Seat in the Australian Senate as a representative for Victoria.
Carly, a mother, farmer, educator, agitator, and advocate for any environmental improvement that will benefit people generally, particularly Victorians, believes that if people work together through a "boots on the ground" approach, great things can be achieved.
As part of her campaign, Carly is visiting northern Victoria, and further to the east, on the weekend of April 5 and 6.
On Saturday, April 5, at 11:00 am she will be a guest at Beneath the Wisteria at the Shepparton campus of La Trobe University in North St.
Beneath the Wisteria is free, bookings are unnecessary and questions about the event should be directed to Robert McLean at 0400 501 199.
Eddie Kowalski (pictured) is one of several people working to create what is presently known as the "Online Citizens Assembly".
The group is led by Professor Joseph Camilleri, an Emeritus Politics Professor at La Trobe University who is one of Australia's leading International Relations scholars. He has more than 30 years of experience.
Professor Camilleri has pursued a wide range of research interests covering almost the entire gamut of the International Relations discipline.
He is also the convener of the Melbourne-based Conversation at the Crossroads.
Those keen to make contact with Eddie Kowalski and learn more about the Online Citizens Assembly can do so through his website "Our Voice".
My daughter's Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (example pictured) helps out during Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
"Alfred to slow and lessen in severity, but window of destruction remains open";
"Cyclone Alfred is slowing – and that could make it more destructive. Here’s how climate change might have influenced it";
"States prepare for cyclone flooding as authorities urge ‘do not underestimate this storm’";
"Cyclone Alfred live updates: Thousands without power; calls for help; 'lessons to be learned'";
"We lived through the Lismore floods three years ago. Now Cyclone Alfred brings a new threat";
"As the weather bureau pumps out crucial cyclone information, millions look elsewhere";
"As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record";
"Why nuclear energy is not worth the risk for Australia";
"Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s destruction driven by climate change";
"Cyclone Alfred has slowed down – why is that dangerous?".
Tropical Cyclone Alfred troubles coastal northern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland, triggering memories of flooding in Lismore in NSW.
"‘Stripped to our bare bones’: three years on from the floods, Lismore’s housing crisis is worse than ever";
"Queensland evacuations begin as Cyclone Alfred storm path tracks towards Brisbane";
"How to prepare for Cyclone Alfred and what to do if it’s too late to leave";
"Clive bought his house because of the view. Now he wonders if this is the last time he’ll enjoy it";
"Tropical Cyclone Alfred to lash Queensland and New South Wales, Australia";
"Panic buying, giant waves as Cyclone Alfred barrels towards coast";
"‘Like preparing to fight a war’: Can we stop a cyclone in its tracks?".
Tropical Cyclone Alfred is roaming about near the coast of Australia's south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales: "Northern NSW residents urged to prepare for first tropical cyclone since 1990";
"The coastal Victorian city with ambitious plans but a big sea-rise problem";
"Trump fired hundreds at NOAA, Weather Service. Here’s what that means for forecasts.";
"Amazon loses fight to exempt data center from energy regulation";
"More Growth, More Problems: System Change Not Climate Change";
"Slow-moving and erratic: Why cyclones like Alfred are so hard to predict";
"Secure the boat, pile sandbags and hunker down: Queensland’s Bribie Island braces for Cyclone Alfred";
"Cyclone Alfred is expected to hit southeast Queensland – the first in 50 years to strike so far south";
"How to prepare for a cyclone, according to an expert";
"Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound";
"Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items";
"Anti-Trans Disinfo Creeping on Climate Justice Spaces (Part 2 of 2)";
"Over 90% of countries fail to submit new NDCs by deadline";
"German election shows how far green wave has receded in Europe";
"Trump, EPA Aim to Remove Finding That Mandates Action on Greenhouse Gas Pollution";
"EPA Under Trump Besieged by Mass Terminations, Axed Programs, Funding Cuts";
"Wildfires in the Carolinas prompt a state of emergency, evacuations";
"Labor backs household batteries in bid to win over voters on cost-of-living and climate worries";
"‘This is unusual’: Northern NSW braces for first tropical cyclone in decades";
"Mine copper without destroying the planet? London-based project gives scientists hope";
"Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change";
"'Real threat': Queensland residents warned to prepare for category 2 Cyclone Alfred";
"Premier claims WA a ‘renewable energy powerhouse’ but leaked document shows wind and solar projects have ‘stalled’";
"Four million Queenslanders warned they could be in ‘firing line’ when cyclone heads towards coast";
"New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets";
"Weathering the Storm: Maryland’s Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase";
"These buildings use batteries made of ice to stay cool and save money";
"Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough";
"Column: Time for California to get serious about cheaper, cleaner energy";
"Nuclear reactors could become targets of war, defence experts warn";
"New ‘heat map’ tool predicts which Australian cities are at risk from extreme heat";
"A Nuclear Power Resurgence Is Coming to Michigan. What Are the Potential Health Impacts?";
"Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy";
"Heatwaves, fires, torrential rain, fish kills: Australia’s summer of climate extremes";
"Weathering the Storm: Maryland’s Chief Resilience Officer Reflects on Year One as Climate Threats Increase";
"Back to basics – and familiar faces – as Greens eye balance of power";
"‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency NOAA";
"The Troubled Energy Transition";
"Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #4: Assume climate change
Anthony Stott (pictured) was the guest speaker at the Geelong Climate Cafe on Friday, February 28.
He has worked in several fields such as teaching, youth work, and training unemployed people. He was a Lifeline counsellor for 5 years and has been in private practice since 2008.
With a gentle smile, Anthony took those at the Climate Cafe on a metaphorical journey from humanity's beginnings to where we are now - a planet in crisis.
Coping with climate distress has been a passion of Anthony for many years, something he has written about in his book, “The End of Hitchhiker Inc?? How Failure to Manage Population and Consumption has Led to Climate Emergency and What We Can Do”.
At Crookes Counselling and Consulting Services, Anthony runs an innovative client-centred climate distress program for individuals and groups.
Violet Coco is an active activist, she is bold and courageous in alerting others to the dilemmas of climate change.
Violet shared the stage with the research director from The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough), David Spratt at an event associated with the Melbourne-based National Sustainability Festival, “The PM’s Climate Speech we’ve been waiting for”
David mentioned the book, "The Deluge" by Stephen Markley, which he praised.
He also discussed the website "Thinking the Unthinkable" and urged people to visit.
Violet is associated with "Extinction Rebellion" and "Fireproof Australia".
The event revolved around The PM's Climate Speech we've been waiting for, something the work of Mark Carter who is known to many through his work with 'Flight Free Australia".
How close-knit community is better than rugged individualism - "Surviving the Climate Apocalypse (With a Little Help From My Friends)";
"America Loses Its Soul When It Rejects People Fleeing Danger";
"Climate change is coming for coastlines, from ancient cities to modern California: Study";
"Why the U.S. has been home to Earth’s most unusually cold air this year";
"How heatwaves can wreak havoc on your mental health";
"Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences";
"How to inoculate yourself (and others) against viral misinformation";
"The end of Germany’s climate crusade";
"Populist AfD “sand in the gears” of German climate efforts";
"Trump bars federal scientists from working on pivotal global climate report";
"Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species".
The Liberal-National Party's fanciful idea of nuclear power for Australia will deliver the 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge - "‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’: 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition";
"Coalition nuclear plan hides a 2bn tonne ‘carbon bomb’ that puts net zero by 2050 out of reach, new analysis shows";
"World urged to stay the course on climate action as Trump turns away";
"The future of clean energy storage could lie in Australian coal towns";
"When the World is On Fire and Anxiety, Contempt, and Climate Distress Join Your Meeting";
"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";
"Trump Administration Moves to Fast-Track Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Projects";
"From grasslands to ‘moonscape’: Dismay, anger over illegal clearing in Melbourne’s west";
"Climate misinformation and disinformation is rife. Could you spot fake content online?";
"A powerful force is stopping the Indian Ocean from cooling itself – spelling more danger for Ningaloo";
"The promise of green iron, steel and ammonia is keeping the green hydrogen dream alive";
"California Unveils Bill to Force Polluters to Pay for Climate-Driven Disasters";
"More EVs Migrate to Tesla’s Chargers, With Some Bumps";
"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters".
Simon Holmes à Court will be in conversation with Rick Brazalle (pictured) at a Lighter Footprints event at Melbourne's Malvern Town Hall on Wednesday, March 5, discussing "Powering 2025: Driving Australia’s Energy Transition".
"What Would Real Energy Independence Look Like?";
"This wind farm is retiring, so what happens to its tonnes of steel?";
"Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it";
"A Simple Farming Trick That Could Remove CO₂ from the Atmosphere";
"Trump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto Individuals";
"How Trump could be derailing a major global climate report";
"Waves are getting bigger. Is the world ready?";
"Net zero emissions by 2050 is great for the fossil fuel industry";
"Water Access in North Gaza, Rafah Down to 7 Percent of Pre-Genocide Levels";
"An Economist’s Dire Forecast About Just How Much Climate Change Will Impact GDP";
"Trump Wants the Federal Government’s Facilities Administration to Disconnect Its EV Charging Stations";
"Here's how climate change fueled the Los Angeles fires";
"Lethal Greed: How Corporate Manipulation of Science and Regulation Makes People Sick";
"A Lawsuit Against Greenpeace Is Meant to Bankrupt It and Deter Public Protests, Environmental Groups Warn";
"Doctors and Medical Schools Are Changing Treatments and Training to Respond to the Warming Climate";
"Trump Team Plans Deep Cuts at Office That Funds Recovery From Big Disasters";
"Even epic rainfall may not be enough to refill SoCal’s aquifers";
"States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump reversal";
"Climate change education can survive four more years of climate change denial";
"Kore Power has a new plan after canceling $1.2B battery plant in Arizona";
"Local Governments Can Achieve Texas-Sized Impacts from Distributed Energy Assets and Virtual Power Plants";
"Broken Levers" - George Monbiot;
"The climate crisis is a cost-of-living issue for Australia. My generation will be the first to pay for it";
"Activist asks Supreme Court to keep climate case alive";
"Tim Winton: Labor hasn’t delivered on more effective nature laws. It’s not just embarrassing, it’s calamitous";
"‘Serious concerns’: national assessment reveals rivers flowing into the Great Barrier Reef are getting more polluted";
"Why the death knell of a brutal 200km Dutch ice race signals trouble for Australia";
"Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over";
"Environmental Protection Agency Gives $20 Billion in ‘Green Bank’ Grants";
"The New Plutocracy";
"Energy and Wildlife Conservation: A Two-Pronged Approach";
"New Poll Finds Broad Support for Conservation and Action on Climate Change Across the West";
"Trump’s Friday Firings Leave EPA Chicago Office Down Dozens of Scientists, Staff";
"Gradually, Then Suddenly";
"Whale poop may have been a key fertilizer for oceans".
Alex Pearce (pictured) was just in Grade Six when he quizzed former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, about how he would combat climate change and care for the environment.
Now as the Fremantle Football Club captain and proud Palawa man, Alex still has the same concerns - "Athletes turn up the heat on politicians over climate change";
"The Corporate Coup in Global Context: An Emergency Town ...";
"Santos urges next PM to back Narrabri amid gas shortage fears";
"Government's 'wilful bastardry' dooming young people, former bureaucrat says";
"‘Like an underwater bushfire:’ Shocking images as heatwave bleaches Ningaloo";
"Beyond Trump: The new frontlines for climate action";
"Trump’s wind power restrictions put blue states’ climate goals out of reach";
"How to protect more Australian homes from the growing risks of floods, fires and other climate disasters";
"SEC rule suspension is early gift for Trump’s oil and gas supporters";
"A global coffee price spike is about to drip into your mug";
"How optimism can keep you healthy during stressful times";
"How We Distribute Power Will Influence Our Future";
"Protecting the Climate (documentary film review)";
"Study paints a future picture of climate-resilient UK crops: chickpeas, oranges, and even okra";
"Large-scale recycling of modern textiles is now in sight";
"Greens Bracing For The Worst With President Trump, Take 2";
"Rural Ohioans oppose solar farms, right? Not so, developer finds";
"As California EV sales stall, what happens to its landmark mandate?";
"Making Oil Companies Pay";
"Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled";
"Yes, Australia needs new homes – but they must be built to withstand disasters in a warmer world";
"How a few inches of rain turned ‘catastrophic’ in Kentucky and West Virginia";
"Has the BYD Shark 6 already been dethroned? Ahead of April arrival, GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV claims better towing and off-road numbers";
"South Africa Is a Warning";
"How the Oil Industry Turned Climate Change into a Partisan Issue";
"Global warming could be making Europe less windy: What does this mean for renewable energy?";
"Has your morning coffee got more expensive? Climate change could be to blame";
"Brazil’s Lula defends oil exploration in the Amazon as a way to finance green energy";
"Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?";
"'Inside I was screaming': The unexplored trauma of sudden and extreme weather";
"Fighting Floods with Florals: Planting Wildflowers to Stop Climate Change";
"Climate change will impact everything everywhere all at once";
"Praise Song for a False Spring";
"Peter Dutton sidesteps questions on state-funded nuclear disaster insurance plan";
"Improve the Soil, Improve the Earth";
"More than half of Australia’s homes were built before fire standards came in. Here are 5 ways to retrofit them";
"Fish and chips shouldn’t come with a catch: how Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates";
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Stories about climate change are not yet "the news of the day" but they soon will be, it just needs news editors and reporters, and there are some, to demonstrate courage and commitment to tell their audiences what is really happening, who is responsible and what people can do about this dilemma.
"New studies suggest a key Paris warming target has been breached";
"March of the EVs: Cheap Chinese cars to flood Australian roads";
"Torrential rains bring landslides, destruction to fire-scarred Southern California";
"How your suburb’s lack of trees could be affecting your health";
"Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan";
"Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program";
"Who Will Feed the World?";
"Richest nations ‘exporting extinction’ with demand for beef, palm oil and timber";
"Climate crisis contributing to chocolate market meltdown, research finds";
"A ‘recipe for extinction’: can the US’s envied nature protections survive Trump and his ‘God squad’?";
"After this Australian town burned down, experts warned against rebuilding. Nobody listened";
"SoCal digs out after mudslides, flooding, rain rescues; tornado damages homes";
"Extreme Heat Awareness Day";
"Revealed: ‘extremely concerning’ industry influence over UN aviation body";
"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";
"Price hikes and shortages flagged after banana crops ‘cop a flogging’ in north Queensland floods";
"How Did We Get Here? I Simply Drove Mindlessly Forward";
"Trump Nominates Oiliest Fossil Fuel Lobbyist to Run the Bureau of Land Management";
"Want to make sure you don’t swelter in your next home? Check these 12 features before you rent or buy";
"‘A house battery you can drive around’: how a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid";
"Trump’s New Energy Secretary Called Germany’s Energy Transition ‘Unreliable.’ But He Missed All the Nuance";
"New German Government Report Highlights Growing Climate Security Risks";
"Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands";
"NT strips funding from green groups, boosts fossil fuels, in foretaste of Dutton administration";
"China’s coal power habit undercuts ‘unprecedented pace’ of clean energy";
"Ukraine war raised flight emissions by 1% as planes rerouted, study says";
"Climate Change Imperils Pensions. Here’s How Some Investment Managers Protect Them.";
"Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense";
"Rio Tinto says wind and solar make economic sense, but LNP stands in way of its plans to save smelters";
"A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump";
"The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux";
"DOGE’s Illegal Takeover Pulls From Fascist Playbooks";
"Just a small rise in global temperatures could be deadly";
"A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities";
"In deep water: Ocean literacy among young people is worryingly low, new survey finds";
"Confused about climate? The essential terms you need to know";
"New Research Led by James Hansen Documents Global Warming Acceleration";
"Later is too late to act on climate change.";
"Renewables shift is ‘unstoppable’ despite US exit from Paris Agreement, says UN climate chief";
"2024 was Earth’s hottest year on record, passing a dangerous warming threshold".
About 60 people gathered in Shepparton, northern Victoria, just recently as part of a nationwide protest about the Queensland State Government's blindness to the science illustrating why it should stand behind the health and wellbeing of trans kids.
In just eight days, four people, Ren Slade, Georgina Poort, Jacq Kiss and Nicole Wells, went from little more than an idea to the reality of a rally of about 60 people.
Among the speakers were the parent of a trans person and a founding member of "Transcend Australia", Jo Foster; a trans young person and music performer, Sammi Louise, AKA Lou Baby; and a City of Greater Shepparton councillor, Cr Sam Spinks.
The master of ceremonies for the event was Ren Slade, a member of "AusPATH", and Ren encouraged people to support "Project 491".
She thanked Elizabeth Capp, the head of campus at Shepparton's "La Trobe University" for allowing the group to use the breezeway facing Shepparton's North St for the gathering.
Also, she thanked "Goulburn Valley Pride" for its logistical support and Brad from "Corton Audio".
The Research Director of the Melbourne-based National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough), David Spratt, has written the stunning and timely report: "Collision Course: 3-degrees of warming & humanity's future".
David has said: "We’re on track for a 3°C hotter world—unprecedented heat, rising seas drowning cities, food system collapse, and societal instability. This future is fast approaching, with catastrophic risks beyond anything humanity has faced".
Former Chair of the Australian Coal Association, Ian Dunlop, has said: "There is a chasm in outlook between the global climate policy-making elite with their focus on distant goals and slow, non-disruptive change, and activists and key researchers who see the world hurtling towards climate breakdown and social collapse.
The report is essential reading.
Here is a video recording of the event.
The late Phillip Sutton (pictured) helped me understand how ending our addiction to fossil fuels would worsen global warming, at least momentarily, but then provide an avenue to the solution.
Phillip co-authored the prescient 2008 book "Climate Code Red: The Case for Emergency Action" with David Spratt, the Research Director for "BreakThroughOnline", The National Centre for Climate Restoration is an independent think tank that develops critical thought leadership to influence the climate debate and policy-making.
"Trading Hope for Reality Helps Me Parent Through the Climate Crisis";
"Fact check: Have emissions risen under the Albanese government?";
"Mayors Across US Urge Congress Not to Repeal Clean Energy Tax Credits";
"One hundred ‘carbon-neutral’ corporates quit government scheme over integrity concerns";
"Paris Agreement 1.5°C threshold reached in 2024";
"Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist";
"James Hansen says we're underestimating global warming acceleration — is anyone listening?";
"How to defeat populism";
"‘Ridiculous blunder’: Trump wades into California’s water wars – and strikes some of his strongest supporters";
"Amusing Ourselves to Death";
"22 Republican AGs Sue to Stop New York’s Attempt to Make Fossil Fuel Polluters Pay for Climate Damages";
"Clean Energy Costs Expected to Drop 2-11% in 2025, Report Says";
"Los Angeles Wildfires Were More Likely Due to Climate Change: Report";
"A fierce tussle over a Northern Territory river reveals Australia’s stark choice on water justice";
"Explainer: what does it actually mean to ‘firm’ renewables?";
"Earth is already shooting through the 1.5°C global warming limit, two major studies show";
"Where should we look for new metals that are critical for green energy technology? Volcanoes may point the way";
"Nature and shops: here’s what people told us they want most from urban planning";
"Golf courses can be safe havens for wildlife and beacons of biodiversity";
"What Happens in the Arctic Won’t Stay in the Arctic";
"Climate Politics: What Would Donald Trump Do?";
"The Plastic Crisis: A Health and Environmental Emergency";
"How nature can strengthen Greater Sydney's flood resilience";
"As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost";
"This form of anxiety is not officially recognised. But it's widely affecting young people";
"A Ugandan climate activist works to hold global superpowers accountable";
"CCAG: At the intersection of climate expertise and action";
"You’re invited to POWFest";
"Air Pollution Exposure Reduces Ability to Concentrate on Everyday Tasks: Study";
"UK Flood Defense Spending to Reach Record Levels in Face of Climate Crisis";
"2025 Kicks Off With Warmest January on Record";
"Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list";
"Greenland ice sheet cracking more rapidly than ever, study shows";
"Heavy weekend snow and ice will hit swath of Midwest and Northeast";
"Biden’s Environmental Record";'
"Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?";
"Heavy weekend snow and ice will hit swath of Midwest and Northeast";
"DOGE Ransacks NOAA, Raising Fears About Privatization of Climate Data";
"Dollars in the dust: Is outback scrub really saving the planet?";
"Hottest January on record mystifies climate scientists";
"‘Backsliding’: most countries to miss vital climate deadline as Cop30 n
My friend was distressed, feeling useless and unable to make an impact, John Grimes (pictured), by comparison, is motivated and calling out Peter Dutton's nuclear power place.
"Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit";
"China’s ‘artificial sun’ has sent shockwaves through the West";
"Australia can be a winner from Trump’s climate retreat";
"Australian Security Leaders Climate Group";
"Lies, damned lies and catastrophic risks";
"Climate change and Australian security: a conversation with Admiral Chris Barrie";
"Climate Adaptation Fair";
"Extreme heat: Where 50C temperatures could hit this week";
"The 2024 Climate Movement in Photos (and Some Words)";
"Renewables option as climate change fuels conflict";
"It’s about to be very stormy across the U.S. Why and where it will be worst."
"What Trump’s Return Means for the Climate — And How The World Must Respond";
"Yes, really, it’s going to be called the Gulf of America";
"Power prices surge as coal and clean energy supply falters";
"To keep your cool in a heatwave, it may help to water your trees";
"Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist";
"Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats";
"LA Burning: Capitalism, Climate Change and Resistance";
"The Climate Fix: Solutions for a Warming World";
"The Los Angeles Wildfires Are Fully Contained";
"The world is heading towards 3 degrees Celsius of warming. Will humanity have a future?"
Here we have a group of writers, something like a musical group, reimagining Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" and transforming it into the "Wealth of Gaia."
Working together and collaborating, the team goes about "Reimagining Economics: ‘The Wealth of Gaia’ by Eve Smith".
Hosting the event is The managing editor of the Post Growth Fellowship, Natalie Holmes.
Sammy Roth (pictured) is a climate columnist with the Los Angeles Times and a key figure in the podcast Boiling Point.
In his role as a climate columnist, Sammy is a storyteller and as such has a critical and pivotal role to play in helping his readers, and of course, the broader community, address the challenges of a changing climate.
Sammy follows the truth and the science of climate change when pursuing his stories, a mandate he imagines, well knows, will be increasingly important following the recent inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. President.
The Boiling Point podcast is U.S.-centric, but much of what is happening with climate affairs in one country is applicable in another.
A warning from the English broadcaster, writer and naturalist, David Attenborough (pictured) - "Climate change is the biggest threat to security that modern humans have ever faced'.
"How do climate scientists maintain their hope in a warming world?";
"Greens’ $8 billion scheme for 50 cent fares across Australia comes with costing questions";
"Trump Administration Considers Halting Congestion Pricing";
"What Climate Progress Is Possible Now?".
Professor Tony Hayment (pictured) is Australia's newly appointed Chief Scientist: "Statement from Professor Tony Haymet";
"Ed Husic discusses appointment of new chief scientist";
"Prof. Tony Haymet – Australia’s new Chief Scientist";
"Inside Trump’s Renewed Effort to Undo a Major Climate Rule";
"How you could save $3000 in power bills by making simple changes";
"'Be prepared to die out there': Workers blow the whistle on Adani's Carmichael coal mine";
"Kentucky’s Mountaintop Mines Are Turned Into Neighborhoods";
"For years, these artists painted L.A. on fire. Now life is a charred canvas.";
"Power prices surge as coal and clean energy supply falters".
My central Shepparton home in northern Victoria, Australia, was not impacted by the 2022 floods that inundated much of the city.
Shepparton is central to the Goulburn Valley and is part of the Nicholls Federal Electorate, which is one of the highest-risk areas in Australia. The Goulburn Valley is on a riverine floodplain.
Insurance was the topic of a recent webinar organized by the organization, "Covering Climate Now".
Climate change is evolving to become a worldwide catastrophe for the insurance industry as discussed in the story from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Insurance cost of Los Angeles wildfires may be felt in Australia";
"Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.";
"Trump Wants to Unleash Energy, as Long as It’s Not Wind or Solar";
"Orange rivers, longer days: Nine ways our planet changed in its hottest year yet";
"What time to leave the beach before scorching heat turns to wild winds";
"On Friday, we got above freezing";
"The PM’s Climate Speech we’ve been waiting for";
"Floating solar project converts former gravel pit into 20 MW power generating pond";
"3 reasons to fear humanity won’t reach net-zero emissions – and 4 reasons we might just do it";
"Marble Bar flooded after 100mm of heavy rain, major WA highway reopens";
"Don’t call me teal: meet the Climate 200-backed candidate set to take on Peter Dutton";
"Disasters Are Exactly the Time for Urban Planning";
"Wanting to ‘return to normal’ after a disaster is understandable, but often problematic";
"As Trump Targets Biden’s Environmental Justice Initiatives, Activists Gear Up for Legal Fights";
"Should Los Angeles be in such a rush to rebuild after the devastating wildfires?";
"The Dissonance of Climate Promises at Davos";
"Donald Trump Exits Paris Agreement, Again: What It Means for the U.S. and the World?";
"A Novelist Imagined a Climate-Driven Wildfire Burning LA, Then Watched It Happen";
"Conservation Won Big Under Biden. Environmentalists and Tribal Leaders Fear Trump Will Undo Those Gains";
"California leaders reject Trump administration order to allow immigration enforcement in schools";
"EVs account for 9 out of 10 new passenger car sales in Norway in 2024";
"How the Climate Crisis Became an Insurance Crisis";
"The Next Financial Crisis: Insurance";
"I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary";
"Wild weather brings spectacular dust storm to Onslow in WA's Pilbara";
"The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story";
"Are we smart enough for democracy?";
"Why Trump’s Positions on EVs Would Shoot America in the Foot";
"New York’s Congestion Pricing Could Worsen Traffic in Poor Neighborhoods";
"Will the Steady State Economy Be Funded?";
"The World Revolution Can Use a Crowd-Sourced Global Policy Cloud";
"Sustainability reporting is the problem, not the solution (or: The case against CSRD)";
"‘We’ve been dumbed-down’: Australian farmers want the right to repair their own tractors again";
"The Nature Conservancy pledges to continue honoring the Paris Agreement";
"5 ways Project 2025 appeared in Trump’s presidential directives";
"Building for conservative victory through policy, personnel, and training.";
"The tourist beach town where the ocean threatens a way of life";
"Four homes lost as fires threaten multiple communities across southern WA";
"UK climate and nature bill dropped after deal with Labour backbenchers";
"How the world has responded to Trump’s Paris climate agreement withdrawal";
"Storm Éowyn hits UK and Ireland: 1,000 flights cancelled amid ‘danger to life’";
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The inauguration of Donald Trump as the U.S. President was lamented and considered grim news at the second meeting of the Geelong Climate Cafe on Friday, January 24.
The 10 people at the cafe were deeply concerned about Trump's rise to The Whitehouse but quickly shifted to more parochial matters about which the participants felt they could do something.
"Why do so few apartments in Sydney and Melbourne have cost-saving solar panels?";
"World’s largest iceberg on collision course with British island";
"‘Managed retreat’: Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?";
"Touring disaster sites, Trump says he wants to get rid of FEMA";
"Los Angeles begins long recovery from fires — and braces for new disasters";
"Hughes and Laguna fires spread on another day of fire danger in Los Angeles";
"Trump says a ‘valve’ can solve California’s water woes. Experts say it’s not true.";
"Why environmental conservation won't save nature";
"Ageing coal generator fleet spells trouble for power outages";
"Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris Agreement. Here’s why that’s not such a bad thing";
"World Leaders Remain Committed to Paris Climate Agreement Despite Trump’s Withdrawal";
"It’s science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia";
"Sleeping on beaches and staying social: how Australians kept cool in heatwaves before modern technology":
"How wildfire, humans and a warming climate led to the extinction of California’s big mammals 13,000 years ago – podcast";
"After Trump’s pullback, Bloomberg promises to fill US funding gap to UN climate body";
"Geoengineering Technology to Remove Methane From Atmosphere Deemed Ineffective in New Study";
"Western Australia bushfires: homes reportedly lost and thousands told it is too late to leave";
"Swarm of jellyfish swimming in bioluminescence looks ‘magical’ – but it’s a warning sign";
"Genesis Invitational will relocate to Torrey Pines after California fires";
"‘Scare tactics’ and uncertainty: What Trump’s offshore wind order means";
"Trump freezes Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure-law funding";
"Revisiting Applied Hope";
"Zeroing in on Steel Sector Emissions for Market Transformation";
"Firefighters battle to keep upper hand on new wildfire north of Los Angeles";
"‘We surpassed human limits to stop this’: LA megafires show our approach to fire needs to change";
"I felt death in the flames’: how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform barren ranches into rainforest";
"Grounded is mobilising to safeguard land and housing for future generations";
"LNP’s refusal to cap K’gari visitors risks ‘destroying’ heritage-listed island, custodians warn";
"Why Is It So Cold in the South If the Planet Is Warming? Here’s What We Know.";
"This Is Who Should Foot the Bill for the Los Angeles Fires";
"Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it";
"Wildfires drive record leap in global level of climate-heating CO2";
"Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation";
"We live in times of multiple entwined crises – but our policy responses aren’t keeping up";
"Memo to Trump: Five reasons to act on climate";
"The last time it was legal, exports of sea sand destroyed dozens of Indonesian islands. Now, the ban is being lifted";
"Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows";
"Executive Orders on Energy and Climate Have Advocates Across the Nation on Edge";
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The Mayor of Hobart, the capital city in the Australian State of Tasmania, Anna Reynolds (pictured) has voiced concerns on Linkedin about her city facing a bushfire threat in conditions similar to those that recently razed large portions of Los Angeles during a wildfire driven by fierce Santa Anna winds.
She asked the LinkedIn community for answers/comments about several issues and one to reply was a climate scientist and Professor Emeritus from the University of Melbourne, David Karoly.
"‘To anyone who lost their home in the #lafire I will paint it for free’";
"The Climate Peril We Overlook";
"Snow and ice will hit swath of South that hasn’t seen a storm like this in decades";
"L.A. Fires Revive Calls for a ‘Climate Superfund’ Law in California";
"Trump plans to declare a 'national energy emergency.' What does that mean?";
"With ‘damaging’ winds, extreme fire danger returns to Southern California";
"‘Catastrophic’: Great Barrier Reef hit by its most widespread coral bleaching, study finds";
"Trump Signs Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies";
"Trump just declared an ‘energy emergency.’ Here’s what it means.";
"Fast moving Hughes Fire breaks out in Castaic, prompting evacuations";
"LA immigrant rights groups were bracing for Trump — and then came the fires";
"‘I've been in many ways erased’: Artist on Eaton Fire grief";
"Conspiracies are rife about water and the LA fires. Here's what experts say";
"The L.A. fires are just the beginning of a crisis spreading across the country";
"Trump Attacks Climate Action, Environmental Protections on First Day Back in Power";
"How is Antarctica melting, exactly? Crucial details are beginning to come into focus";
"Study shows hot leaves can’t catch carbon from the air. It’s bad news for rainforests – and Earth":
"NZ’s climate policies are no longer enough to keep warming at 1.5°C – here’s what needs to happen";
"2024 Brought the World to a Dangerous Warming Threshold. Now What?";
"L.A. Fires Revive Calls for a ‘Climate Superfund’ Law in California";
"Mandatory climate reporting proving valuable for ESG investors";
"Why some are working against public transport and rail";
"Are Southern California Fires Outpacing Wildlife’s Ability to Adapt?";
"CO2 Levels Rose at Record Rate in 2024";
"Trump Withdraws United States from Paris Agreement";
"Cement has an emissions problem. Can tech that mimics coral fix it?";
"Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work";
"High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds";
"Making aluminium uses 10% of Australia’s electricity. Will tax incentives help smelters go green?";
"Smelters will close without green aluminium funding, Albanese warns as Dutton labels $2bn pledge a ‘con job’";
"The LA fires left a beloved school in ashes. Now, parents are rallying to restart their ‘community’";
"Can we really fight fire with fire? Why pre-burning is no magic bullet";
"Trump signs executive order directing US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement — again";
"With ‘damaging’ winds, extreme fire danger returns to Southern California";
"Trump Orders a U.S. Exit From the World’s Main Climate Pact";
"Almost 26,000 hectares of threatened species habitat approved for clearing under Labor in 2024, new report finds";
"Texas Regulators Finalize Oilfield Waste Rule";
"Wildfire school recovery";
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Simon Kerr (pictured) is alarmed about the world community not being prepared for what is coming and writes on Medium about "What’s Happening with the Planet? A Short Update for 2025".
He is a climate change thinker, a research fellow, the creator of "Music for a Warming World", and has a PhD in Political Ecology.
He was a guest on this podcast in June 2024 in an episode entitled: "Interview: 'This is one of the most important books I've seen for some time': Simon Kerr praises 'Living Hot'".
A group of people reached for some normalcy "As L.A. burned, some venues tried to provide laughter, drinks and normalcy";
"As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles";
"Calif. Republicans weigh in on Trump allies’ calls for fire aid conditions";
"The home front: Could the Los Angeles fires happen in Australia?";
"How Los Angeles Dreams Became Kindling";
"For L.A.’s homeless population, the fires upend hard-earned stability";
"A new kind of urban firestorm";
"Advocates Warn of Climate, Cancer Risks From a Potential Trump Rollback on Electric Big Rigs and Buses";
"Power utility sued over woman’s death as crews make progress against LA fires";
"Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn";
"GoFundMe, Mandy Moore and the unfairness of disaster relief: ‘If you were poor before, you should stay poor’";
"‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’";
"Peering Into a Bleak, ‘Uninsurable Future’";
"Timeline: How the LA fires erupted into the worst natural disaster in California history";
"The California wildfires are not ‘natural disasters’ – they’re man-made catastrophes";
"Hottest year on record sent planet past key global warming limit of 1.5C for first time in 2024";
"Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits";
"A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights";
"Why Chinese EVs are displacing Teslas";
"How climate-friendly waterwheels are coming around again";
"What might sports look like in a warming world?";
"Chart: EV sales grew slowly in 2024 — but still set new records";
"Without enough utility power, California EV truck depots try microgrids";
"‘There’s literally nothing’: surrounded by destruction, Los Angeles begins to process scale of loss";
"‘It’s going to be rough’: what Trump’s response to LA fires portends for future climate disasters";
"I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers";
"New weather system to strike eastern Australia with strong winds and rain";
"Major banks are abandoning their climate alliance en masse. So much for ‘woke capital’";
"New Study Shows How Fossil Fuel Sectors Create a Climate Denial Echo Chamber on Social Media";
"More Americans, Risking Ruin, Drop Their Home Insurance";
"The Wrong Lesson From Trudeau’s Fall Is That Climate Action Is Unpopular";
"Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend’";
"I’m a climate scientist and my house in LA burned down. My work has never been more real";
"Texas Is Unprepared for Compound Climate Disasters";
"How Climate Change Is Complicating a Beloved Midwest Pastime: Ice Fishing";
"Los Angeles Fires Are Exacerbating the City’s Housing Crisis";
"Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World’s Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds";
"Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright Calls Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg a ‘Friend’";
"Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History";
"Yes, Imitation Meat Is Processed. Can It Also Be Healthy?";
"From cod logs to frog bogs: we catalogued 400 ways to help species survive a warmer world";
"The LA fires have prompted a reckoning for the insurance industry – Australian premiums could soar as a result";
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Stuart Goldsmith (pictured) flies business class but makes his ethical point about flying that way, with a smile on his face.
"The Media’s Mega-Failure on LA’s Mega-Fires";
"Press Briefing: How the LA Wildfires Are Fueled by Climate Change";
"‘Some homes weren’t designed with fire in mind’: Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?";
"‘Not out of the woods yet’: Critical fire warning for LA extended an extra day";
"VIDEO: 'Absolutely terrifying': Former NSW Fire Commissioner discusses LA wildfires";
"Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ – and what it means to lose it";
"Easing conditions will help crews battle L.A. fires";
"Los Angeles Fires Lead to Over $200 Billion in Losses, Potentially the Most Expensive Wildfire Event in U.S. History";
"Wealthiest 1% Have Used Up Their Share of World’s Carbon Budget in Just 10 Days, Analysis Finds";
"Ecology of Fear: Mike Davis’ history of LA and natural disaster is re-read whenever fire rages in California";
"Boiling Point" - podcast;
"Australia is becoming an uninsurable nation. There may only be one solution";
"Why the LA fires should spark economic alarm in Australia";
"‘Some homes weren’t designed with fire in mind’: Is timber to blame for LA wildfires?";
"Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven".
New York Times climate reporter, Christopher Flavelle (pictured) discusses Los Angeles' strengths and weaknesses and how the city responded to the present fire crisis.
"California’s insurance crisis is a warning for America";
"‘It’s ironic’: how climate crisis is driving Trump push on Greenland and Panama";
"Republicans see the LA wildfires as an opportunity to punish California";
"Death toll from Palisades and Eaton fires climbs to 24. What we know about those killed";
"‘The Love in the Air Is Thicker Than the Smoke’";
"Why firefighters say the Los Angeles blazes have been unstoppable";
"Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as LA. When it comes to bushfires, that doesn’t bode well";
"In pictures: The deadly path of a small bush fire that came to devastate the LA elite";
"California’s Insurance System Faces Crucial Test as Losses Mount";
"Supreme Court Clears a Path for Climate Lawsuits to Proceed".
Amy Chozick (pictured) wants someone to take control in Los Angeles, as she writes in her guest essay in The New York Times: "Los Angeles Is Being Crushed Under the Weight of Inaction";
"‘We got our fingers crossed’: residents in limbo after LA fires force evacuations";
"The Eaton Fire Is Now One of California’s Deadliest";
"'We are not in the clear': Dangerous Santa Ana winds forecast to resume in Los Angeles";
"Disinformation reigns as bushfires devastate California":
"How the climate crisis fuels devastating wildfires: ‘We have tweaked nature and pissed it off’";
"Middle-Class Dreams Lie in Ruins in Palisades Mobile Home Park";
"L.A.’s wildfires have leaders fighting on two fronts: Nature and politics";
"The Los Angeles fires won’t affect climate denial. They should.";
"Can the Coalition turn teal seats back to blue?";
"Are Australia's urban centres prepared for a fire like Los Angeles?".
Bushfire expert, David Bowman, has warned us against "kicking the can down the road" - he asks: "Could what happened in LA occur here? Short answer: Yes";
"Los Angeles prepares for return of strong winds as fire death toll rises to 16";
"Five battles that will define Australia’s climate war election";
"The Last House Standing";
"Gov. Gavin Newsom says he expects death toll will rise";
"'Unimaginable terror and heartbreak' in LA as heightened winds threaten to worsen fires";
"As Los Angeles combusts, 2024 is declared Earth’s hottest on record";
"‘We’re in a New Era’: How Climate Change Is Supercharging Disasters";
"Scientists Say Musk Wrongly Downplays Climate Role in L.A. Fires";
"What it feels like to live in a city on fire";
"Winds will ramp up in coming days, challenging firefighters and keeping evacuees from being able to return";
"U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged".
Tesla and X owner, billionaire Elon Musk uses his position to spead disinformation about the LA fires and the California Fire Authority using sexist and racist language: "Elon Musk blames female firefighters of colour for LA fires";
"Their homes torched amid a housing crisis, L.A. residents wonder where to go";
"‘We don’t know the half of it’: More deaths feared in ever-expanding LA fires";
"Drones Take Off in the Battle Against the Los Angeles Fires";
"‘It was just dust’: Shocked families return to find their charred homes";
"Los Angeles wildfires already pegged as costliest blaze in U.S. history";
"Why Los Angeles was unprepared for this fire";
"More evacuations as fire changes direction, posing new threat to Los Angeles";
"See how a small fire in L.A. turned into a monster, hour by hour";
"The LA Fires and the Big Bang";
"Los Angeles wildfires already pegged as costliest blaze in U.S. history";
"Coming Soon to Our Musk-Trump Hellscape: AI-Trained Tesla Robotaxis";
"Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn";
"Global Warming Surges Well Past 1.5-Degree Mark in 2024";
"Another Polar Vortex Is Blasting the U.S. With Harsh Winter Weather. So How Is Climate Change Involved?";
"Caught in a Climate Bind, New York State Is Reconsidering Nuclear Power";
"After Three Hurricanes in 13 Months, Residents of Cedar Key, Florida, Are Considering the Island’s Future—and Their Own".
What's happened in Los Angeles is a portent for what we could see in Australia according to: listen to Greg Mullins - "As California burns, how will Australia respond to this climate-fuelled crisis?";
"Los Angeles residents flee wildfire, firefighters battle blaze in Pacific Palisades";
"Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry;"
"BoM data finds 2024 was Australia’s second-hottest year on record";
"Wade Crowfoot on Building Wildfire Resilience";
"11 killed, 35,000 acres burned by California wildfires";
"‘There was nothing you could do’: The two days when fire swallowed Los Angeles";
"Deadly wildfires surge in size in Southern California and force more evacuations";
"As fires rage, CA fears home insurance collapse";
"You just lived through the hottest year on record. Again.";
"LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?";
"The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires";
"Celebrities kick off fire relief efforts, Jamie Lee Curtis pledges $1.6m";
"Nearly 800 prisoners now helping to battle Los Angeles fires";
"Australia leases US firebombing aircraft in the northern winter. So what happens when LA burns in January?";
"Epic aerial assault to protect homes in Brentwood, Encino as L.A. wildfire death toll rises";
"‘We don’t know the half of it’: More deaths feared in ever-expanding LA fires";
"Wildfires latest: Pacific Palisades fire is most destructive in Los Angeles history";
"‘Like a bomb was dropped’: Devastating before-and-after pictures reveal scale of destruction".
Devastating fires at Palisades in America's California are, in my view from some 12,000 kilometres away, a direct outcome of climate change.
"What it was like on the ground as the Pacific Palisades fire spread";
"California wildfires ignite as strong winds fuel flames";
"The A.I. Power Grab";
"The new phantom menace isn’t as bad as you think. Waymo rocks!";
"Fires rage out of control across Los Angeles as officials warn of worse to come";
"Live Updates: California Officials Scramble to Fight Fires With Strained Resources";
"Why the L.A. fires became so bad so quickly";
"Wildfires are raging through the US west. Here’s how to protect yourself";
"World’s climate fight needs fundamental reform, UN expert says: ‘Some states are not acting in good faith’".
Geelong's Climate Cafe meets again this month - "Climate Café launched in Geelong";
"Winter Storm Blankets the East Coast, With Arctic Air on Its Heels";
"Locking up a 77-year-old climate protester is proof of a broken justice system";
"Wind Wars";
"Cost-of-living crisis meets new era of electric cars";
"Biden Bans New Oil and Gas Drilling Along Most U.S. Coasts";
"What Would It Take to Bring Renewable, Reliable Power to Puerto Rico?";
"Polar Vortex’ Got You Baffled? Try This Extreme-Weather Guide";
"Global Water Monitor";
"High Heat Is Preferentially Killing the Young, Not the Old, New Research Finds";
"World Water Film Festival Makes a Splash at Columbia Climate School";
"'He was prescient’: Jimmy Carter, the environment and the road not taken";
"A new solar project in Brooklyn could offer a model for climate justice";
"UK EV sales reached record highs in 2024, SMMT reveals";
"In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world";
"Artefacts from Pacific museums being put at risk";
"UK Electricity Reached a Record 58% From Low-Carbon Sources in 2024";
"All Chicago City Buildings Now Run on Renewable Energy";
"Deep-Sea Mining 101: Everything You Need to Know";
"Arbor Day Foundation to Plant 10 Million Trees to Replace Those Destroyed by Hurricanes Helene and Milton";
"Winter Storm Blair: Millions across North America hit by polar vortex";
"Fuel-hungry utes and SUVs dominate Australian sales, with Corolla the only small car on top 10 list";
"Fully recovering Australia’s threatened species would cost 25% of GDP. We can’t do it all at once – so let’s start here";
"Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows";
"The Renewable Energy Transition Has Residents of a Small Arizona Town on Edge".
Ingrid Robeyns (pictured) has written an amazingly timely book - "Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth".
You can hear an interview with her by Adam Canover on "Factually - Why Billionaires Should Be Banned".
Powerful writing by Adam Knox in the Melbourne Age - "It’s worse than any war or pandemic, so why are our leaders ignoring it?";
"More than 100 water rescues as heatwave sweeps across Victoria";
"The Weather That Changed Us | Heatwave";
"Federal Labor pledges to fund bulk of Bruce Highway upgrade in re-election bid";
"The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions";
"Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden’s new subsidies show why.";
"The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse":
"Southern Ocean winds to break stifling heatwave baking Australia’s south-east";
"Australia needs better ways of storing renewable electricity for later. That’s where ‘flow batteries’ can help";
"Why drought and a big wind event spell fire trouble for Southern California";
"Several flights cancelled across Germany as extreme winter weather brings widespread disruption";
"After Three Hurricanes in 13 Months, Residents of Cedar Key, Florida, Are Considering the Island’s Future—and Their Own";
"These cities will be hardest hit as winter storm brings snow and ice to many states";
"Trump team takes aim at crown jewel of US climate research";
"What to know about the heavy snow and ice storms soon to hit a swath of the U.S.";
"Polar vortex expected to bring snow, ice and brutal cold to most of US";
"Landman Is in Love With the Myths That Oilmen Tell About Themselves";
"Why the Argument That LNG Is Essential to the Energy Transition Is ‘Nonsense’";
"2024 – a dire year for Human Survival";
"Improvements to Electric Vehicles Ease Concerns About Range Loss in Cold Climates";
"Firefighters battle fresh blazes in Victoria as pockets of NSW burn";
"Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters";
"A season of uncertainty for this Helene-stricken Christmas tree farm";
"China records warmest temperature in 2024";
"Weather warnings remain as flooding clean-up starts";
"An economic lifeline: Why Iran opposes production curbs in UN plastics treaty ";
"Medical Schools Around the World Are Expanding Their ‘Climate Change Curriculums’";
"World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink";
"Greenhushing’ Is On the Rise as Companies Go Silent on Climate Pledges";
"On beaches of Gaza and Tel Aviv, two tales of one heatwave":
"Reckoning With Climate Anxiety in the Wake of the US Election";
"The Earth’s Colors Are Changing—and Climate Change Could Be Partially to Blame";
"Most Costly Climate Disasters of 2024 Killed 2,000 People and Inflicted $229 Billion in Damages";
"Climate-friendly electricity sees big battery projects soar again for 2024";
"Year of deadly weather: Climate change added 41 extra heat days and supercharged disasters";
"‘Ironic’: climate-driven sea level rise will overwhelm major oil ports, study shows";
"Plants Are Becoming Less Nutritious Because of Climate Change, Impacting Herbivores From Insects to Giant Pandas";
"Trump accused of attacking UK energy policies on behalf of fossil fuel industry";
"Creating clean hydrogen power is hard. Biden’s new subsidies show why.";
"The first major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions";
"New York to Charge Biggest Emitters for Climate Damages Under New Law";
"The world’s hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up";
"‘An ecological disaster’: Russia deals with aftermath of massive fuel oil spill";
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Heat records are tumbling - "Australia just had its second-hottest year on record – and temperatures will rise again";
"The $80 billion question buried in Dutton’s nuclear power plan";
"Victoria braces for weekend heatwave as total fire ban declared in state’s west";
"The key step to making your holiday period more environmentally friendly";
"Drilling could resume where a 1969 oil spill inspired Earth Day";
"Heat Is Claiming Mexico’s Young People";
"The price of batteries has declined by 97% in the last three decades;"
"Solar panel prices have fallen by around 20% every time global capacity doubled";
"Why seas are surging";
"Will Trump Cut Short the Biden Clean-Energy Boom? Investors Are Nervous.";
"Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems";
"Poverty in Lahaina has doubled after 2023 wildfire: ‘We’re cutting down on what we eat’";
"Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions";
"50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever";
"New York aims to fine polluters up to $75 billion with new climate law";
"The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Ceaseless Assault on Climate Policy";
"‘Ambitious’ climate claim against Attorney-General dismissed";
"UK to finish with coal power after 142 years";
"Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024";
"Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates";
"The University of Chicago’s new climate initiative";
"The clean energy transition, in 10 charts";
"Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’";
"New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale";
"How to Start a Public University LNG Research Center: An LNG Lobbyist Director and Donations for Research Votes";
"Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK";
"AI air pollution takes deadly health toll";
"The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse";
"At Extinction Rebellion, we aimed for UK net zero in 2025. That won’t happen – so here’s what to do instead";
"Amazon wildfires and droughts are ‘ominous indicators’ of a long-feared tipping point";
"Roadmap to COP30 - Climate Action in 2025";
"Here are 12 climate resolutions to take with you into the new year";
"World endures 'decade of deadly heat' as 2024 caps hottest years on record";
"A more common enemy - How climate change spreads diseases and makes them more dangerous";
"Future fizzles: the promises and predictions for 2025 in Australia that came true (or didn’t)";
"Climate change will devastate value of homes, warns Bank of England";
"The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them?";
"Labour under fire over plans for 40 more ‘greenwashing’ waste incinerators";
"The effect of CO2 ramping rate on the transient weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation";
"Americans’ support for climate justice":
"To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade";
"UK weather: amber snow warnings after temperatures hit -8C";
"China and Russia agree to deepen cooperation on Arctic shipping route";
"El Niño and La Niña, Explained
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (pictured) died a few days ago at 100. Here is Jonathon Altrer, who said that as President, "He peered over the horizon, especially on energy and the environment";
"Canary Media’s top 10 clean energy stories in 2024";
"A Triple Threat to Humanity: Climate Change, Pandemics, and Anti-Science";
"Nuclear power had a strong year in 2024, but uncertainty looms for 2025";
"In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world";
"Sport produces mountains of high-tech waste. We are finding new ways to recycle it";
"Germany and Spain experienced some of the world’s costliest climate disasters in 2024";
"Violence, frayed tempers and hot weather — is mango madness real?";
"AI air pollution takes deadly health toll";
"If popular culture is anything to go by, 2024 is the year we simply gave up";
"These Graphics Help Explain What Climate Change Looked Like in 2024";
"North Carolina’s Climate Activists Brace for Trump’s Return";
"2024: a year of racism and lying to ourselves";
"From the sidelines to the helm: The Global South’s turn to lead climate policy";
"Millions of households in Great Britain face higher energy bills as price cap rises";
"‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pictured) looks back, looks ahead and looks for hope.
"Podcast: Facing the world at 3-degrees of warming";
"New York to fine fossil fuel companies $75 billion under new climate law";
"Long recovery ahead for wildlife hurt by Grampians fire, ecologist says";
"Is there a new energy future for Australia’s remaining oil refiners?";
"2024’s most costly climate disasters killed 2,000 people and caused $229bn in damages, data shows";
"2025 tipped to be bumper year for EVs as emission laws change and new models arrive";
"The Year in Climate: Record Heat, an Election, a Push for Justice and Reasons for Hope";
"In 2025, let’s make it game on – not game over – for our precious natural world".
There are now more electric cars on Norway's roads than petrol models - "Saturday Extra Summer";
"Victorian fire authorities confirm one home and sheds destroyed in Grampians bushfires";
"Grampians fire expected to burn for weeks, as warnings scaled down, residents return";
"REFRESH – Big Plastic: The New Big Oil";
"Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024";
"Labor argues ‘economic madness’ of Coalition’s nuclear plan would cost NSW $1.4tn";
"More heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous surf expected in the West";
"The world’s hope to fight common threats: The U.S. will wake up";
"Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?:
"How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide";
"Heat Deaths Have Doubled in the U.S. in Recent Decades, Study Finds";
"Well Beyond the U.S., Heat and Climate Extremes Are Hitting Billions";
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Michigan's "Tim" who declares himself "troll" says: To completely replace fossil fuels with any other energy source, we'd have to ramp up mining, replace giant fleets of machines, and rebuild a massive amount of infrastructure, not to mention inevitable changes to how we live. Doing that will (A) burn a bunch of carbon in the short run, (B) create new waste problems in the long run, (C) take too much time, (D) be very expensive, (E) put us in greater danger of crossing other planetary boundaries, and (F) cause social backlash that threatens political institutions. And that's just in the West.
"Robert Reich";
"Why Trump won";
"Environmental Justice Australia";
"‘Time is running out’: Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears".
"From sunburn to storms: How climate change is redefining the Aussie summer getaway";
"‘Devastation on the foreshore’: Where coastal erosion has almost reached homes";
"Victoria bushfires: Third town told to evacuate immediately as fire spreads";
"Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change";
"New year, new reads: Here are my favourite climate-related books from 2024";
"Is silence golden? What a change expert says about family climate conversations at Christmas time";
"If you’re thinking of buying or leasing an EV, now is the time";
"How to teach climate change so 15-year-olds can act";
"Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals";
"Climate 200 puts Coalition in crosshairs, with only one Labor seat on election hitlist";
"Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.";
"We invite you on a Transformative Journey";
"Sheep farmers are helping save Tasmania’s native grasslands: ‘We’re better off working together’";
"The New Climate Gold Rush: Scrubbing Carbon From the Sky";
"Iran’s Energy Crisis Hits ‘Dire’ Point as Industries Are Forced to Shut Down";
"This European city made public transport free a year ago. Here’s what happened next";
"‘Time is running out’: Victoria, NSW turn to gas imports as energy crisis nears";
"How are decentralised energy grids revolutionising the future of energy?";
"A series of storms will bring rain, snow and wind to the West. How long it will last?";
"Record number of protesters will be in UK prisons this Christmas";
"Christian Sawyer: “The Great Simplification in Action: Building Resilience Through Local Communities”";
"They Fell Sick After Cleaning Up a TVA Toxic Disaster. A New Book Details Their Legal Battle";
"Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems";
"“This isn’t journalism – it’s fossil fuel propaganda”";
"Heatwaves and bushfires can be a dangerous mix for the electricity grid. Here’s how to shore up your supplies this summer";
"Insurers Are Deserting Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen";
"How to Repair the Planet? One Answer Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight";
"Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it".
"E.P.A. Allows California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035".
Our costs jump at Christmas and so do our house gas emissions - "A pot plant tree, homemade gifts: How to have a sustainable Christmas";
"Why Trump will force Labor to delay 2035 climate target, and the Dutton challenge that follows";
"Is It Wrong to Bring a Child Into Our Warming World?";
"Arctic Tundra Shifts to Source of Climate Pollution, According to New Report Card";
"How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West";
"As the Clock Ticks to Act on the Climate Crisis, N.C. Activists Target a ‘Carbon Plan’";
"The Popemobile—And the U.S. Postal Service—Are Going Electric";
"Consumption is driving global greenhouse gas emissions";
"Albanese government approves four coalmine expansions as Greens condemn ‘despicable’ move";
"Mayotte volunteers face 'massive destruction' in the wake of Cyclone Chido";
"Pakistan and Bahamas join push for global pact to phase out fossil fuels";
"Jann says losing her home wasn't the worst part about Black Summer bushfires";
"Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt";
"More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start";
"A push to cool Australian cities may inadvertently increase our skin cancer risk, unless we act";
"Queensland authorities release dam water as flooding risks rise ahead of more rainy weather";
"The Moana effect: how small island developing states are bringing their struggle against climate change to the world";
"Just Stop Oil’s harsh sentences are the logical outcome of Britain’s authoritarian turn against protest";
"Six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines";
"‘We’re gobsmacked’: climate groups angered by Labor’s ‘no new coalmines’ claim";
"Integrity in the transition: the case for a new Australian carbon removals framework";
"Risky Influence: The legal implications of misaligned climate-related lobbying by Australian companies";
"Cyclone Chido map: ‘Horrific’ devastation as French island Mayotte hit by most powerful cyclone in 90 years";
"From destruction to deadly heat, photojournalists capture the reality of climate change in 2024";
"Carbon capture: The inside story of how a ‘delay tactic’ became a darling of the EU";
"Cyclone Chido: Are European countries throwing their overseas territories to the climate wolves?";
"From renewables to fossil fuels in Europe: How does your country generate electricity?";
"Want to try out climate fiction? Take your pick from the finalists of the first-ever fiction prize";
"Body heat could be the next big renewable after scientists invent ultra-thin tech to power wearables";
"Mayotte volunteers face 'massive destruction' in the wake of Cyclone Chido";
"'Forever chemicals' found in Sydney sewage by-products used in food production";
"Climate's collision course: Science meets politics";
"Australians are gripped by feelings of doom about the state of the world. It’s time to throw the phone away";
"More coal and gas, less renew
Australia's Liberal Party Leader Peter Dutton (pictured) has abandoned facts, and his party's fundamental beliefs to argue the benefits of nuclear power: "Dutton said a reactor’s waste would fill a Coke can. Try 27,000 of them";
"‘He’s scared’: Dutton demands debate as Albanese taunts ‘hiding’ opposition leader";
"Police, nurses and firefighters to be enticed to buy electric vehicles";
"Is Angus Taylor really claiming nuclear power will cut power bills by 44 per cent?";
"Dutton abandons Liberal principles in nuclear energy pitch";
"Australia’s latest brush with extreme heat shows just how good weather forecasting really is";
"Climate California Live 2024";
"Was Van Gogh an environmentalist ahead of his time?";
"Space is a human-influenced environment. We need to treat it that way.";
"How Shell greenwashed gas with sham Chinese carbon credits";
"‘Fascinating and troubling’: Australians would rather save a single human life than prevent an entire species from becoming extinct";
"Japan Announces Goal to Produce Up to 50% of Energy From Renewables by 2040";
"Energy Prices Drop Below Zero in UK Thanks to Record Wind-Generated Electricity";
"The Drowning South - Why seas are surging";
"Major Win for Youth Climate Activists in Montana Supreme Court";
"Four Ways to Jump-Start Clean Hydrogen Finance in 2025";
"Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community";
"‘Making Argentina great again’? What a year under a climate-change denying president has done for the country";
"Analysis: Only five proposals for coal plants remain across OECD’s 38 countries";
"The facts about a planet facing climate disaster are clear. Why won’t this Labour government face them?";
"Biden Sets Higher U.S. Goal Under the Climate Pact That Trump Aims to Abandon";
"Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years";
"Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy?";
"US EPA approves California plan to ban sale of gas-only cars starting in 2035";
"Increasing Drought Frequency Brings Threats to U.S. Wildlife, Research Finds";
"Inside the Race to the Top";
"‘Divorce’ Rates of Seychelles Warblers Linked to Rainfall Fluctuations During Breeding Season";
"How Fleets Can Electrify Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles";
"‘Forever Chemical’ TFA Detected in Mineral Water Brands in Europe";
"Social Scientist Dustin Mulvaney Discusses Solar Power, Trump and the Need to Prioritize Environmental Justice";
"1 in 4 Properties in England at Risk of Flooding by 2050: Report";
"Maryland Uses Millions in Federal Grants to Ramp Up EV Charging Network and Keep Up with Demand";
"Slowly but surely? Nearly half of EU's new cars in 2023 were hybrid and electric";
"After Ending in Overtime, COP29 Called 'Big F U to Climate Justice'";
"Scorching Temperatures Put Nearly 100 Million Under Heat Advisories";
"Factcheck: Why the recent ‘acceleration’ in global warming is what scientists expect";
"Climate anger can lead to action – or curdle into despair. We found out why";
"What It Looks Like on an Island Steamrolled by a Cyclone";
"Heatwaves and bushfires can be a dangerous mix for the electricity grid. Here’s how to shore up your supplies this summer";
"Power
Tim answers the call for comment and Peter Dutton (pictured) releases costs for nuclear power.
"‘Farcical’: PM rubbishes Dutton’s nuclear plan";
"The Coalition reveals the cost of its nuclear power plan – but the devil is in the missing detail";
"Malaysia, Thailand brace for more rains after floods kill more than 30";
"Australia sweats through hottest spring on record as temperatures soar 2.5C above pre-industrial levels";
"Monday predicted to hit record high temperatures";
"How the world gave up on 1.5 degrees";
"Miguel bought a car. Then there was a $2000 cost to charge it";
"We’ve entered the era of gutless government";
"Why is everyone talking about nuclear energy?";
"Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision";
"The very big assumption Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan makes";
"Rare glimpse at stunning reef beside Woodside’s gas-drilling ambitions";
"Dutton abandons Liberal principles in nuclear energy pitch";
"‘Amazon of the Seas’ Threatened by Oil and Gas Developments";
"Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord";
"China holds the world’s climate future in its hands";
"How good! Victoria is set to gain three new massive national parks soon";
"VIDEO: Around 100 protesters rally against a proposed gas import terminal":
"Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds";
"Rare glimpse at stunning reef beside Woodside’s gas-drilling ambitions";
"Miguel bought a car. Then there was a $2000 cost to charge it";
"Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up";
"Grattan on Friday: Dutton’s nuclear policy would have coal-fired power stations operating for a lot longer";
"Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills";
"Ed Miliband pledges ‘most ambitious reforms to UK energy system in generations’";
"EPA will grant California the right to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035";
"How to stay safe in the heat";
"Global EV sales surge in November - here's how China is driving momentum";
"California conservation efforts have raised Lake Mead by 16-feet in two years, regulators say";
"Arctic Tundra Goes From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source for the First Time in Millennia: NOAA Report";
"Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision";
"Queensland environment minister stands by ‘scepticism’ about human-induced climate change";
"Share the nuclear free Australia petition with loved ones";'
"Meltwater from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation, speeding up warming down south";
"Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates";
"Excerpt: Multisolving: Creating Systems Change in a Fractured World by Elizabeth Sawin";
"Murder, mayhem, and minerals: The price of the renewable energy revolution";
"Are solar farms destroyed during storms? Experts debunk the myth that panels can’t handle the wind";
"Mission rewilding: Scotland and Wales are trailblazing Europe’s nature restoration";
"Climate change's more than €550 billion price tag is pushing up insurance costs, report says";
"Clear skies over the Atlantic: Is climate change to blame for the alarming absence of clouds?";
"That’s not cricket: Dutton nukes CSIRO’s probity";
"The Postal Service’s electric mail trucks are way behind schedule";
"US supreme court hears oil railway case with environmental protections at stake";
"I regret none of the climate policies we pushed in Ireland. But we underestimated the backlash";
"'It sounded like a war': How an ordinary December turned 'Armageddon' for these Aussies";
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Carl Sagan (pictured) testified before Congress in 1985 about the perils of climate change - "Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change";
Here's the chance to listen early to the latest episode of "The Climate Revolution series coming up, with Dr Mark Diesendorf and three economists."
"Peter Dutton’s bid to politicise top science agency is ‘absurd’, former CSIRO energy director says";
"Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land Got Drier in Recent Decades, U.N. Says";
"Thousands without power as Santa Ana winds bring increased fire risk for Southern California";
"Climate Café launched in Geelong";
"Climate risks could cost FIFA stadiums $800m by 2050";
"Sydney to Melbourne or 800km on a single charge: MG's premium push could introduce ground-breaking new electric car technology to Australia to best 2025 Tesla Model 3 Long Range, BYD Seal and Hyundai Ioniq 6";
"East Coast’s first atmospheric river of the season will drive wild weather this week";
"Copernicus: 2024 virtually certain to be the warmest year and first year above 1.5°C";
"Grattan on Friday: Dutton’s nuclear policy would have coal-fired power stations operating for a lot longer";
"Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates";
"Dutton's nuclear plan a 'heroic', cherrypicked 'recipe for higher energy bills', experts say";
"Dutton’s nuclear plan: An energy grid powered by endless spin".
Dave Sweeney (pictured) stood on Melbourne's Collins St and told the crowd of about 30 why nuclear power stations are a bad idea and a step backwards for Australia.
Dave, a nuclear-free campaigner with the Australian Conservation Foundation, was also the co-founder of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), two things about which he is passionate and subsequently deeply committed.
He loves his work and, he believes, it helps pay his "planetary rent"
The December 3, Collins St, Melbourne nuclear power station protest during which Dave spoke was organized by the city's office of "Friends of The Earth".
Listen to this episode and Dave talks about why he helped set up the Nobel Peace Prize-winning ICAN and what international success means, personally and for the group
Seven years ago the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize and T,oday the Executive Director, Melissa Parke (pictured) was interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Sunday Extra program and pointed out that climate change could cause devastation equal to nuclear war, albeit slower., the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize. Today, the Executive Director, Melissa Parke (pictured).
The program was called "Nobel Week Focus on Nukes".
"Event: Nuclear power protestors declare it is "Too expensive. too dangerous. too slow";
"Nuclear energy debate draws stark gender split in Australia ahead of next year’s election";
"EV sales in Britain skyrocket year-on-year";
"Trump’s not a ‘fascist’, but the world is in trouble";
"Why democracies, from South Korea to France to the U.S., are in crisis";
"Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse";
"INTRODUCING — The Weather That Changed Us";
"Vicious cycle: Wildfires are making climate change worse";
"A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline";
"What Trump 2.0 Means for the Climate";
"Despite 2024’s ‘greenlash’, the fight against climate breakdown can still be won. Here’s how";
"Climate policy is on a collision course with physical reality";
"Storm Darragh leaves hundreds of thousands in the UK and Ireland without power, disrupts travel";
"Why so many Americans prefer sprawl to walkable neighborhoods";
"Plibersek made a vow on environmental reforms. Albanese has put that at risk";
"We finally have an explanation for 2023’s record-breaking temperatures";
"Climate Commission recommends carbon negative 2050 target";
"Why a two-year surge in global warmth is worrying scientists";
"It’s Do or Die Time for Philly Hydrogen Hub, and Some Green Groups Are Rooting for Death";
"Decline of Reflective Low Clouds May Have Contributed to Recent Record Heat";
"Have Climate Questions? Get Answers Here.";
"The US is making and deploying more solar panels than ever before";
"Saving ‘old and wise’ animals vital for species’ survival, say scientists";
"Why prioritise the climate crisis given the high cost of living burdens lives in the UK right now?"
"A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights";
"New sodium-ion developments from CATL, BYD, Huawei";
"A rising danger in the Arctic";
"Climate tech company aims to clean up the dirtiest energy grids";
"How climate risks are driving up insurance premiums around the US – visualized";
"Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court";
"How long will an EV last before it has to be replaced? A guide to electric car battery life";
"Could more charging stations help increase demand for EVs in Europe?";
"Nuclear energy debate draws stark gender split in Australia ahead of next year’s election";
"Reflections on COP29: Progress Amid Political Headwinds";
"Quarter of New Cars Sold in the UK Were Electric in November";
"‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects";
"Trusted partner to the Pacific, or giant fossil fuel exporter? This week, Australia chose the latter";
"Friday essay: ‘A future of dust’ – Jeff Sparrow on Gaza and why, in evil times, writers have a responsibility to take sides";
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The Melbourne office of Friends of the Earth organized a Collins St protest outside a building that was the venue for a Federal Government inquiry into the Liberal National Party's idea that Australia should build and commission seven nuclear power stations throughout the nation.
More than 30 people joined the noisy but peaceful demonstration. While passers-by were left with no doubt the nuclear power stations were too expensive, too dangerous and too slow, those attending had the chance to listen to several exciting, articulate and far-seeing speakers, including two people from the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Associate Professor Tilman Ruff (pictured) and Dave Sweeney who is also with the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF).
Representatives of the Melbourne-based "Lighter Footprints" and the "Kooyong Climate Change Alliance" and a passionate Danae Bosley from the Victorian Trades Hall Council also spoke.
Former NSW Liberal Party Treasurer, Matt Kean (pictured), talks with Michelle Grattan about how he felt before and after COP29 at Baku - "Politics with Michelle Grattan: Climate Change Authority head Matt Kean says ‘put more solar panels on commercial rooftops’";
"Social media can harm children's mental health. The question now is whether a ban will help or make it worse";
"A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline";
"From Limits to Growth to Earth for All with Sandrine Dixson-Declève";
"Grant is a coal miner. He’s been arrested for protesting against coal exports";
"‘Everything is Country’: these 4 projects blend First Nations knowledge and science to rewrite our understanding of the past";
"To Grow or Not to Grow: That Isn’t the Question";
"Navigating Climate Catastrophe: Part 2 – The Response";
"The Third Thing";
"Australia on track to meet 2030 43% emission’s reduction target, on latest figures";
"Maine Becomes the Latest State to Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Change";
"A triumph for greed over commonsense and humanity";
"City streets flooded after ‘biggest downpours in years’";
"Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?"
Transition Town's end-of-year dinner reminds us that most people can't grasp or even attempt to understand the implications and ramifications of climate change.
"The struggle against climate change is foundering. Enter Trump.";
"A strange new climate era is beginning to take hold";
"Post US Election Blues: Where Do We Take Our Activism from Here?";
"‘Unprecedented’ climate extremes are everywhere. Our baselines for what’s normal will need to change";
"Spain introduces paid climate leave after deadly floods";
"Six things we learned about the Australian government’s response to the climate crisis";
"Photos show record-breaking South Korea snowfall";
"Walter Jehne on urban agriculture and the climate emergency";
"Albanese kills off deal with Greens to pass ‘nature positive’ legislation after intervention by WA premier";
"Rising Tide protesters arrested in Canberra for blocking road to Parliament House";
"Labor’s term began with promise on the environment. It ends with things worse than ever";
"Australia’s electricity market is getting a big makeover – and these 3 changes will make it future-proof";
"‘A dose of nature’: each time you visit a national park, you save the health budget almost $100";
"Europe’s Cruise Ships Produce Toxic Sulphur Emissions Equivalent to 1 Billion Cars, Study Finds";
"Record renewables go into the grid in 2024, generating 45% of electricity in 2025";
"‘Silent majority’ of Australian farmers found to support renewable energy transition";
"NSW gives planning approval for giant 2 GWh battery at site of state’s likely last coal generator":
"COP29 verdict: Climate summits must turn over a new leaf";
"COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku";
"Congo landslide kills at least nine people, most of them children";
"Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2024";
"Forest Areas in China Are Recovering Since the 21st Century";
"Multipolar Climate Diplomacy";
"Do EVs hold their value? Here's how electric cars fare on the second-hand market";
"Cutting-edge new charger the size of a suitcase could help curb emissions from trucks in Europe";
"Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?";
"A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics";
"When climate change upends sacred rituals, the faithful adapt";
"Could China’s CO2 emissions peak by 2025? Experts optimistic about the superpower’s green transition";
"‘Put Your Head Down, Help Each Other Out’: Inside Asheville’s Helene Response";
"As American Farms Face More Drought, Storms and Flooding, a New Agriculture Secretary Will Have to Reckon With Climate Change";
"How big fossil-fuel-producing countries export emissions abroad";
"Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say";
"How to Help Those Still Devastated by Hurricane Helene";
"Gaslighting: How North Carolina’s immense natural gas buildout contributes to climate change";
"Cashing Out: The secretive system disrupting climate action and forcing big payouts to fossil fuel companies";
"How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries";
"Ground Truthed" - George Monbiot;
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Peter Fiekowsky (pictured) has played a critical role in developing The Foundation for Climate Restoration. At the recent finale of the Founders Series for 2024, he said, "It is an idea whose time has come."
Peter has agreed to be a guest on Climate Conversations, but as I confused the international time zones (Peter's in the U.S. and I'm in Australia) we failed to connect - my fault.
A decade ago Rob Dietz and Daniel O'Neill were so concerned about our prolific use of Earth's resources that they wrote the book: "Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources"
"Delhi’s air turns deadly";
"Are we locked in a dangerous illusion?";
"Future Council: How Children are Responding to our Planetary Crises";
"AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals";
"The Safer Air Project";
"How a change in rice farming unexpectedly made India’s air so much worse":
"Great-grandma, teen student, doctor: Kayak activists arrested disrupting coal ships";
"State’s wind-power plans rocked as key hub quietly delayed by two years";
"Climate talks reach finance deal blasted as inadequate by developing nations";
"Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way";
"Cop29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’";
"‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29";
"Developing countries urged to reject ‘bad deal’ as Cop29 climate talks falter";
"World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert";
"‘We live in a climate of fear’: graphic novelist’s Elon Musk book can’t find UK or US publisher";
"‘I find hope in sticking together and keeping each other warm’";
"From a US$300 billion climate finance deal to global carbon trading, here’s what was – and wasn’t – achieved at the COP29 climate talks";
"Green hydrogen could decarbonise entire industries in NZ – but there’s a long way to go";
"‘Divorce’ in songbirds: extreme weather pushes couples past breaking point";
"Humans are killing off the old and wise animals that hold nature together. Here’s what must change";
"As it happened: COP29 agrees historic climate finance goal";
"COP29: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Baku";
"COP29: Summit ends with $300bn a year climate finance deal for developing nations";
"Climate Talks End With a Bitter Fight and a Deal on Money";
"U.N. climate deal, $300 billion for poor nations, sparks backlash";
"Cop29 agrees $1.3tn climate finance deal but campaigners brand it a ‘betrayal’";
"Huge election year worldwide sees weakening commitment to act on climate crisis";
"How a Trump administration will impact the environment";
"The World Seeks an End to Plastic Pollution at Talks in South Korea";
"The Adaptation Game (TAG) wins National Resilience Award";
"This is climate breakdown This is Sybil’s story";
"Think the Cop29 climate summit doesn’t matter? Here are five things you should know";
"‘It’s really an honour’: people of oil-rich Azerbaijan welcome climate summit";
"Are we locked in a dangerous illusion?";
"‘Sewage’ is the secret ingredient in Singapore’s beer - a country with no natural water resources";
"Plagued by pollution and violence, is the COP30 host city ready to take over from Baku?";
"Climate Talks End With a Bitter Fight and a Deal on Money";
"Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion";
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A hybrid event featuring the GV Community Energy CEO, Geoff Lodge (pictured), attracted about 80 people, who heard about how to "Cool Down your Home, this Summer".
Geoff, who some would describe as the "full bottle" when it comes to home energy efficiency, talked about improving insulation ("installation trumps insulation"), maximising ventilation, and broadly capitalizing on energy efficiency.
The event, or at least the in-person aspect, happened at the Marungi St Shepparton Library on November 21 and was organised by the City of Greater Shepparton's Sustainability and Environment Team.
Hundreds of researchers and scientists have gathered in Hobart this week for what they're calling an "emergency" summit on Antarctica.
It comes as the federal government defends its level of funding for scientific research in the region but it's resisting calls to fund a second ice-breaker vessel to help carry it out - listen to Professor Matt King, the director of the Australian Research Council's Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science during an interview on the ABC Breakfast program - "'Emergency' Antarctica summit in Hobart amid funding uncertainty";
"Green Lab roundtables to confront urgent climate adaptation challenges" - Green Lab Director
A/Prof Anita Foerster (pictured);
"The maps that show the tree-free heat islands in your city";
"Opinion How to save the climate in a second Trump term";
"Richard Flanagan knocks back $100k literature prize over sponsor’s fossil fuel links";
"Climate summit host faces backlash over support for fossil fuels, crackdown on dissent";
"Trump Wants to Kill the E.V. Tax Credit. Here’s What to Know.";
"Episode 6: Phil Jones" - Micromobility Report;
"If You’re Sure How the Next Four Years Will Play Out, I Promise: You’re Wrong";
"12 big changes Trump could make to climate and environment policy";
"How Trump 2.0 might affect the wildfire crisis: ‘The harms will be more lasting’";
"Drought Status Update for the Northeast";
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Northeast Is Burning";
"Solar energy is powering public landscaping in Oak Park, Illinois";
"Cop29: ‘We’re here for life and death reasons,’ says ex-climate minister of Pakistan";
"Biden marks his climate legacy during Amazon visit, asserting 'nobody' can reverse it";
"Coalition against fossil fuel subsidies expands but misses initial targets";
"Why children like me have a right to be heard at the People’s Blockade of the Newcastle coal port";
"Record-setting bomb cyclone, intense as a hurricane, lashes Northwest";
"Construction is the world’s biggest carbon emitter, yet Labour still refuses to tackle it";
"EU zones in on $200B to $300B target for global climate fund";
"Could Russia be prosecuted for environmental war crimes?";
"New Calls for Reform Emerge as COP29 Negotiations Struggle";
"Planet-warming pollution is growing at the fastest rate in history, scientists say";
"Cop29 live: Slashing methane emissions is ‘our emergency brake’, UN says – as it happened";
"Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit";
"The Guardian environment pledge 2024";
"At COP29, Climate ‘Optimism Has Been Dampened";
"Where Glaciers Melt, the Rivers Run Red";
"UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts";
"NZ footballer leads fight against Fifa’s fossil fuels";
"COP29: Small island states ‘feel abandoned’ as climate talks grind on";
"Spain's royals return to flood-hit region weeks after being pelted with mud";
"This seaside town will power thousands of homes with waves";
"We rated the urban forests of 8 global cities – only Singapore passed the 30% canopy test";
"Could keeping native species as pets save them from extinction? Here’s why it’s not that simple";
"The Quest to Build a Star on Earth";
The recent "Relax Festival" in Tatura organized by "Tatura Transition Towns" was highly successful, on a comparative basis.
More than 100 people came to the town's Stuart Mock Place to enjoy free music; a free barbecue cooked on induction hotplates powered by an electric car; learn about composting; watch a karate display; book in to either see a rather special garden and visit another home and learn about making biochar; join the GV Gamers Guild to enjoy play without electric power; talk with John Laing about the damage our way of living is causing to other life forms, learn about insects (watch them crawl up your arm) and hear about the valuable work of Landcare; hear from Hilary Grigg about how we should be dealing with our waste; and get som home energy tips and ideas from Terry Court of "Zero Carbon Tatrura".
The Melbourne-based "Bicycle Network" was represented, and the idea of using an electric bike was illustrated through the display of a privately owned electric trike and a folding electric bike from Shepparton's Leading Edge Cycles.
Climate Conversations also attended and talked with two 'ordinary" people - Dave Wischer (pictured) from Rushworth and Wynan Dollar from Tatura.
Dave is concerned about the impact of climate change and encouraged others to watch "Nature Bats Last" by Professor Guy McPherson.
Professor Dr Johan Rockström (pictured) from the Potsdam Univerity fears both environmental catastrophe and catastrophe reversal of human progress if we don't bend the curve away from fossil fuels.
"A Kennedy daughter offers a hand to Pacific nations threatened by climate change";
"Foodprint Melbourne: Building the Resilience of Melbourne’s Food System";
"Poorer nations need $1tn a year by 2030 in climate finance, top economists find";
"Argentina withdraws negotiators from Cop29 summit";
"‘Minimal progress’ made this year on curbing global heating, report finds";
"What Is Project 2025, and Why Did Trump Distance Himself From It During the Campaign?";
"‘Fossil Fuels Are Still Winning’: Global Emissions Head for a Record";
"Global Warming Made Helene More Menacing, Researchers Say";
"What are tariffs?";
"Proposal at UN climate talks to tax business-class flights, crypto and plastics";
"From Chile and Taiwan via Glasgow, youth call for climate justice";
"The all-male Cop29 committee is a big step backwards for climate";
"The Tug-of-War on This Climate Super Pollutant Has Big Implications for the Future";
"What the Earth’s Recent Heat Uptick Could Mean for the Climate Fight";
"Climate Advocacy Groups Say They’re Ready for Trump 2.0";
"Oil Industry Asks Trump to Repeal Major Climate Policies";
"Cop summits ‘no longer fit for purpose’, say leading climate policy experts";
"Climate Change Is Losing Its Grip on Our Politics";
"Albanese unlikely to announce new climate targets until after federal election";
"To Protect the Ozone Layer and Slow Global Warming, Fertilizers Must Be Deployed More Efficiently, UN Says";
"‘COP Fatigue’: Experts Warn That Size and Spectacle of Global Climate Summit Is Hindering Progress";
"As New York Congestion Pricing Turns a Corner, Experts Point to Lessons From London";
"Good To Go? Decarbonising Travel After the Pandemic";
"The case for COPs (even this one)";
"Did people have to fly to COP29? Private jet use soared, but one group got to Baku overland";
"Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29";
"At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change";
"COP29 climate finance in numbers: How much is needed and where is it coming from?";
"Katharine Hayhoe’s Post-Election Advice: Fight Fear, Embrace Hope and Work Together";
"In a Parched US, Human-Triggered Wildfires Are Poised to Thrive";
"Severe drought puts nearly half a million children at risk in Amazon – report";
"How will offshore wind fare under a second Trump term?";
"A new generation of cheaper batteries is sweeping the EV industry";
"Global Warming Made Helene More Menacing, Researchers Say";
"If our hot water heaters ran off daytime solar, we would slash emissions and soak up cheap energy".
Berry takes us on a journey into the mind of Doug Abrams on this recent episode of "Wisdom and Action".
"‘Summer of grass fires’: Authorities warn of increased fire risk";
"On the Benefits of Changing One's Mind in Public":
"Biden races to Trump-proof his climate legacy";
"Where the trees once stood";
"Despite Likely Setback for Climate Action With This Year’s Election, New Climate Champions Set to Enter Congress";
"How to Think About Climate and Environmental Policies During a Second Trump Administration";
"Reckoning With Climate Anxiety in the Wake of the US Election";
"Will Trump’s Re-Election Threaten Global Climate Progress Ahead of COP29 Talks?";
"ClimateActNow";
"Scientists are wary and uncertain as Trump returns to power";
"A Movement of Many";
"Cop29 could change the financial climate for the world’s wealthy polluters";
"Global boiling, mass flooding and Trump: 10 big talking points for Cop29";
"We can prepare for hurricanes, heatwaves and flooding – but only if we are bold at Cop29";
"The Australians who sounded the climate alarm 55 years ago: ‘I’m surprised others didn’t take it as seriously’";
"In the Eye of the Storm: TV Meteorologists Talk Climate".
"Americans elect a climate change denier (again)";
"What Is COP29? Here’s What to Know About Global Climate Talks Next Week.";
"A Donald Trump presidency is bad for climate action, but Australia should get on with the job";
"U.S. Election Sends Alarming Message for Global Climate Efforts";
"What Trump’s Victory Says About America";
"This year ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest on record, finds EU space programme";
"A second US exit could ‘cripple’ the Paris climate agreement, warns UN chief";
"Typhoon Yinxing Hits Philippines as a Powerful Storm";
"Donald Trump can’t stop global climate action. If we stick together, it’s the US that will lose out";
"A warming planet will not stop energy hardship – excess heat will drive energy demand";
"Use your imagination and stop playing too safe";
"What Is COP29? Here’s What to Know About Global Climate Talks Next Week.";
"Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier. Here’s How Much.";
"2024 Temperatures Are on Track for a Record High, Researchers Find";
"The U.N.’s Verdict on Climate Progress Over the Past Year: There Was None";
"How our regions can help make Australia’s growing cities more sustainable";
"Natural Disaster Destroyed Part of València. Populism May Take Us All the Way Down.";
"The World Isn’t Spending Nearly Enough to Adapt to Climate Shocks, U.N. Says";
"The extreme floods which devastated Spain are hitting more often. Is Australia ready for the next one?";
"America Makes a Perilous Choice";
"Leaders from key countries to skip COP29 climate summit";
"Climate Action Isn’t About “Saving the Planet”";
"Hours after Trump win, Biden moves to limit oil drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge'';
"What Trump’s victory could mean for oil companies and climate change policy";
"Current climate pledges by nations ‘miles short’ of 2030 goal, UN body says";
''Tesla shares leap as Trump win sets stage for Musk's EV business";
"Trump victory casts shadow over upcoming COP global climate talks";
"Climate Change Has Dangerously Supercharged Fires, Hurricanes, Floods and Heat Waves. Why Didn’t It Come Up More in the Presidential Campaign?";
"The Environmental Dark Side of Live Music";
"How Trump’s second term could derail the clean energy transition";
"Make no mistake: Donald Trump is a demagogue";
"With Trump back in the White House The impact will be felt in many aspects of American life and across the world With Trump returning to the presidency, this is
what's at stake";
"Warren Washington, Groundbreaking Climate Scientist, Dies at 88";
"'Nuclear will drive up the cost of electricity': Matt Kean clashes with former colleagues – video";
"An oil supply crisis will trigger a sovereignty crisis for NZ";
"‘Unprecedented’ stress in up to half of the Amazon may lead to tipping point by 2050":
"‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation";
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One of Australia’s preeminent philosophers, Raimond Gaita (pictured), a conversation enthusiast, delivered the second annual oration following the annual general meeting of the Melbourne-based "Climate at the Crossroads".
The Importance of Conversation in the very Idea of our Common Humanity".
He is a Honorary Professorial Fellow, at the Melbourne Law School and Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy, King's College London.
Promotional material for the lecture said Mr Gaita has long been a beacon of moral clarity in a world increasingly defined by division and despair.
Conversation is where everything begins and the answers to the present climate crisis can be found in simply talking with each other.
And so, although Mr Gaita did not directly address climate issues, he did help the audience of about 100 better understand the importance of conversation.
The State of the Climate 2024 - good and bad news, but mostly bad.
"State of the Climate 2024: Australia is enduring harsher fire seasons, more ocean heatwaves and sea-level rise";
"Screams from retirement home in Spanish town where dozens died in flooding";
"Spain floods disaster: death toll rises to 205 as extra troops mobilised";
"Spain’s floods have killed more than 200. Why have they been so deadly?";
"The planet is ‘on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster,’ scientists warn";
"What Project 2025 would do to climate policy in the US";
"Beyond Growth: A Journey through the Landscape of Sustainable Economics";
"Shrink the Economy, Save the World?";
"Earth’s climate will keep changing long after humanity hits net-zero emissions. Our research shows why";
"Heat contributed to 47,000 deaths in Europe during summer 2023, study finds";
"Five smart policies can turbocharge clean US manufacturing";
"‘More toxic than ever’: Lahore and Delhi choked by smog as ‘pollution season’ begins";
"Finland exports snow-saving mats to ski resorts hit by climate crisis";
"12 books to read about climate action ahead of the election";
"Fast action on methane to keep a 1.5°C future within reach";
"US election: Greens fear the EU may have to keep global climate action alive";
"Biodiversity finance grew ahead of COP16 but came mostly as loans, says OECD";
"NSW police take legal action to prevent climate activists blockading Port of Newcastle";
"At COP16, countries clash over future of global fund for nature protection ";
"‘Crippling’ loss of millions of dollars in solar rebates under investigation";
"‘Bad River,’ About a Tribe’s David vs. Goliath Pipeline Fight, Highlights the Power of Long-Term Thinking";
"Fossil fuel transition pledge left out of COP16 draft agreement";
"On Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn, How Environmental Activism Plays Out in the Neighborhood";
"Businesses may be investing more in climate adaptation than we think".
The Member for Shortland, Pat Conroy (pictured), most certainly got the memo. He parrots the words "keeping Australians safe" but then does nothing practical, other than talking the talk, about keeping Australians safe from the impacts of climate change.
"Almost 100 including Briton killed in flash floods in Spain";
"At least 95 people dead in Spain’s worst floods in three decades";
"Death toll from Spain's devastating flash floods rises to 158";
"Spain floods: Death toll surpasses 150 as more soldiers join rescue efforts";
"Planet-warming pollution is growing at the fastest rate in history, scientists say";
"A Pivotal Choice: Trump vs. Harris on Climate Change";
"Unprecedented floods claim at least 158 lives in Spain";
"Free Electricity, Anyone? Britain Tries New Tricks to Green Its Grid.";
"The world needs $700bn a year to restore nature. But where is the money coming from?";
"Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide";
"Unintended consequences of using maps to communicate sea-level rise";
"Pioneering Clean Energy at Netflix — and Across the Entertainment Industry";
"Six Building Blocks to Prepare the Grid for EVs";
"'Waste of time': Papua New Guinea will boycott the world's most important climate summit";
"Individual action on climate was tarred as greenwashing or virtue signalling. But it still has a place";
"Spotlight on a Researcher: Belay Gulte Mino";
"12 economic growth myths and how to counter them";
"5 things you can do to end the biodiversity crisis as the world talks about it at COP16";
"Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton’s energy plan is more focused on coal and gas than it is on nuclear power";
"Solar is helping schools save big. Your district could be next.";
"A New Trilemma Haunts the World Economy";
"‘We were trapped like rats’: Spain’s floods bring devastation and despair";
"Australia is already 1.5 degrees hotter";
"Free Electricity, Anyone? Britain Tries New Tricks to Green Its Grid.";
"'Uniquely vulnerable' Australia faces tough battle to avert climate crisis";
"Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace";
"Australia one of the biggest producers of a climate change 'supercharger', new report says";
"A Pivotal Choice: Trump vs. Harris on Climate Change";
"Australia to start November with a heatwave as La Niña chances dwindle";
"How the fast-track saved New Zealand coal";
"Abandoning Bass Strait oil and gas structures would breach international law, expert warns";
"English and Regional Media Coverage of the 2022 Heatwave in India";
"Santos sued by its own shareholder in world-first greenwashing case";
"The Times view on planning red tape: Powering Ahead";
"Hedgehogs ‘near threatened’ on red list after 30% decline over past decade";
"Governor Hobbs Announces Extreme Heat Preparedness Plan";
"2023: A historic year of U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters";
"Energy expert Vaclav Smil on how to feed the world without trashing it";
"New Reports Ahead of COP29 Show The World Is Spinning Its Wheels on Climate Action";
"Qua
Yael Stone (pictured) has become a force in Hollywood, she had just been afforded the Green Card when a Black Summer epiphany saw her switch from her movie dreams to doing what she could to combat the climate emergency, and out of that came "Hi Neighbour".
Yael's story, and that of her partner, Jack Manning Bancroft, is told on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's, Australian Story, "The Two of Us".
"Pacific and Caribbean Island Nations Call for the First Universal Carbon Levy on International Shipping Emissions";
"A 4300km power line to Asia? Singapore thinks it might just work";
"Chronic Health Problems Amplify Heat Risk in the Rio Grande Valley";
"Australia, the land of iron ore exports, faces a green reckoning";
"Dozens dead in floods and landslides after tropical storm Trami hits the Philippines";
"Let’s tax carbon: Why the time is right for a second shot at carbon pricing";
"What Helene took";
"Labor accuses Peter Dutton of trying to ‘force nuclear energy on Queenslanders’";
"Changing the DNA of Living Things to Fight Climate Change";
"At COP16, South American Nations Face the Climate Crisis in Real Time";
"The U.N.’s Verdict on Climate Progress Over the Past Year: There Was None";
"Antarctica’s Fate Will Impact the World. Is It Time to Give The Region a Voice at Climate Talks?";
"Wildfires in the West Aren’t Just Getting Bigger. They’re Faster, Too.";
"This is what the Arctic’s record-hot summer looked like";
"Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator";
"Dog owners warned about boom in ticks on Australia’s east coast after last year’s hot and wet summer";
"‘They regress’: kids struggle without school and structure after Helene";
"Pacific and Caribbean Island Nations Call for the First Universal Carbon Levy on International Shipping Emissions";
"Lifting the Veil on Tens of Billions in Oil Company Payments to Governments";
"Europe’s Electric Vehicle Woes Are a Lesson for E.V.s Everywhere";
"How Fracking Technology Could Drive a Clean-Energy Boom";
"‘We have emotions too’: Climate scientists respond to attacks on objectivity";
"Behind the Scenes: Inside Tech Efforts to Protect Right Whales from Fishing Gear";
"‘We don’t know where the tipping point is’: climate expert on potential collapse of Atlantic circulation";
"U.N. says only a ‘quantum leap’ can keep global climate goals within reach";
"Are tariffs holding us back from our carbon targets, or could they actually help?";
"Our House Is Burning: Discrepancy in Climate Change vs. Biodiversity Coverage in the Media as Compared to Scientific Literature";
"We need distributed solar and energy storage, not utility monopolies";
"Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns";
"It would cost billions, but pay for itself over time. The economic case for air conditioning every Australian school";
"Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits’, say experts in biodiversity warning".
There is no need to search the world for news about what's happening with the climate crisis - the stories are 'banging the door down'.
"Hurricane misinformation is just one piece of America’s rumor habit";
"Everyone loves rooftop solar panels. But there’s a problem.";
"Once we pass 1.5°C of global warming, there is no going back";
"Climate change top of the agenda as Samoa hosts Commonwealth meeting";
"Landfill methane is a big climate problem. Here are some easy solutions.";
"‘A Royal Park in the sky’: Reece pledges seed funding for rooftop garden plan";
"UNCOMMON WEALTH: Fossil Fuel Expansion in the Commonwealth Dominated by Three Wealthy Countries";
"Pollution From World’s Militaries in Spotlight at UN Summit";
"Transport Minister “Sick and Tired” of Funding Cycleways";
"Wartime emissions rage, but no one’s counting them";
"A Heat Pump Can Cut Your Emissions. But Read This Before You Switch.";
"‘The waters become corrupt, the air infected’: here’s how Ancient Greeks and Romans grappled with environmental damage";
"Adelaide launches bid to host Cop31 climate conference in 2026";
"'Little recognition of this threat': Climate report condemns government inaction";
"Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread";
"As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential";
"Climate disasters challenge right to safe and adequate housing";
"Water gushes through sand dunes after a rare rainfall in the Sahara desert";
"Greening of Antarctica Is Another Sign of Significant Climate Shift on the Frozen Continent";
"Australia facing one of the hottest summers on record, according to BOM prediction";
"As hurricane seasons worsen, taxpayers subsidize people to live in risky areas";
"Hurricane Helene destroyed Asheville’s flourishing arts community. Can they rebuild what was lost?";
"How the ‘climate voter’ might matter in a down-to-the-wire US election";
"No need for nuclear power";
"Ongoing African drought has plunged Zambia into daily blackouts as hydroelectric dam unable to run";
"Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show";
"BlackRock accused of greenwashing in ClientEarth legal complaint";
"Global Electricity Demand Is Rising Faster Than Expected, I.E.A. Says";
"Where forest fires have caused an alarming increase in carbon emissions";
"The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back";
"Hurricane misinformation is just one piece of America’s rumor habit";
"Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners";
"Jordan Peterson’s Online Class Compares Climate Activists to Mass Shooters";
"Politicize Hurricane Milton, Please";
"Everyone loves rooftop solar panels. But there’s a problem.";
"Climate change could lead to $11bn in weather damage at NFL stadiums by 2050, experts warn";
"Where there’s smoke: the rising death toll from climate-charged fire in the landscape";
"Expanding coal mines – and reaching net zero? Tanya Plibersek seems to believe both are possible";
"Be honest about what we really mean by marine protection";
"What to do about one of America's last wild places";
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Afflicted by the tyranny of the immediate journalists around the world, report on conflicts and try to tell their stories about the tragedy of war while integrating the exploding costs of climate change.
No one group is more aware of this challenge than those behind Covering Climate Now and so to further understand this dilemma it staged the press briefing "War and Climate Change".
Neta C. Crawford, who was at Brown University when she wrote the paper: "Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War" was one of three reporters on the panel.
Following that theme was an opinion piece from Politico Magazine by Sherri Goodman and Leah Emanuel: "Why You Won’t Hear the Military Arguing About Climate Change".
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, the author of "What If We Get it Right?", has been described as the"rock star" of the climate movement. Here, she appears on "Climate One" with Bill McKibben and Abigail Dillen.
"Hot, wet summers becoming the norm in Australia";
"Pollution from cremations is set to double. Can saying goodbye be a greener process?";
"Australia still a contender in green hydrogen race, says BP";
"‘Gas is here to stay’: Opposition pledges public funds for fossil fuels":
"The one simple change you can make to cut household bills";
"When money’s tight, we can’t afford to worry about our costliest threat";
"Why might people believe in human-made hurricanes? Two conspiracy theory psychologists explain";
"Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C? Either way it’s bad, and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction";
"Another major climate conference helps a despotic regime";
"Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson";
"Whatif we Act as if We Love the Future";
"New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action";
"Fossil fuels could become cheaper and more abundant, says IEA";
"Coalition pledge to subsidise AusMYCtralia’s most expensive form of energy makes ‘no sense’, Labor says";
"Queensland Premier Steven Miles is promising to hold a vote on nuclear power. Here’s why";
"How do solar railways work? Startup gets green light for pilot project in Switzerland";
"UK Faces Second-Worst Harvest on Record Amid Climate Change";
"Hurricane Milton costs Florida billions in damage and wreaks havoc on countless lives";
"Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Environmental Rules on Infrastructure";
"The world wants climate action";
"Can energy-rich Pennsylvania chart a path toward decarbonization?";
"3,000 risk experts and 20,000 citizens name climate change as number one threat facing the world";
"This farmer was skeptical about solar — until he began grazing sheep";
"Countdown to COP29 – NDCs 3.0 and the path to 1.5°C";
"Water industry ownership should be decided by citizens’ assembly, new bill says";
"Supreme Court clears way for Biden’s plan to cut power plant emissions".
Richard Denniss (pictured), the Executive Director of The Australia Institute laughingly said in an ABC interview, that Nature Positive can be anything you want it to be.
And on the 7:00 am podcast, we are told "Why Plibersek’s "nature positive" plans won’t fix the environment".
"Is our Government less “nature positive” than a mining magnate?";
"Eighteen years since warning of climate refugee crisis, Albanese has the power to do something, but not the will";
"Weeks after Hurricane Helene, many remain missing in the mountains";
"Some Australian states are discovering what happens when they have too much rooftop solar";
"They are relics of the Gondwana age but five years after Australia’s black summer these trees are dying a ‘long, slow death’";
"As the UAW Moves Into Battery Plants, New Research Shows the Shift to EVs Doesn’t Lead to Job Losses";
"Is Your Company Losing Money Due to Climate Change? Consider Moving to the Midwest, Survey Says";
"The First Gas Utility Sued for Climate Deception";
"Companies That Fought Climate Action Now Accused of Price Gouging Hurricane Milton Evacuees";
"State of Queensland: Disaster Ground Zero";
"Insurance is failing hurricane survivors: ‘People thought they were covered’";
"Fears for future of ski tourism as resorts adapt to thawing snow season";
"Will the Earth warm by 2°C or 5.5°C? Either way it’s bad, and trying to narrow it down may be a distraction'';
"Rushed response to oil and gas exploration led to testy select committee";
"King Charles will not attend Cop29 climate meeting, palace confirms";
"Big EV bus revolution: what you need to know and Chinese companies’ role in it";
"Money Pit" with George Monbiot;
"How to Prepare for Extreme Weather With Community-Powered Resilience";
"Fund green energy schemes with bonds, urges think tank";
"As Climate Warms, More Are Asking: Should I Have Kids?";
"FEMA maps missed parts of North Carolina devastated by Hurricane Helene, Post analysis shows";
"Romanian authorities beef up preventative measures after devastating flooding";
"Weeks after Hurricane Helene, many remain missing in the mountains";
"These 5 ‘post-truth’ claims are fuelling the water wars in Australia";
"Australian Security Leaders Climate Group calls for overhaul of federal government's climate threat preparedness strategy".
A Senior Fellow with the World Resources Institute, Dr Karl Hausker (pictured), delivered a public lecture on October 10 at the University of Melbourne on "Recent developments in US climate policy."
And it was during the lecture, thanks to what Dr Hausker said, that I realised I was a purist as opposed to being a pragmatist when it came to my approach to the climate crisis.
"Earth’s ‘vital signs’ show humanity’s future in balance, say climate experts";
"‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge";
"Explainer: How hotter oceans can fuel more intense Atlantic hurricanes";
"25 of 35 Vital Signs for Earth Have Reached Record Extremes, Scientists Warn";
"Global Deforestation Increased in 2023, Report Finds";
"BP Scraps Target of Reducing Oil Production by 2030";
"A 20-Foot Sea Wall? Miami Faces the Hard Choices of Climate Change.";
"‘It’s almost beyond belief’: Findings blast Australia’s biggest carbon offset scheme";
"‘Earth is sending out an SOS’: the battle to reverse wildlife losses";
"Florida’s governor prepared for this inevitable storm by burying his head";
"Anatomy of a monster: Inside the one-in-1000-year hurricane that smashed Florida";
"Tanya Plibersek defends Aboriginal heritage order blocking ‘irreversible damage’ of goldmine tailings dam";
"You’re probably underestimating the willingness of your fellow citizens to act on climate";
"Queensland’s LNP leader David Crisafulli says plan to end coal energy by early 2030s is ‘fanciful";
"In a comparison of life-cycle emissions, EVs crushed combustion cars";
"From the sea to your plate: how to choose more sustainable salmon";
"Solar panel prices have fallen by around 20% every time global capacity doubled";
"At least 18 people dead in Hurricane Milton’s aftermath";
"Hurricane Milton: Flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent, growing threat";
"Meteorologists Get Death Threats as Hurricane Milton Conspiracy Theories Thrive";
"Hurricane Milton has left two worlds in its wake. Elon Musk lives in one of them. The other is called reality";
"How we created a beautiful native wildflower meadow in the heart of the city using threatened grassland species";
"Ocean Warming Has Doubled in Past 20 Years: EU Copernicus Report";
"The renewable energy hidden in our wastewater ponds – here’s how it could work";
"New Energy Outlook
2024";
"Rebates for buying e-bikes and e-scooters are good but unlikely to greatly boost sustainable transport on their own";
"Global River Flows Fell to Record Lows in 2023, WMO Report Says".
Victoria's Shadow Minister for Energy, Affordability and Security, David Davis (pictured) was the keynote speaker at the recent Victoria Bioenergy Network forum in Shepparton.
Nearly 100 people enjoyed the forum at Shepparton's Carrington Hotel, being welcomed by the network's president, "Elizabeth Lewis-Gray".
During his address, Mr Davis mentioned a Volts podcast on which VictorianMinister for Climate Action, Lily D’Ambrosio, talks about "Transitioning off of fossil gas in Australia".
The scene for the day-long conference was set by the Member for Northern Victoria Region, Wendy Lovell, and the CEO of the "Committee for Greater Shepparton", Linda Nieuwenhuizen.
Prolific Australian writer, Tim Winton, has published "Juice" and in doing so has unveiled a dystopian future - "Can Tim Winton’s new book save us? With six grandkids, he had to try";
"Tim Winton goes cli-fi – his dystopian novel Juice breaks new ground to face the climate emergency";
"Why Tanya Plibersek is ‘absolutely prepared to put the blowtorch on Peter Dutton’";
"Hurricane Milton aims at Florida as Helene recovery continues";
"Why Hurricane Helene Could Finally Change the Conversation Around Climate Change";
"Florida faces the daunting prospect of another strong hurricane";
"The People Fleeing Climate Disasters Are Going to Transform the American South";
"In Georgia, another hurricane disaster unfolds. And it’s hardly the first time.";
"What is the Nature Positive Summit?";
"Govt advised repealing gas ban likely to breach trade deals";
"Absolutely world-leading:” Why Australia is leading the charge away from baseload power";
"More than 150 dead after Hurricane Helene dumps over 40tn gallons of rain";
"Air conditioning is a moral imperative";
"How to stop climate change";
"Desperate to find Grandma, a family hit the road with bikes and chain saws";
"New research reveals why the mighty Darling River is drying up – and it’s not just because we’re taking too much water";
"Helene cast a pall over the Blue Ridge".
Dr Friederike Otto (pictured), a Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment, was one of two speakers at a recent event staged by "Covering Climate Now".
The press briefing staged by Covering Climate Now was aimed at equipping reporters with the knowledge and confidence to report the story; the story that is climate change.
You can view the event: "Press Briefing: How Do We Know Climate Change Fueled That Storm?" here.
Also, check out the "World Weather Attribution" website.
Ragini Prasad (pictured) is the Executive Officer of the Victorian Bioenergy Network and will play a key role in the Shepparton Bioenergy Forum, which is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8.
The forum will be held at Shepparton's Carrington Hotel, starting at 8:30 am, in the city's Wyndham St.
The day-long program includes an impressive array of speakers, including Victoria's Shadow Minister of Energy, Affordability and Security, Mr David Davis.
Capitalism is consuming the planet and as it endlessly consumes to satiate its ever-growing appetite, it's taking all life, including you and I, to a rather gloomy conclusion.
Writing on "Meditations" - Journal of the Marxist Literary Group - Jodi Dean says:
"Many associate Fredric Jameson’s remark, “It’s easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism” with Mark Fisher. For good reason: Fisher’s account of capitalist realism confronts us with capitalism’s unbearable yet unavoidable horrors. From the genocidal destruction of settler colonialism, through the demolition of cultures and modes of life that accompanies commodity production and exchange, to planet-altering anthropogenic climate change, capital subsumes the world. We can easily imagine an end to the world because under capitalism most of us confront it every day as we are forced to choose our exploitation, dispossession, and confinement. It’s easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism because capitalism is the end of the world. We witness and endure it in the ruins of everyday life—lost lives, lives of loss."
"Let’s all be more positive towards nature. But how?";
"‘Cheaper with nuclear’: What will Dutton’s nuclear plan really cost";
"Should I Get a Hybrid or Go Full Electric?";
"Jane Fonda rallies disaffected young US voters: ‘Do not sit this election out’";
"‘We’re not going fast enough’: Sherri Goodman on climate change as security threat";
"Confronting Our New Reality";
"Coalition’s nuclear power plan is ‘economic insanity’, Jim Chalmers says on eve of major Dutton speech";
"Norway: electric cars outnumber petrol for first time in ‘historic milestone’";
"The World Is a Mess. That Makes the Climate Crisis Harder to Solve.";
"The Florida towns devastated by three hurricanes in 13 months";
"At Climate Forward Event, an Architect of Project 2025 Dismisses Global Warming";
"Under a Texas sun, agrivoltaics offer farmers a new way to make money";
"‘Completely and entirely erased’: How Helene swallowed one mountain town";
"The Populist Revolt Against Climate Policy";
"Scotland’s Only Oil Refinery to Shut Down Next Year";
"Is Brazil’s Lula a climate leader?";
"How will a Harris-Walz administration tackle the climate crisis?";
"‘Breakthrough discovery’: Indigenous Rangers in outback WA find up to 50 night parrots – one of Australia’s most elusive birds";
"Ethics of Climate Change";
"Reading desert sands – Indigenous wildlife tracking skills underpin vast monitoring project";
"Crown Law warned of ‘significant legal risks’ from foreshore and seabed changes";
"At Climate Week NYC, Advocates for Plant-Based Diets Make Their Case for the Climate";
"Hurricane Helene’s ‘historic flooding’ made worse by global heating, Fema says";
"Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread";
"Burning rubbish to create energy could end landfills. But some worry where Australia’s new path is leading";
"In decades, their home never flooded. Then in a flash, they were homeless.".
Luisa Neubauer (pictured) was a guest on a recent webinar organised by the Yale Center for Environmental Communication and the Yale School of the Environment’s Climate Learning Community and that is where you will find the webinar featuring the young German climate activist.
Luisa, responsible for the "1.5 Degrees" podcast, used the Japanese Cherry Blossoms to broaden our understanding of the climate crisis.
"Helene death toll climbs with fatalities reported in 5 states";
"What Helene might tell us about hurricanes of the future";
"These six places saw their worst storm surge ever during Helene";
"Death toll from Helene rises to above 40 as it continues inward – as it happened";
"Photos of Hurricane Helene aftermath as the scope of damage emerges";
"Floods in Poland and wildfires in Portugal show reality of climate breakdown, says EU";
"The UK will get hotter and drier for plants... except in Manchester";
"Brazil’s ‘Paradise’ on fire: ‘The forest is burning. Animals are burning. Everything’s burning’";
"Gas, Power and Phone Outages Impede Rescues in North Carolina";
"In the Heart of Wall Street, Rights of Nature Activists Put the Fossil Fuel Era on Trial";
"The Fate of Thousands of US Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities With Hard Choices";
"Fossil Fuel Presence at Climate Week NYC Spotlights Dissonance in Clean Energy Transition":
"Debby Drenched the Southeast. Climate Change Is Making Storms Like This Even Wetter";
"Alleging Decades of Lies, California Sues ExxonMobil Over Plastic Pollution Crisis";
"ExxonMobil Accused of “Deceptively” Promoting Chemical Recycling as a Solution for the Plastics Crisis";
"How a Children’s Playground Is Helping With Flood Mitigation in a Small, Historic New Jersey City";
"As COP Troika dithers on 1.5C-aligned climate plans, experts set the bar high";
"Focus on the ‘Forgotten Greenhouse Gas’ Intensifies as All Eyes Are on the U.S. and China to Curb Pollution";
"Chart: Solar power keeps beating expectations";
"Revealed: the US government-funded ‘private social network’ attacking pesticide critics";
"‘Fear and intimidation’: how peaceful anti-pipeline protesters were hit with criminal and civil charges";
"The day coal dies";
"‘Biblical devastation’ in North Carolina towns flooded by Helene":
"Environmental Activism Meets Mental Health";
"Britain’s tropical rain and parched Amazon are new norms in a messed-up climate";
"Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US";
"‘Hot air’ accounting could meet NZ’s Paris climate target";
"Earth’s life support systems are in ‘critical condition’, new Planetary Health Check warns";
"Climate change made Central Europe’s deadly flooding twice as likely, scientists say";
"Where the sea wall ends";
"Create ‘positive tipping points’ with climate mandates, governments urged";
"Top corporates join new 24/7 Carbon-Free Coalition".
Joseph Camilleri, convenor of the Melbourne-based "Conversation of the Crossroads", introduced the third gathering in the six-part series "Ethics in Turbulent Times" with the provocative proposal, "To avert disastrous global warming, we need drastic change to politics, lifestyles, and consumption patterns of the affluent West."
The guest speaker at the third session in the six-part series was the Executive Director of "The Green Institute", Tim Hollo, who, among other things is the author of "Living Democracy" and a member of "Four Play String Quartet".
Tim Hollo, the Executive Director of "The Green Institute." Hollo is, among other things, the author of "Living Democracy" and a member of "Four Play String Quartet."
The six-part series is being held both virtually and in person at the University College at the University of Melbourne.
Should you find joy in this podcast please consider indicating your satisfaction by voting for "Climate Conversations" at the "Australian Podcast Awards".
Greg Foyster (pictured) is the Rivers and Nature Campaign Manager for Environment Victoria and wants to have a broad conversation to help us understand where we are heading and what sort of future we want.
Greg and others from Environment Victoria will be at Mooroopna's Gemmill Swamp early next month to check the bird life and talk about rivers and the important connection between what happens at the swamp and the workings of the Murray Darling Basin.
Those eager to join the October 7 event at Gemmill's Swamp can register through the Environment Victoria website.
Justin J. Pearson (picured) arrived publically and politically when he made his point about the need for gun control in the U.S.
Pearson has also been outspoken about the need for climate justice.
In this episode of Climate Conversations the American activist and politician, a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing the 86th district, talks with Greg Dalton from "Climate One".
A new podcast from the University of New South Wales, "Preppers" gives us a new take on an old idea.
"‘Climate breakdown’: State of calamity in Portugal as fires rage out of control";
"George Monbiot: Neoliberalism, Nature and Negative Consequences";
"I’ve studied geopolitics all my life: climate breakdown is a bigger threat than China and Russia";
"Victorian households are poorly prepared for longer, more frequent heatwaves – here’s what needs to change";
"Fossil fuels and industrial agriculture drain $600bn annually from climate-affected countries";
"Why native forest harvesting is the ‘zombie’ industry that won’t die";
"Internal documents show BoM escalated questions on climate and floods";
"Plibersek intervenes in giant ‘climate bomb’ gas project";
"Carbon ‘sharks’: How private companies are cashing in on ancient practices";
"A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’";
"Wildfires more than double in a year, affecting 5.65m ha, survey says";
"'Like an apocalypse': Europe's catastrophic floods in pictures";
"Warm winters are waking snakes early. Here’s what that means for them and us";
"Explosive FOIs – gas cartel conned Government, fixed high energy prices for all Australians";
"Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice";
"Endure – or peter out? Here’s what Northern Rivers organisers and Stop Adani can teach us about building climate groups";
"E-scooter riders flouting rules, blocking footpaths and causing accidents? We need to use smart solutions (and bust the myths)";
"Australia desperately needs a strong federal environmental protection agency. Our chances aren’t looking good";
"'Usually it's a harmless little river': Austrians struck by flooding reel from ruin left in its wake";
"Facts may not be enough to correct science misinformation";
"A small WA seaside town was forced to switch off gas, becoming a 'prototype' for the green energy transition";
"Death toll reaches 16 as ‘dramatic’ flooding in central Europe continues";
"Locals in this capital are happiest with their public transport. How do Europe's cities compare?";
"Australia is a mess. Cop31 is a chance to redefine ourselves from climate laggard to global leader";
"Hurricane Francine Leaves 400,000 Louisianans Without Power";
"Trump Says Clean Energy Is a Scam. That Could Benefit China, Experts Say.";
"Biden faces criticism over his gas car ban. But he doesn’t have one"';
"Climate Change Can Cause Bridges to ‘Fall Apart Like Tinkertoys,’ Experts Say";
"How Climate Change Is Making Tampons (and Lots of Other Stuff) More Expensive";
"‘Perverse’: Woodside, Shell spend millions getting into offset game";
"The Hague becomes first city in the world to ban advertisements for fossil fuels and high-carbon ser";
"Most cities are rainier than their surroundings due to heat and smog";
"Electric vehicles race combustion cars in 'battle of technologies'";
"Mega El Niños may have played a part in the Permian mass extinction";
"Climate Lawsuits Are Exploding. Are Homicide Charges Next?";
"Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Here’s Why Buyers Take the Risk.";
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Mark Bachelder (pictured) orchestrates the community calls for the Foundation for Climate Restoration from his home in California, reaching out to the world.
I met Mark by chance and in an illustration of how small the world is, he and a recent guest on this podcast, Osprey Orielle Lake, know each other well.
Mark is interested in climate matters and sees much of the solution to the present dilemma to be found through conversation and during our chat, I alerted him to the six-week series being organized by the Melbourne-based Conversation at the Crossroads - "Ethics in Turbulent Times: How to Bring Society to Higher Ground".
Mark Carter (pictured) from Flight Free Australia was clearly the first person to call when it was announced that Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport would receive Federal Government cash to make the complex's third runway a reality.
A story in The Melbourne Age - "Melbourne Airport’s $3 billion third runway cleared for take-off" - told of this development.
Mark explains how his group draws inspiration and sustenance from the European organization, "Stay Grounded" and is affiliated with the locally-based group, "Climate Action Network Australia".
High-speed rail is an alternative to flying and one view can be read in an article on The Conversation by Phillip Laird, "High-speed rail plans may finally end Australia’s 40-year wait to get on board".
The Geelong-based, "The Sustainable Hour" talked with Mark earlier in the year and this episode of "Climate Conversations" includes the audio from that interview, which happened before the confirmation announcement of the the third runway.
Shepparton's Ray Russell (pictured) and his Mooroopna business partner, Marty Rogers, built their first electric bike, "The Phantom" in 1987.
Building the bike was, in a sense, the easy part, bringing changes to Victorian State Government road rules was truly the hard part - it took months and months of dedicated lobbying by many people, including a former CEO of Victoria's Bicycle Network, Harry Barber.
Ray and Marty produced 80 Phantoms and one is presently on show in Shepparton's "Museum of Vehicle Evolution (MOVE)".
Ray, who is still enthusiastic about electric bikes, and recently graduated to a carbon fibre mountain bike, believes it is such things as mountain bikes with their go-anywhere capacity that can reshape human movement in Shepparton.
Osprey Orielle Lake (pictured) is passionate and committed to navigating through the "keyhole" of opportunity we have to avoid the worst of the climate crisis.
Osprey founded "The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)", international, and through that organisation engages women and feminists across the gender spectrum worldwide in policy advocacy, on-the-ground projects, direct action, training, and movement building for global climate justice.
Her award-winning book, "The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis" expands on what Osprey does with WECAN.
Osprey is a busy woman and among other responsibilities helps humanity avoid the worst of this "poly-crisis", she sits on the steering committee of "The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative".
The Melbourne-based "Conversation at The Crossroads" opened its six-week series, "Ethics in Turbulent Times: How to Bring Society to Higher Ground" with broad and sweeping discussion and a presentation from the internationally known philosopher, Peter Singer (pictured).
During his presentation at the University College at the University of Melbourne, Mr Singer mentioned the podcast with which he is involved - "Lives Well Lived".
Five sessions are yet to come in "Ethics in Turbulent Times", an event you can attend either in person or virtually - I shared the first breakout room with several people, including a woman from Germany who was an enthusiast of Peter Singer's work.
Shepparton businessman, Sebastian Mangiameli (pictured), is thoroughly impressed with his long-range all-wheel-drive Tesla.
The car, he explains is economical in every sense, and requires almost no servicing, has the latest in technology and most everything can be attended to in a virtual sense with upgrades being applied by the Tesla factory.
This exciting, new and different way of buying and owning a car is explained on the Tesla website
The devastation of Super Typhoon Rai showed a whole generation of Filipino youth the impacts of climate change, according to youth activist Grace Ann Enriquez.
Now in Canberra, she's joining First Nations climate activist Eduardo Maher and other youth campaigners in calling for the federal government to take stronger action on climate change "'I lost my childhood home': From disaster to climate action";
A powerful presentation by Canadian Naomi Klein in 2014 has long been one of the most powerful and memorable presentations from "Sydney's Festival of Dangerous Ideas";
"Applying the Framework for Ethical Decision Making to the Issue of Climate Change";
"Almost 68% of Australia’s tourism sites at major risk if climate crisis continues, report says";
"Ethics in Turbulent Times: How to Bring Society to Higher Ground";
"Sharing and Reflecting on our Common Future";
"South Australia to enshrine 100 pct net renewable target in law as BHP looks to double smelting capacity";
"Climate disasters challenge right to safe and adequate housing";
"As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential";
"Electric Big Rigs Are Poised to Revolutionize the Trucking Industry";
"Climate Change Is Making ‘Last Chance Tourism’ More Popular, and Riskier";
"Solar Farms Have a Superpower Beyond Clean Energy".
Bill McKibben (pictured) writes in The Guardian about the danger of Donald Trump winning the U.S. Presidential election - "Donald Trump gets everything wrong about the climate crisis";
"Hottest summer on record could lead to warmest year ever measured";
"Households, EVs to the rescue as Australia’s emissions cuts stagnate";
"‘Make good on what they promised’: Greens ultimatum on Labor’s signature policy";
"Fossil Fuel Funding Is ‘Embedded’ Across Academia. What Does That Mean for Climate Research?";
"How Oil And Gas Companies Infiltrate Higher Education to Maintain Influence";
"Fossil Fuel Lobbyists and Major Polluters to Sponsor Labour Conference Events";
"Big Oil Sold Stuff They Knew Was Dangerous. There’s a Law for That.";
"The Deteriorating Environment Is a Public Concern, but Americans Misunderstand Their Contribution to the Problem";
"Environment: Earth system tipping points threaten our stable environment";
"Urgent review of Woodside billion-dollar WA gas project needed to protect threatened snake, government advisers say";
"Here’s what the hottest summer on Earth looked like";
"African Nations Are Losing up to 5% of Annual GDP Due to Climate Change, WMO Finds";
"As Climate Threats to Agriculture Mount, Could the Mississippi River Delta Be the Next California?";
"South Australia is aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2027. It’s already internationally ‘remarkable’";
"The enduring and elemental importance of natural history";
"The Killer Climate Disaster That Has No Name";
"Winter heatwaves in the southern hemisphere";
"Australia has just been handed a map for getting to net zero. Here’s how it will guide us";
"Conservative governments protect more land while socialists and nationalists threaten more species";
"Ford Pulls Back Its Electric Vehicle Push";
"Mercedes-Benz delays electrification goal, beefs up combustion engine line-up";
"Why nuclear-powered commercial ships are a bad idea";
"BMW to start selling hydrogen cars from 2028";
"The vanishing mangroves of El Salvador: ‘All our efforts may only slow the destruction’";
"Australia may delay release of 2035 climate target as world awaits outcome of US election";
"Hope for North America’s Most Endangered Bird".
Kelsie Williams (pictured) has a key role with Farmers for Climate Action along with Paul Stark, a Policy and Farmer Engagement Officer with the group, who represented the organisation on the Thursday, September 5, screening of the movie, "Farming Forever".
The screening was held at the University of Melbourne's "Melbourne Connect" building.
Among the small crowd was Kevin Rassool representing "Allfed" - Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED). On its website, the group introduces itself by saying -
"We seek to identify various resilient food solutions and to help governments and companies implement these solutions to feed everyone in the event of a global catastrophe. We focus on events that could deplete 5% or more of global calorie output, or access to those calories".
The co-founder of Allfed, David Dekenberger, can be heard on the podcast "80,000 Hours".
Kamala Harris (pictured) rarely mentions the 'C' word as she campaigns to become the next U.S. President and although that was once the case in news stories it's now becoming almost daily usage.
"Why Kamala Harris has said the c-word only twice on the campaign trail";
"How climate change accelerated spring winds";
"Clean up begins but strong winds will hit Victoria again this week";
"Worried about your trees after the windstorms? Here are 7 signs you might be at risk";
"A new land and water plan";
"Climate-Friendly Meat? Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Label Buzzwords.";
"Canada’s Wildfires Were a Top Global Emitter Last Year, Study Says";
"Bold climate action benefits more than just the environment – it’s also great for business";
"Environment watchdog powers may be weakened to pass parliament, Albanese says";
"North Sea oil firm Neo slows investment amid windfall tax concerns";
"‘We don’t want all the fluffy stuff’: Pacific islands push Australia to take strong action on climate";
"EPA's Statement of Regulatory Intent on Climate Change";
"Can the ‘Magic’ and ‘Angels’ that Make Long Trails Mystical for Hikers Also Conjure Solutions to Environmental Challenges?";
"What if Big Oil championed – and profited from – the green transition? Here’s how it could work";
"Australia needs tradies and materials to build the power grid of the future. So where are they?";
"Just Saying...Solidarity and the future of degrowth".
An American listener, "Tim" from Michigan, quoted Carl Sagan: "Extinction is the rule, survival the exception".
Tim has argued, in an email: "If we want to be exceptional we have to move the Overton Window a lot more than Tom Steyer can even imagine".
My American friend was commenting on a recent "Climate Conversations" episode featuring a discussion between Steyer and Greg Dalton on "Climate One".
The Australia Institute has what it describes as "Australia's Biggest Book Club" and recently the guest was Royce Kurmelovs who has just published "Slick: Australia's toxic relationship with Big Oil".
"Shepparton winter weather 2024 wrap";
"‘It doesn’t get much more significant’: Victorians urged to hunker down amid cold front";
"Would you have surgery if it badly impacted Earth’s carbon footprint?";
"Wondering how to get from Brisbane to Melbourne without wrecking the climate? Our transport choices make a huge difference";
"‘It’s time to give up on normal’: what winter’s weird weather means for the warm months ahead";
"Without sanctions, making companies disclose their environmental and social impacts has limited effect";
"Olympic champion joins climate activists for Windsor protest";
"Activists link climate change, Gaza in a campaign targeting Citigroup";
"Virtual reality offers a glimpse of future climate impacts";
"Tree-planting project aims to identify climate-resilient trees";
"Leaders are cutting fossil fuel finance – next comes unlocking clean energy for all";
"‘Immoral and unacceptable’: Tuvalu calls on Australia to set urgent deadline to end fossil fuels";
"Obsessing Over Climate Disinformation Is a Wrong Turn";
"‘Twisters’: Hollywood’s weird spin on tornadoes and climate change";
"Canadian city invites neighbors to tackle climate change together";
"As wildfires intensify, the taxpayer burden is growing";
"If EVs are stalling, accelerate with hybrids";
"Commonwealth Bank CEO labels Greens’ tax policy ‘insidious populism’ after firm’s $9.8bn profit";
"Mali declares state of national disaster over flooding";
"Winter’s unseasonal warmth and clear skies are glorious – but a forbidding sign of danger to come";
"At least 170 killed in weeks of flooding in Nigeria, authorities say";
"We invite you on a Transformative Journey";
"How the Heat Is Changing Us";
"Alarm as Australia records ‘gobsmacking’ hot August temperatures".
The recent launch of The Shepparton Irrigation Region Land and Water Management Plan for 2050 was a wonderful opportunity to record some impressive speakers, but put to the test, I failed - what I recorded was less than adequate.
The event, at Girgarre's Gargarro Botanic Garden Cafe, was attended by more than 100 people and was organized by the "Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority".
The guest speaker was the foundation executive officer of Goulburn-Murray Water, Denis Flett.
According to the Melbourne Age, the Liberal-endorsed candidate, Mariam Riza (pictured) to be lord mayor of Melbourne is promising to get more cars into the CBD by ripping up the city’s bike lanes, claiming they cause traffic bottlenecks - "Rip up the bike lanes: Liberals launch Melbourne mayoral bid";
"No bike lanes in the city says candidate for Melbourne Council Mariam Riza";
"Pacific in peril: UN urges Australia to block new coal and gas projects";
"How did a sudden reduction in shipping pollution inadvertently stoke global warming?";
"What Indonesia’s next climate pledge could do for its people, environment and economy – The Briefing Room";
The book co-authored by Phillip Sutton - "Climate Code Red: the Case for Emergency Action";
"Campaigners sue EU over ‘grossly inadequate’ 2030 climate targets";
"Why is climate change causing ‘record-shattering’ extreme heat?";
"More Than 40% of World’s Electricity Came From Zero-Carbon Sources in 2023";
"‘These ideas are incredibly popular’: what is degrowth and can it save the planet?";
"Sydney records hottest August day in seven years amid high fire danger from warm, windy weather";
"‘Working here is hell’: latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy";
"‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort";
"Power-hungry AI data centers are raising electric bills and blackout risk";
"‘The world needs your leadership’, Guterres tells Pacific Islands Forum";
"How much more water and power does AI computing demand? Tech firms don’t want you to know";
"The next big climate target: Ending carbon offset scams";
"Climate disinformation continues to leave a mark as world gets hotter";
"Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action";
"Investigation reveals global fisheries are in far worse shape than we thought – and many have already collapsed";
"Scientists may have found a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet":
"US tourist dies after ice collapse in Icelandic glacier";
"UPS Drivers Won “Historic Heat Protections.” They Say the Company Hasn’t Lived Up to That Promise.";
"NZ’s looming climate cash crunch";
"The Unstoppable, Exponential Energy Transition with Kingsmill Bond".
Tom Steyer (pictured) put himself up for election in America's 2020 presidential race, but unfortunately for America and the world, chance did not fall his way.
Steyer was a guest on the interview program organised by Climate One and shared the stage with Greg Dalton, the face, and voice of Climate One.
Although Steyer never became the U.S. president, he has not allowed that to discourage him and now he has the organisation "Galvanize Climate Solutions.
A fellow who questions the legitimacy of our economic system and is the convenor of Public Interests before Corporate Interests (PIBCI), Joseph Toscsano, has a Wattle Day Picnic coming up this Sunday in Melbourne's Parliament Gardens.
"Green dreams go bad: Why feel-good investing doesn’t make for good returns";
"Big emitters chase new climate fix: turning their pollution into products";
"‘Ecological grief’: communities, economy suffer from damage to Great Barrier Reef";
"When does a glacier die?";
"40°C in August? A climate expert explains why Australia is ridiculously hot right now";
"‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing";
"Many Climate Policies Struggle to Cut Emissions, Study Finds";
"Extreme Heat Fueled by Climate Change Punishes Outdoor Workers";
"Ablution pollution: minimise your hygiene carbon footprint with some simple regime tweaks";
"Stir Crazy" - George Monbiot;
"Heat Kills Thousands in the U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?";
"Cities are trying to cut down on cars. Some states are standing in their way.";
"Australia records hottest ever winter temperature with some areas set to be 10C above average";
"The Prosumer Economy: Embracing Posthumanism for a Regenerative Future";
"Global population growth is now slowing rapidly. Will a falling population be better for the environment?";
"Batten down the hatches: Strongest cold front this winter set to lash Victoria":
"Europe faces three-fold increase in heat deaths by end of century";
"Flood victims need to be protected from unfair cash settlements from insurance companies, report says".
Genevieve Barlow (pictured) was part of a core community group that spent the best part of two decades creating a solar farm for the central Victorian community.
Along with others on the Renewable Newstead committee, Genevieve worked with the State Government and ultimately "Flow Power" to make the solar farm a reality.
Interest from across Australia in what has happened at Newstead was ignited after the Australian Broadcasting Corporation screened the news item; "Newstead is first town in Victoria to open its own solar farm".
Genevive and her committee are happy to talk with other communities about their achievement.
University of Queensland economist, Professor John Quiggin (pictured), concerns himself with many things, including his fitness by running half marathons and presently training for an Ironman event, but central to his thinking is the economy.
Professor Quiggin has long contributed to the public conversation, regularly writing articles for The Conversation and The Guardian.
His latest work, a compilation of a life of writing can be found in his latest book, "After Neoliberalism".
Also, you can experience John's writing and ask him any question you like by visiting "John Quiggins Substack".
The idea of net zero by 2050, considered by many, including Adrian Whitehead, to be 'suicidal' is back in the news: "Australia’s window for hitting net zero is ‘rapidly closing’";
Filmmaker, Damon Gameau, has given viewers something new with "Future Council: The kids talking truth to power";
"Girls in Southern Africa are being married off in exchange for food amid El Niño drought";
"As La Niña strengthens, forecasters warn of a potential return to drought";
"Countries' climate obligations could be legally defined at top UN court in December";
"What the data says about Americans’ views of climate change";
"4 Billion People Worldwide Lack Access to Safe Drinking Water, Study Finds";
"Prime Minister and Welsh First Minister announce vision to make Britain a clean energy superpower";
"As climate changes, scorching summers bring deadly heat for people with disabilities";
"Calls for carbon subsidy reform as polluters bank gains";
"Yes, it’s difficult for governments to pick green industry winners – but it’s essential Australia tries";
"More money is flowing to charge electric trucks in California";
"Australia won’t have ‘green steel’ to itself. Africa is poised to become a global hub";
"Poor compliance and broad exemptions mean land clearing continues apace in northern Australia – despite our laws and pledges";
"Inquiry raises deep concerns over Labor’s $1.5 billion cash splash for new NT gas hub";
"Climate Change Makes Lightning More Likely. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal";
"California cuts back on safety enforcement as farmworkers toil in extreme heat";
"Carbon Counter: Is carbon capture and storage the solution to the climate crisis?";
"NZ’s electricity market is a mess. Rolling out rooftop solar would change the game";
"How open spaces can save lives during wildfires";
"Harris’ DNC climate moment awaits";
"Fast, wet and furious: How the North American monsoon floods the California desert";
"Humans can work with nature to solve big environmental problems – but there’s no quick fix";
"Australia risks missing $250b green iron opportunity".
Hard economic and practical evidence dispels misinformation about farming sheep under solar panels - check out the Geni Energy website.
The Goulburn Valley in northern Victoria needs a renewable energy hub, but interestingly it already has one, GV Community Energy just needs State Government recognition.
The Shepparton Irrigation Region is planning for the future with its soon-to-be-launched 2050 plan.
"‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’: The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms";
"6,000 sheep will soon be grazing on 10,000 acres of Texas solar fields";
The misinformation and disinformation surrounding solar panels and agriculture, and renewable energy in general, was recently put to rest by Professor Andrew Blakers when he was a guest on "Climate Conversations".
"Feeding seaweed supplement to cattle halved methane emissions in Australian feedlot, study finds";
"Earth has just ended a 13-month streak of record heat – here’s what to expect next";
"What El Niño means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points";
"Harris Stirs Hope for a New Chapter in Climate Action";
"Meeting 1.5C warming limit hinges on governments more than technology, study says";
"Chair of Nuclear for Australia denies that calling CO2 ‘plant food’ means he is a climate denier";
"‘Wake-up call to humanity’: research shows the Great Barrier Reef is the hottest it’s been in 400 years";
"We are poised to pass 1.5°C of global warming – world leaders offer 4 ways to manage this dangerous time";
"Even temporary global warming above 2°C will affect life in the oceans for centuries";
"Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how";
"AGL hails performance of first big battery, says waiting for nuclear would put it out of business";
"Ernesto Leaves Hundreds of Thousands in Puerto Rico Without Power as It Barrels Toward Bermuda";
"Climate Disaster Survivors Call For Criminal Investigation Into Fossil Fuel Industry";
"466 Million Children Live in Parts of the World Where Extremely Hot Days Have Doubled: UNICEF Report";
"Canada’s Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Almost a Decade’s Worth of Emissions, Report Finds";
"Nearly 25% of Europe’s Landscape Could be Rewilded, Research Finds";
"‘Nobody ever saw anything like this before’: how methane emissions are pushing the Amazon towards environmental catastrophe";
"Progress on climate adaptation lacking – Commission";
"The Albanese government has created a climate vacuum, and we will pay the price";
"The Electric Grid Is a Wildfire Hazard. It Doesn’t Have to Be.";
"More babies born underweight and pre-term after floods: study";
"The Aspen Institute Is Calling for a Systemic Approach to Climate Education at the University Level";
"Springtime Rain Crucial for Getting Wintertime Snowmelt to the Colorado River, Study Finds";
"Carbon Removals Aren’t Just About Getting the Science Right";
"Editorial: The Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022. Why are states lagging behind on energy rebates?";
"Editorial: Generative AI is an energy hog and that could hurt progress fighting climate change";
"As Millions of Acres Burn, Firefighters Say the U.S. Forest Service Has Left Them With Critical Shortages":
"Arsenic and old sugarcane: cleaning up Hawaii in the fallout from wildfires";
"What Do Covid and Climate Change Have in Common?";
"Islands in the sky: could steep-sided hilltops offer safe haven to our threatened species?";
"Unprecedented number of heat records broken around world this year";
"Ultra-fast EV chargers hoped to lure motorists to battery power";
"Revealed: Shell Oil Nonprofit Donated to Anti-Climate Groups Behind Project 2025";
"6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025";
"Is Australia ‘giving away’ its natural resources?";
"Local Energy Hubs";
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Adrian Whitehead (pictured) has spent most of life doing what he could to make people aware of environmental issues.
Those early concerns have morphed into taking direct action on global warming and saw him play a significant role in the establishment of "Beyond Zero Emissions".
Adrian was one of a small group that worked to see Melbourn's "Darebin City Council" become the first government in the world to declare a climate emergency.
His efforts to take his concerns to a wider audience saw him set up "Council and Community Action in the
Climate Emergency (CACE)".
Nobel-Prize winning economist, former World Bank Chief Economist Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz (pictured) speaks on a webinar organised by "The Australia Institute";
"Australian fossil fuel exports ranked second only to Russia for climate damage with ‘no plan’ for reduction";
"Greek officials advise staying in with windows shut due to fires near Athens";
"‘Exceptionally dangerous’ wildfire with 80-foot flames rages around Athens";
"Climarte";
"Pushing back against climate misinformation and climate silence";
"Art meets science in sweeping U.S. climate report";
"The event that helps this Indigenous Pacific Islander feel less alone";
"Disaster season looms, but the senate inquiry has failed to empower communities";
"Heaviest Pa. storms drop 60% more rain than they used to, report says";
"With CO2 Levels Rising, World’s Drylands Are Turning Green";
"Italy, Spain, Germany: The European countries where the most people died from heat last summer";
"Heat Raises Fears of ‘Demise’ for Great Barrier Reef Within a Generation";
"Bathroom fans and sliding glass doors: new research shows how those cold draughts sneak into your home";
"Industry push to earn carbon credits from Australia’s native forests would be a blow for nature and the climate";
"How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?";
"Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets";
"Tim Walz Has Championed Climate as Governor";
"NZ is running out of gas – literally. That’s good for the climate, but it’s bad news for the economy";
"Heat Contributed to 47,000 Deaths in Europe Last Year, but Relief Programs Helped";
"Climate activists have lost sight of their mission";
"Spain Is Thirsty. Here’s How It Gets Water.";
"Hundreds of firefighters deployed against 'exceptionally dangerous' wildfire edging toward Athens";
"‘Downwind’ states face greater air pollution burden";
"First Snow, then Heat Interrupt a Hike From Mexico to Canada, as Climate Complicates an Iconic Adventure".
Melbourne's Arnold Dix (pictured) is something of a polymath, who is terrified of climate change, but who sees some value in Australia adopting nuclear power and he discusses that in a Melbourne Age story - "The ‘scared’ green activist who is now embracing a nuclear future";
"Magic thinking vs the hard truth of climate change";
"Last summer was so hot on the Great Barrier Reef, even the scientist didn’t believe it";
"Urban growth is leading to more intense droughts for most of the world’s cities – and Sydney is a case study for areas at risk";
"The Missing Peace Webinar #1: The Greens’ commitment to peace with Bob Brown and Jo Vallentine";
"July was California’s hottest month ever, as climate warms to dangerous new extremes";
"California is harnessing solar power thanks to a big battery boom, providing a glimpse into Australia's energy future";
"Dug up in Australia, burned around the world – exporting fossil fuels undermines climate targets";
"‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’: Australia’s survival in a warmer world will be a mammoth multi-tasking effort";
"Antarctic heat, wild Australian winter: what’s happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year".
The latest webinar from the Maryland Department of Planning during its Climate Resilience Month was entitled: "Community Action for Climate Change".
Unprecedented heat waves, storms of the century, and devastating fires are impacting communities across the country. While large-scale interventions in policy and technology are necessary to preserve the planet, the most impactful adaptation solutions often originate at the local level. However, with something as large as the climate crisis, it can be hard for local communities to know where to begin.
This webinar, featuring Cate Mingoya, the author of "Climate Action for Busy People", and Mara Parker, Montgomery County, MD Climate Adaptation Program Manager, presented a roadmap with helpful case studies for anyone who wants to boost their community’s climate resilience and move the needle toward environmental justice.
Bert Lobert and his compatriots from "Save our Strathbogie Forest" are eager to keep what remains of the forest intact, especially for all the animals who live there and, of course, the thousands of people who enjoy the amenities it provides.
The focus of the original legal case put by the group was the Southern Greater Glider (a young Greater Glider is pictured looking out from its threatened forest home), but Justice Horan found that "planned burns" in the forest were not a threat to the Greater Glider population.
The Stratbogie group had been raising money through Chuffed to help fund its legal costs, but that is now closed, so those eager to support the campaign should contact Mr Lobert directly.
The group's appeal against the planned burns will be held at the High Court in Melbourne on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 20 and 21.
People are welcome to personally sit through the hearing or can watch it live via the High Court website.
Writing on its website, the group says: "We’re appealing the recent Federal Court ruling on planned burns, which allowed the Victorian government to burn parts of the Strathbogie Forest last Autumn. Our legal argument stems from the knowledge that the Strathbogie Forest is home to one of the healthiest populations of the Endangered Southern Greater Glider in Victoria. But our broader concern is for the long-term health of the forest -the complex partnership of plants, fungi, microbes and animals- and the beneficial influence a healthy forest has for everyone and everything that shares that landscape."
Australia's Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek (pictured), spent almost an hour listening to and chatting with people from all over the country during an online event organised by the Queensland Conservation Council.
The event, entitled "An Evening with the Minister, Strengthening our Nature Laws", had the Chief Executive of the Conversation Council of South Australia, Kirsty Bevan
The realities of climate change were spelt out with distinct clarity at the Tuesday, August 6, forum, both in person and online, organised by the Australian National University through its Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions.
The keynote speaker was the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services,Stephen Jones.
Mr Jones said his government, the Australian Labor Government, is not "putting its head in the proverbial bucket of sand" regarding climate change.
He said; "It's real, it's here, it's now, it's happening, it's not a future event and it's consequential".
The Titanic, on its maiden voyage in 1912, is something of a metaphor for the world community today - like those in charge of the ocean liner, we know there's trouble ahead, but we steam into the future, doing nothing or little to make the world, and the people on "spaceship Earth" climate-ready.
"Earth broke all-time heat record two days in a row, scientists say";
"No time to waste on another climate war, big business warns";
"States pump up ‘key technology’ to get households off gas";
"D.C. heat hits 104 degrees as people seek shelter and AC";
"My life at 50C: India’s new reality of extreme heat";
"Here’s Where Kamala Harris Stands on Climate";
"Yes, Australia’s environment is on a depressing path – but $7 billion a year would transform it";
"What a Harris campaign could mean for the fight against climate change";
"Small modular reactors have promise. But we found they’re unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050";
"Monday was hottest recorded day on Earth: ‘Uncharted territory’".
Professor Joseph Camilleri (pictured) has long believed in the power of conversation. He acted on that belief about three years ago and set up the Melbourne-based group, "Conversation at the Crossroads".
Here he talks about that group, and the power of conversation and alerts listeners to an upcoming series of six, weekly sessions entitled "Ethics in Turbulent Times: How to Bring Society to Higher Ground".
International thinker and philosopher, Peter Singer, will be among the guests - people can attend in person or virtually.
Conversation at the Crossroads secretary, Susan Lengel, was a guest on Climate Conversations in May this year.
"Living Hot: Thriving and Surviving on a Heating Planet", co-authored by Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld, tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: it's time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes.
If we prepare well, we can give ourselves a fighting chance to preserve some of the best of what we have, build stronger and fairer communities, find a path through the escalating pressures of a warming world – and even find new ways to flourish.
To get there, we must leave behind both the doomism and the wishful thinking currently holding us back.
In Living Hot, highly respected academic Clive Hamilton and policy consultant George Wilkenfeld shift th emphasis away from reducing carbon emissions and to making Australia is resilient, outlining a vision for an all-embracing and ongoing investment and social change program to protect ourselves from the ravages of a changing climate.
Living Hot is a sober assessment of the challenges we face and a farsighted road map for what we must do next to survive and even thrive on our heating planet.
The above words have been taken, largely, from a review of Hamilton's and Wilkenfeld's thought-provoking book.
Tim Forcey (pictured) was recently a guest on The Australia Institute's "Australia Biggest Book Club".
He was interviewed and talked about his relatively new book," My Efficient Electric Home Handbook".
Tim has been a guest on Climate Conversations.
He spoke recently at "Shepparton's GV Library" a few months ago with the members of Zero Carbon Tatura, and that event was recorded.
Professor Christine Parker (pictured) last month lectured about "Nudge versus Sludge: The Great Greenwashing and the Failure of Corporate Regulation".
And then, coincidently, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) carried a story on its Radion National program, Breakfast, in which corporations were "walking both sides of the street" about alcohol control in the story; "Domestic violence experts criticise NRL for partnership with DrinkWise".
The Greenpeace 20-minute movie, "Journey for Justice", follows law student and activist Anjali Sharma as she travels across the Pacific on Greenpeace's iconic ship, the Rainbow Warrior, to hear from those most impacted by climate change.
The inspiring new documentary by Greenpeace Australia Pacific showcases how powerful activists across the globe are using the law to hold big polluters to account.
Finally, we go to The Green Institute to listen to a webinar hosted by Executive Director, Tim Hollo, who talked with Natalie Bennett about her new book, "Change Everything" during an event "Change Everything – Natalie Bennett on her new book on transformative Greens politics, with guest Christine Milne".
Although Tim was reluctant to use its name, "Change Everything" was available from the company whose name began with "A" - my digital copy came from "A".
Here's your chance to be inspired and after hearing from those who know, become an anti-nuclear campaigner enabling you to talk with others about the myths and weaknesses of the poorly thought-through idea the Liberal-National Party Coalition has for using nuclear energy to power Australia.
First, you should listen to/watch the recent virtual event - "Don't nuke the climate: How to stop Dutton's nuclear power reactors" - take a close look at the "Don't nuke the climate" web page and then study the "Friends of the Earth Australia’s Nuclear-Free Campaign".
More than 70 people were recently at Shepparton's GV Library to hear two speakers with an enlightening understanding of how to make your home more energy-efficient - the event, known as the "Home Energy Efficiency Talk" - was promoted by the City of Greater Shepparton through its "Sustainability & Environment Team".
The first of the speakers was Tim Forcey, the fellow behind the Facebook page "My Efficient Electric Home" and the author of "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to slash your energy bills, protect your health & save the planet".
The second speaker was the CEO of GV Community Energy, Geoff Lodge.
Tim Forcey was not a stranger to the Goulburn Valley, having been a guest at a virtual event organized by" Zero Carbon Tatura" and in May this year having been a guest on "Climate Conversations"
Conversations can be found everywhere about the success and for some the weaknesses, of wind and solar energy.
To further confuse the conversation, the Coalition in Australia, the alternative government, is now arguing for constructing and commissioning seven nuclear power stations across Australia.
"Refuting myths about nuclear and renewable energy";
"Digging Deeper | Nuclear energy - is it viable? A local’s perspective";
"Tell politicians to ban fossil fuel ads and sponsorships";
"Creating, connecting, collaborating & campaigning for a liveable planet - Art Disrupt";
"Monash University launches its first-ever Circular Economy Framework";
"Top Climate Scientist Sums Up Second Donald Trump Term With 2 Chilling Words";
"Two stars out of 10: Why most Australian homes are poorly heated";
"Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study";
"‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up to fight for the oceans";
"‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war".
Working from his off-grid home at Lima East, Shaun Murphy (pictured with his creation) created and built the almost unnoticed lectern used at the recent annual Swanpool Environmental Film Festival.
The beautiful, and quiet, lectern is a piece of art, reflecting the caring nature of those behind the festival.
Shaun, seen by many as the area's "resident artist" lives with his wife, a district nurse, at a Lima East cooperative, surrounded by bush a living, except for rare occasions with energy coming from a solar system and a small hydroelectric plant on the creek running through the property.
When commissioned to build the lectern, Shaun said he wanted the unit to be both practical and beautiful - it is most certainly both those things.
Sam Birrell's (pictured) nuclear views questioned by Shepparton letter writer.
"Sweltering summer days put Arizonans at risk of dangerous burns";
"Chart: The US battery market is on track for its best year yet";
"The Truth about EV Battery Life and Charging Best Practice!";
"Populism Rising - Global Roaming";
"We mapped weather forecast accuracy across the U.S. Look up your city.";
"Copenhagen, not Docklands: Nick Reece wants to be lord mayor for real – here’s how";
"The dirty secret of Australia’s green energy transition";
"How much will climate change drag down the economy?";
"How rural families are saving thousands with electric vehicles";
"Beryl forecast to strengthen and strike Texas coast as dangerous hurricane";
"When it comes to power, solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade";
"Is an electric bike right for you? Here’s what to consider before you buy";
"Why adapting is the key to survival in the face of climate change";
"If you care about your offspring, you should support ‘nature positive’";
"Record-breaking weather system brings rain and freezing mornings";
"As crews work to contain big California fire, another ignites near Yosemite";
"Can the climate survive the insatiable energy demands of the AI arms race?";
"Canada Oil Companies Delete Carbon Capture Mentions on Websites Before New Regulations Kick in";
"Rents, weather events and premiums mean fight against inflation not yet won";
"In Chile’s Southern Tip, a Bet on Hydrogen Worries Conservationists".
David Jones (pictured) understands the advertising world and he also understands that climate change is going to kill us: "AI won’t kill us, but climate change will if we don't act, says leading advertising CEO";
"A ‘Carbon Sucking’ Mural? Campaigns for Big Oil? Global Ad Agency Dentsu Does Both.";
"Measures meant to protect our last grasslands are seeing them trashed";
"Electrifying the farm: ‘It could add a couple of hundred thousand to our bottom line’";
"Interview: Susan Lengyel champions conversation, especially those 'at the Crossroads'"
"Atmospheric Rivers in California Create a Perfect Storm of Public Health Risks";
"Keir Starmer hails ‘new age of hope’ as Rishi Sunak fears losing seat";
"Lack of direct trains in Europe is pushing people to take flights, campaigners say";
"Conversation at the Crossroads";
"A victory for environmental justice in Minnesota";
"Conservation and economic development go hand in hand, more often than expected";
"Opinion: The Supreme Court’s purely ideological reasoning will change our lives";
"How a small Caribbean island is trying to become hurricane-proof";
"Hurricane Beryl’s rapid intensification, Category 5 winds so early in a season are alarming: Here’s why more tropical storms are exploding in strength";
"More frost on the way after Melbourne shivers through coldest start of 2024";
"Teal calls for snap climate election as rumours of cabinet reshuffle swirl";
"How commuting affects subjective wellbeing";
"How cover crops are helping a Kansas farmer adapt to climate change";
"Biden attacks Republican climate deniers as he unveils extreme-heat rules";
"‘Wartime’ situation as worst flooding in 70 years hits county in central China";
"‘My escape is going north’: heatwaves begin to drive tourists in Europe to cool climes";
"California burns as heat wave spreads across western U.S.";
"Thompson Fire continues to burn in Northern California, forcing evacuations";
"Nuclear power has an advantage not reflected in its average price. It’s price stability, and for some users that matters";
"Is an electric bike right for you? Here’s what to consider before you buy";
"Researchers designed a test of “carbon competence.” Pretty much everyone failed.";
"After asking ‘What about the climate?’ for 14 years, I’m standing down as an MP. But I have reasons to be hopeful";
"Autocracy is on the march";
"Democracy Trumped at the Limits to Growth";
"Climate scientists urge responsible use of AI as Google’s emissions soar by 48% since 2019";
"Opinion Great leaders are scarce. How do we increase the supply?".
A climate blog set up probably a decade ago was rather difficult as it was challenging to find relevant news stories, until shifting to podcasting about three years ago and now stories about climate change are everywhere - the landscape has changed dramatically.
Choosing what's relevant is now the challenge, deciding what to leave out, rather than put in is the dilemma.
In line with that, is the challenge of covering what's happening, so doing that with the hope of providing a reasonable and decent coverage of local and international events means I need help.
I need someone prepared to make contact with potential interviewees, conduct the interview, assemble the relevant episode and submit it for publication.
I'm unsure how that would work, but contact me, Robert McLean, and we can talk.
The Leader of the Opposition in Australia, Peter Dutton, has re-ignited the climate wars with the nuclear proposition, and that has been fact-checked.
"Dutton's Nuclear Announcement: An Exercise in Fact-Checking";
"Simon Kerr is at the heart of 'Music for a Warming World' and discusses the new book 'Living Hot' by Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld";
"On Climate Emotion: Interview with Sarah Jacquette Ray";
"Death blow or skyrocket: The Economy and climate under Trump";
"The biggest tool we have to fight climate anxiety is community";
"Caribbean braces for Hurricane Beryl as Category 3 storm approaches";
"Caribbean islands assessing damage after Hurricane Beryl makes landfall";
"Fulani herders struggle as water stress forces longer journeys in the Sahel";
"Can it be too hot for a plane to fly? How the Phoenix airport is handling record heat";
"How bad will hurricanes get? Scientists look for answers in mud";
"Talking Shop: When Debunking Climate Disinformation Gets Labeled “Censorship”:
"How to decarbonise the world’s cement";
"Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse.";
"Part 1 of an exploration of the current state of the climate crisis";
"How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero";
"Doctors treat thousands of heatstroke victims in southern Pakistan as temperatures soar";
"Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ may blow out by 40% under the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan – and that’s the best-case scenario";
"Devastating coral bleaching will be more common, start earlier and last longer unless we cut emissions";
"To Save the Amazon, What if We Listened to Those Living Within It?";
"EVs Have No Tailpipe Pollution, but There Are Still Problems When the Rubber Meets the Road";
"An Everglades Scientist on Trial in Ron DeSantis’s Kingdom";
"What the Supreme Court Chevron decision means for environmental rules";
"How To Survive a Heat Wave on a Fixed Income";
"How water could be the future of fuel";
"It may be hotter than your weather app says";
"Gaps in reporting of nitrogen fertiliser use on farms leave an incomplete picture of impacts on water quality";
"Plastic Free July is a waste of time if the onus is only on consumers";
"Widespread Flooding in Upper Midwest Decimates Farm Towns";
"Heat is the deadliest form of extreme weather. Why are fatalities so hard to track?";
"Federal court blocks Biden’s pause on approving gas export projects".
Simon Kerr (pictured) is the musical driving force of "Music for a Warming World" and has had a long history in the challenges of climate change.
The Melbourne-based musician/academic was reading the most recent book, "Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet", co-authored by Australian public intellectual Clive Hamilton and energy consultant, George Wilkenfeld.
Simon was so impressed with what Halimton and Wilkenfeld had written that he contacted "Climate Conversations" saying: "We have to talk".
Both Simon and his partner, Christine, use electric bikes to travel about the City of Melbourne.
He was particularly excited to hear the "Climate Conversations" episode in which the CEO of the Melbourne-based Bicycle Network, Alison McCormack was interviewed: "Interview: 'Australia's E-Bike moment' with Bicycle Network's CEO, Alison McCormack".
Hamilton has been the Professor of Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University in Canberra since 2008.
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The potential election of Donald Trump (pictured) as the next U.S. President seems to have provided oxygen to Australia's Liberal/National Party: "How the prospect of Trump 2.0 is emboldening the Coalition on climate change";
"Tiny and unsubstantiated nuclear idea grabs the nation's attention";
"Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash";
"Voters split on nuclear but most see renewables as way forward";
"Peter Dutton’s nuclear gamble – Full Story podcast";
"Our Strathbogie Forest";
"India's 'heat trap' cities make summers worse, says government official";
"G7 vows to drop fossil fuels faster, but activists unimpressed";
"Analysis: Wind and solar added more to global energy than any other source in 2023";
"Landslides kill at least 15, displace millions, in Bangladesh and India";
"Gaza conflict has caused major environmental damage, UN says";
"Here’s why floods are inundating the Midwest right now";
"Climate and energy have emerged as a federal election flashpoint. But unless the economy improves, will voters be listening?";
"Estimation of groundwater storage change in the Helmand River Basin (Afghanistan) using GRACE satellite data";
"View from The Hill: Paul Keating labels Dutton a ‘charlatan’ as nuclear debate gets down and dirty";
"Gas flaring back on the rise, fuelling calls for stronger regulation";
"Heatwave scorches US over weekend as midwest sees deadly flooding";
"As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential";
"Plucking numbers from the air: Victoria’s big build for housing relies on impossible targets";
"Climate crisis driving exponential rise in most extreme wildfires";
"One of three missing people found dead after heavy rain in Switzerland";
"Climate change is already making your bills more expensive";
"Fire erupts at Costa Mesa park, spurring evacuation warning";
"Five things we learned from the UN’s climate mega-poll".
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Mexico has it all in just one day (picture: hail 'flooded" street)- "‘Multiple disasters all in one day’: New Mexico’s brutal week of fire and flood";
"Big Solar is already outperforming Big Oil – learn how";
"‘Dripping with self-righteous sanctimony’: Littleproud lashes teal MPs in nuclear debate";
"Dutton’s claim nuclear waste would be size of Coke can ‘hard to swallow’";
"Dutton goes off script, labels Albanese a ‘child in a man’s body’";
"These paddocks should be lush and green. Now the earth is dry, the lambs perishing";
"Peter Dutton’s nuclear gamble – Full Story podcast";
"Power bills could rise by $1,000 a year under Coalition plan to boost gas until nuclear is ready, analysts say";
"No Reprieve: Extreme Heat at Night Contributes to Heat Wave Mortality";
"Three missing after heavy storms cause landslide in Switzerland";
"Major power outage hits Balkan countries as region swelters in heatwave";
"With Heat Waves, an Increased Risk for Heart Problems, New Research Shows";
"As the Country Heats Up, ERs May See an Influx of Young Patients Struggling With Mental Health";
"Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup’s Doors with Model Pipeline and Protest Bank’s Ties to Israel";
"There’s a yawning Coalition credibility gap on the cost of renewables and nuclear";
"There is no shortage of Coalition U-turns on nuclear. But this Aukus example might be the most remarkable";
"Confusion reigns about the Coalition’s nuclear proposal. Here’s how the rhetoric has shifted";
"Climate activists bemoan scant progress on finance as Cop29 looms";
"Database of Climate Disinformation Supporters";
"Billions of people just felt the deadly intensity of climate-fueled heat waves";
"The cut-through message: wind, solar and pumped hydro are all we need, and cheaper";
"Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say";
"A reactor in the backyard? What Latrobe Valley residents think of Dutton’s nuclear plan – video";
"California wildfires have already burned 90,000 acres, and summer is just beginning";
"‘If the land is sick, so are we’: Australian First Nations spirituality explained".
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Australia's Opposition leader, Peter Dutton (pictured) and his LNP cohort want Australia to build seven nuclear-powered electricity-generating power plants - "Dutton’s nuclear gamble puts everything on the line – except the details";
"Liberals, Nationals split over support for big wind and solar";
"Why Dutton’s nuclear power plan is so Soviet";
"Nuclear engineer dismisses Peter Dutton’s claim that small modular reactors could be commercially viable soon";
"Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy will do nothing to ease Australians’ hip-pocket pain, now or in the future";
"Dutton’s plan to build nuclear plants on former coal sites not as easy as it seems";
"Dutton reveals locations for seven nuclear power plants under Coalition plan";
"‘What if there just is no solution?’ How we are all in denial about the climate crisis";
"No costing, no clear timelines, no easy legal path: deep scepticism over Dutton’s nuclear plan is warranted";
"Blocked by the law and the states, how can Peter Dutton's nuclear proposal go ahead?";
"Dutton didn’t put a price on nuclear power plants. The world shows they come at a cost";
"The Coalition's nuclear power plan misses one key component: the cost";
"Nuclear power keeps the corporates in charge. No wonder it's conservatives' preferred solution to climate change" - this story by Tim Hollo is nearly a decade old;
"Peter Dutton’s plan to cut the 2030 climate target would be an own goal for Australia’s Pacific ambitions";
"Peter Dutton has revved up Australia’s climate war – and scientists and business are in despair";
"Why Dutton’s energy switch may help Albanese keep Labor’s lights on";
"Thank you, Mr Dutton. With Lithgow going nuclear, the Shamrocks are daring to dream";
"Dutton’s nuclear plan contains a fib, but there’s also a fact in its favour".
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Alison McCormack (pictured) leads the Melbourne-based Bicycle Network and is excited and overwhelmed by what is "Australia's e-bike moment".
Working with her team, Alison recently organized an e-bike event at the Brunswick Velodrome attracting some 4000 people from all parts of Victoria.
The event, which allowed people to test-ride their preferred bike was so successful that Alison's team is now contemplating an "E-bike roadshow" that might visit Shepparton and, if arranged, visit the Museum Vehicle of Vehicle Evolution. This venue already has an impressive display of classic bicycles.
As Alison previously worked with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, she is well aware that Shepparton has a celebrated Olympic cyclist in Steve Fairless and would love to combine the screening of that movie, "Fairless", with the e-bike roadshow.
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Ray Evans (pictured) founded the Australian Business Forum (ABF) and is excited and energized by the "Electric SUV Expo" that people can enjoy at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre over three days from August 9.
The ABF is a premier business platform dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals in the small and medium enterprise sector seeking to start, expand or transition their business domestically or across the Asian markets.
Ray sees the electric vehicle market as a wonderful opportunity for those businesses his group represents.
The Melbourne expo, Ray explains, allows people to see and experience some of the latest range of SUV vehicles from many manufacturers.
Visitors will be able to learn about financing an electric SUV, charging and, in what's a first for the Exhibition and Convention Centre, test drive the electric vehicle of their choice.
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The June 15 Swanpool Environmental Film Festival was in equal portions depressing and uplifting - the latter arising from the fact that the Swanpool theatre was full of people eager to understand what is ahead for humanity and how best they could contribute to decisions ensuring the correct path was chosen.
The eight-hour festival included the screening of three movies - "The New Corporation", "Finding the Money", and "Undercurrents" by Margot Nash.
An intriguing, and almost laughable aspect of the Finding the Money movie was the interview with Jared Bernstein, the Chair of America's Council of Economic Advisers.
Dr Steven Hail from the Torrens University Modern Money Lab in Adelaide introduced "Finding the Money" and mentioned Professor Stephanie Kelton, who was, by default, the movie's star.
Musical entertainment was provided by the "Hot House Quartet" and in entertaining the crowd with the song "The Carnival is Over", I was reminded of Richard Heinberg's 2003 book, "The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies".
Dr Mark Diesendorf, co-authored "The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation: Technological, Socioeconomic and Political Change" with Rod Taylor.
Sponsors for the festival were the "Swanpool and District Land Protection Group"; the Benalla Sustainable Future Group"; the "Gecko Clan"; "Winton Wetlands"; "Benalla Rural City Council"; and the "Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority".
A separate episode of "Climate Conversations" has a presentation by Dr Mark Diesendorf.
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Dr Mark Diesendorf (pictured) delivered a powerful and relevant address at the Saturday, June 15, Swanpool Environmental Film Festival.
Dr Diesendorf is an associate professor from the University of New South Wales and is the co-author of "The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation".
During his presentation, Dr Diesendorf pointed to the "Australian Conversation Foundation" and the "Australian Democracy Network" as groups that could help to bring some balance into society and so slow the advance of the climate crisis.
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Matthew B.Eisenson (pictured) from the Columbia Climate School Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law was the guest on a recent webinar where he talked about the "Myths and Misinformation about Renewable Energy".
A recording from the session will be posted soon on the Columbia Climate School YouTube site, please check back there.
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Professor Alex Halliday founded the Columbia Climate School and has long championed the need for climate action.
"US Elections: Could Trump Surprise Us On Climate?";
"Get on with orderly energy transition, says Origin boss";
"‘It makes our life easier’: Climate campaigns seize on Dutton’s refusal to set target";
"Talking the Talk: Dutton dumps climate commitment, Labor speaks with forked tongue";
"Maine college builds climate-friendly dorm out of wood";
"Why scientists fear a second Trump term, and what they are doing about it";
"Peter Dutton has reignited Australia’s climate wars. We fact-check the major claims";
"Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?";
"Will Mexico’s New Climate Scientist President Change the Country’s Energy Policy?";
"At risk from rising sea levels, these First Nations peoples are finding solidarity in their shared struggle";
"Serious heat wave to scorch the East next week. Maps show areas at risk.";
"‘It makes our life easier’: Climate campaigns seize on Dutton’s refusal to set target";
"I'm a conservative. We need to make the environment non-partisan";
"Minnesota takes rare step to allow power lines alongside highways";
"Shocking: man who joked about Pacific Island nations sinking doesn’t actually care about the environment";
"EnergyHub receives CEC grant to support expansion of virtual power plants in California";
"Congestion Has Never Been Worse; The Need for Congestion Pricing, Never Greater.";
"Cemeteries Can Be Damaged by Climate Change—and Provide Climate Refuge";
"As the Country Heats Up, ERs May See an Influx of Young Patients Struggling With Mental Health";
"Looking at the Planetary Past to Prepare for Our Climate Changed Future—An Interview with Steven Earle";
"A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold";
"Heavy flooding hits parts of South Florida after severe rains";
"Anatomy of a flood";
"European Union Hits E.V.s From China With Extra Tariffs Up to 38%";
"If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?";
"Peter Dutton accused of trying to ‘rip up’ Australia’s commitment to Paris climate agreement";
"Best-case scenario: 5% survive Milford Sound tsunami";
"End of the windmill era: NSW switches to safer, more efficient solar water pumps";
"Low-Traffic Neighborhoods Are Reclaiming London’s Streets From Cars";
"Acropolis in Athens closed as Greece bakes in heatwave: What travellers need to know";
"EU to slap extra tariffs on Chinese electric cars in a bid to close competition gap";
"Where will climate change hit hardest? These interactive maps offer a telltale glimpse.";
"The city that is trying to sleep: Paris seeks to cut noise pollution by four decibels";
"Up to 5m of beach are disappearing from this Spanish coast every year: Is climate change to blame?";
"My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070";
"Scientists have built a ‘digital twin’ of Earth to predict the future of climate change";
"How Congestion Pricing Makes Cities More Livable";
"Super election year: What are candidates in the UK, US and Australia planning on the climate?".
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Peter Dutton (pictured) has damned Australia's climate efforts, proposes nuclear energy and so will see Australia burst past its Paris agreement.
Subsequently, the leader of Australia's Liberal Party seems to have cornered the news services, here are a few:
"Dutton and Albanese both think they’re on a winner with nuclear power. Only one man can be right";
"‘Worse than Scott Morrison’: PM attacks Dutton over revival of climate wars";
"Gas made from cow manure could be new front in energy fight";
"Four Corners - Wind Wars";
"Dutton to pull Australia out of Paris Agreement if elected";
"Is nuclear energy feasible in Australia (and how much would it cost)?";
"Regional Queenslanders say electric vehicles worth it for fuel savings but challenges remain";
"The anti-windfarm 'odd couple' joining forces to fight the renewable energy projects Australia's already failing to build";
"The CAT guide to a good 2035 climate target";
"Who thinks people can affect what the government does about global warming?";
"Europe veers right but centre-ground resists: What the EU election results mean and what's next";
"Analysis: UK climate aid reaches record £1.8bn in 2023 after loosening rules";
"This word was rejected by geologists. But it’s already taken over the world.";
"Peter Dutton’s plans will breach the Paris agreement on climate – that much is clear";
"We have a moral responsibility to help low-income nations restore coral reefs";
"Investors have bid against each other to buy Australia’s first green bond. Here’s why that’s a great sign";
"Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again";
"Winds of political change blow through environmental conference";
"Living Hot: Surviving and Thriving on a Heating Planet";
"Could low-carbon cement and steel be cheaper than we think?";
"View from The Hill: Peter Dutton sets up a debate about Australia’s ambition on emission reduction targets";
"Why Do Americans Feel Entitled to a Leadership Role on Climate?";
"North Korea’s trash balloons deepen tensions with the South. Here’s what’s happening between rivals";
"The Macroeconomics of Australia’s Energy Transition";
"Living and Dying in the Shadow of Chemical Plants";
"In Brazil’s Semi-Arid Region, Small Farmers Work Exhausted Lands, Hoping a New Government Will Revive the War on Desertification";
"Could spraying sea salt into the clouds cool the planet?";
"Home insurance was once a ‘must.’ Now more homeowners are going without.";
"The UN chief has called for a ban on fossil fuel advertising – is the NZ industry listening?";
"A renewable energy transition that doesn’t harm nature? It’s not just possible, it’s essential";
"View from The Hill: Peter Dutton sets up a debate about Australia’s ambition on emission reduction targets";
"3.2 million people in the U.S. may be exposed to dangerous heat today";
"Brutal heatwave cooks US south-west, an early sign of sizzling summer ahead";
"End climate silence";
"Far-right fossil fuel company allies pressure US supreme court to shield firms in unprecedented campaign";
"Water firm seizes stake in Devon sewage protester’s home over unpaid bills";
"Climate scientist Susan Solomon: ‘Let’s not give up now – we’re right on the cusp of success’";
"North Africa’s disappearing nomads: Why my community needs climate finance";
"Blackout risk lower this winter, says National Grid";
"Developing countries suggest rich nations tax arms, fashion and tech firms for climate";
"What Happens When Climate Change Threatens to Bury Your Home?";
"UN Secretary-General Calls for Ban on Fossil Fuel Advertising, Says Next 18 Months Are Critical for Climate Action";
"Most planes are powered by fossil fuels. That could change.";
"How to support climate change education in your state’s schools";
"Research on Earth’s raging fever of 2023-24 is picking up";
"What’s the deal with terms like “greenhouse effect,” “global warming,” “climate change,” and “the climate emergency”?";
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Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld continue to be urgently concerned about mitigation, but now see adaptation to be the primary issue of concern for all levels of government - listen to Hamilton as he talks with Michelle Grattan on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Politics with Michelle Grattan: Clive Hamilton on how Australians must adapt to ‘Living Hot’"
"The Arctic is heating up nearly four times faster than the whole planet, study finds";
"The impact of climate change on language loss";
"Why do so few people cycle for transport in Australia? 6 ideas on how to reap all the benefits of bikes";
"Oil and Gas Companies Are Trying to Rig the Marketplace";
"A Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127 Degrees";
"Burning book festivals is not a climate solution";
"Salt in the Womb: How Rising Seas Erode Reproductive Health";
"My Climate View: online tool allows Australian farmers to project changes out to 2070";
"Is it possible to fry an egg on the sidewalk if it's hot enough?";
"Vermont just became the first state to try to make big oil pay for climate damages";
"Tuvalu turns to the metaverse as rising seas threaten existence";
"The Delhi heatwave is testing the limits of human endurance. Other hot countries should beware and prepare";
"Are the climate wars really over, or has a new era of greenwashing just begun?";
"As global temperatures rise, are liberal democracies on trial?";
"The $50 billion gas deal Australia hopes will keep China quiet";
"‘People prefer that we’d never close’: Eraring lifeline a mixed blessing for a coal community in limbo";
"Climate activist defaces Monet painting in Paris";
"Scientists develop method of making healthier, more sustainable chocolate";
"Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature";
"What to Know About Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s Newly Elected President";
"If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?";
"Heat can kill - here's how to help!";
"India’s deadly heat kills over 200 people, including dozens of poll workers as elections wrap up";
"Which of Australia’s favourite ski fields will survive by 2080?";
"The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough)";
"Oceans face ‘triple threat’ of extreme heat, oxygen loss and acidification";
"Reality check: the Reform UK party’s claims on the climate crisis examined";
"ACCESS: Australia’s climate and earth systems model";
"U.S. Electric Bills Could Increase 8% This Summer Amid Rising Temperatures";
"‘Perfect storm’ hurricane season could be break records";
"Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas utilities to clean heat";
"'Sounding the alarm': World likely to temporarily pass 1.5C limit by 2028, UN weather agency warns";
"May breaks global temperature record for 12th month in a row. Will La Nina bring cooler weather?";
"Scientists say Earth is heating at a record rate, but there’s still time to stop crisis accelerating";
"‘Depressing and dystopian’: UAE used COP28 to boost fossil fuel deals, investigation says";
"EU Policy: Ambitions for global renewable energy capacity unrealised, says report";
"A year of record global heat has pushed Earth closer to dangerous threshold";
"How is climate change affecting heat waves in California and the West?";
"Half the world will vote in 2024, but how many elections will be fair?";
"‘An intergenerational crime against humanity’: what will it take for political leaders to start taking climate change seriously?";
"How animals are changing to cope with stronger heatwaves";
"Why the US oil majors may end up doing more for the green transition than their (slightly) more progressive European rivals";
"To tackle the climate crisis we need more democracy, not less";
"Rising authoritarianism and worsening climate change share a fossil-fueled secret";
"Trump, Covid, the climate crisis – we’ve had a hard few years. The wounds linger";
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Ross McPherson (pictured), the Chairman and editor-in-chief of the Shepparton-based McPherson Group of Newspapers, was the guest speaker at The Greater Shepparton Biennial Bruce Willson Memorial Heritage Lecture for 2024.
The Wednesday, June 5, session was recorded, in both an audio and visual sense but the recording has not been posted as yet on the City Council YouTube website.
I urge you to check back regularly for once the event is posted, you will be able to see and hear Ross's lecture.
The need for story-telling to combat the climate crisis and prepare people for the inevitable challenges is regularly discussed in many books, including that which is presently on my desk, "All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis".
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Kent Getsinger (pictured) might be an organiser with the Victorian Allied Health Professionals Association, but he is also an ardent advocate of the Modern Monetary Theory (MMT).
Arrangements to interview Kent were made at a Melbourne meeting of "Sustainable Prosperity Action Group – Naarm" earlier this year where about 40 people had gathered at that city's campus of the Adelaide-based "Torrens University".
Kent has pointed out that those eager to know more about MMT should join/follow the Sustainable Prosperity Action Group - NAARM, listen to RadioMMT, check out the "Modern Money Lab" website, listen to this interview from "The Australia Institute", watch this hour-long YouTube event featuring "Professor Stephanie Kelton".
Finally, you can visit Professor Kelton's actual website where you can learn about her book, "The Deficit Myth".
Anyone eager to talk personally with Kent will have the chance at the Swanpool Environment Film Festival on Saturday, June 15, where the movie, "Finding the Money will be screened and Associate Professor Steven Hail will attend to answer questions about the movie itself and in a more broad sense, The Modern Monetary Theory.
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Mark Spencer could never be a street-marching, placard-waving climate change protestor, but he was mighty comfortable behind a microphone doing all he could to alert people to the implications and complications of the climate crisis, and his latest adventure is through his new podcast, "Transmission".
"Here comes winter … and more rain";
"Q&A: Al Jazeera’s Giles Trendle on covering climate across borders and boundaries";
"Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals";
"Prescribed burning can reduce wildfire damage";
"Sunshades, vines, and trees can help keep playgrounds cool";
"New Delhi Sweats Through Its Hottest Recorded Day";
"No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licences, study finds";
"‘Unliveable’: Delhi’s residents struggle to cope in record-breaking heat";
"Jane Goodall inspires generations of conservationists – we need her education program in schools";
"Women are 14 times more likely to die in a climate disaster than men. It’s just one way climate change is gendered";
"How to cut stray cat numbers in a way that works better for everyone";
"More than 22 million people could soon run out of water in this city";
"Have We Crossed a Dangerous Warming Threshold? Here’s What to Know.";
"When will global greenhouse gas emissions peak?";
"This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters";
"Young, green and European: Meet the new generation of eco-activists running in the EU elections";
"Planet has enough clothes to dress the whole world for the next 100 years";
"FASHION’S PATH TO NET ZERO";
"Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity";
"How Bad Is A.I. for the Climate?";
"Automakers lobbying strongly against progressive EV policies, report reveals";
"New Carbon ‘Capture & Storage’ Method Revealed";
"Many people are feeling ecological grief. How can we help those whose work puts them at risk?";
"Heat is coming for our crops. We have to make them ready";
"Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply";
"UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet";
"Trapped people evacuated from FedEx facility after tornadoes hit Michigan";
"Amanda Seyfried Asked for a ‘Sustainable’ Met Gala Dress";
"Sweetgreen Is Introducing Steak. What About Its Climate Goals?";
"European Oil Giants Consider Shifting Their Listings to the U.S.";
"Why 40°C is bearable in a desert but lethal in the tropics";
"The Farming Conundrum";
"Let's talk about the weather";
"‘I think that’s dangerous’: The moment the new CSIRO boss decided to hit back at Peter Dutton";
"Warming Could Push the Atlantic Past a ‘Tipping Point’ This Century";
"El Paso climate chief: Driving less, curtailing urban sprawl key to addressing climate change in Borderland";
"Hundreds of homes suddenly deemed flood-prone in inner-city estate";
"Tesla Fires Many on Charger Team, Raising Doubts About Expansion";
"In Norway, the Electric Vehicle Future Has Already Arrived";
"El Niño and La Niña, Explained";
"Threatened species have declined 2% a year since 2000. Nature positive? Far from it.";
"Why clothes are so hard to recycle";
"What your home could look like in the global green power switch";
"Scientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures";
"The Widest-Ever Global Coral Crisis Will Hit Within Weeks, Scientists Say";
"‘Completely unacceptable’: Environmental offsets scheme riddled with breaches";
"Call for Australia’s offshore wind deals to protect against inflation";
"Eight climate activists arrested in Germany over airport protest";
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Letitions are a variation of the commonly used and understood petitions but are immensely more powerful.
Geelong's Robert Patterson is the man behind letition.org and this powerful process is endorsed by some powerful people, including the Australian Captial Territory Senator, David Pocock.
Many in the Geelong community had embraced the idea of the letition as is illustrated in one of the city's newspapers.
The letition.org website says:
"Is it a system? Yes.
Is it a tool? Yes.
Is it available to all? Yes
None of that’s novel – so why should you sign up?
The Letition system is a movement. It embodies our united stand for the environment, amplifying our concerns in a chorus that cannot be ignored.
A clarion call from the larger community.
Letitions are the modern Open Letter: A collective call to action with the urgency of a personal message.
Each Letition serves as a direct line to our elected representatives in Canberra, each one reflecting the collective will of the voters right from their local communities, their constituencies - the people they ultimately answer to.
Every month, they receive several Letitions delivering a unified message on different aspects of climate concerns, demanding attention and action.
Every Letition is counted, and the results are published. The aggregated voices are not only heard by you, the community, they echo through the halls of Parliament, reaching every MP and their staff. This transparency fosters accountability and personal responsibility among our leaders.
It was never going to be easy to win the battle with evermore fossil fuel developments, but we must keep building the momentum and pressure.
Letitions are effective because they are local, specific to each politician and that politician’s voter base, but also wide-reaching – speaking to issues that impact across all constituencies. Every month, we must persist in sending one or two Letitions to their local Member and their Senators. We are one voice, powerful together.
The movement is gaining momentum. As more and more people consistently send Letitions every month, the movement, and its voice and impact will grow even more.
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Dr Allan Patience (pictured) an honorary fellow in political science at the University of Melbourne joined Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, Convener of Conversation at the Crossroads, and Co-Convener of SHAPE (Saving Humanity and Planet Earth), Professor Joseph Camilleri to discuss "The bleak picture of Australian politics: this is how we change".
"This week in Australia energy and climate collided; it’s a global story";
"Experts: What are the biggest geopolitical risks to climate action in 2024?";
"Scientists fear planetary shift as record ocean heat enters second year";
"Significant Environmental and Climate Impacts Are Impinging on Human Rights in Every Country, a New Report Finds";
"Seniors More Vulnerable to Heat Waves and Hurricanes, Both Forecasted to Be Severe this Summer";
"Climate and weather-related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report";
"Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it.";
"‘Knight in spiny armor’: could lobsters help save Florida’s dying corals?";
"NOAA 2024 Hurricane Forecast Is for More Storms Than Ever Before";
"Where heat waves might cause blackouts: Look up your area";
"In Two New Studies, Scientists See Signs of Fundamental Climate Shifts in Antarctica";
"Agricultural enigma: A mysterious decline in his harvests leaves a farmer searching for a solution";
"Behind the ‘Bechdel test for climate change’ in movies";
"The enduring influence of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 years later";
"What you need to know about record-breaking heat in the Atlantic".
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Stunning interview with Dr Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (pictured) - "The InterviewThis Scientist Has an Antidote to Our Climate Delusions";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Madeleine King on investment incentives and the pivotal role of gas";
"In one of the US’s hottest deserts, utilities push gas rather than solar";
"‘The fear has properly set in’: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea";
"The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy?";
"Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds";
"Interview: Catherine Bertini on eliminating hunger in a changing climate";
"New report chronicles toll of climate crisis on Latin America and the Caribbean";
"Economic implications of the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act";
"Critical minerals for the world – or just for the US? Turning Australia into a green minerals powerhouse comes with risks";
"A new ruling says countries – including NZ – must take action on climate change under the law of the sea";
"A portrait of pollution around Canada’s busiest port";
"Corporate welfare may keep the lights on. But backing Eraring power station will have other costs for the NSW government";
"Snow worries: Australia’s ski resorts turn to snowmakers with slopes bare ahead of winter";
"‘Above normal’ hurricane season could bring summer of natural disasters to US";
"Nature’s ghosts: how reviving medieval farming offers wildlife an unexpected haven";
"This hurricane season could be among the worst in decades, NOAA warns";
"Florida school district offers kids a cleaner ride to school";
"Extreme weather is coming for your house. Passive energy retrofits can save lives.";
"Would capping the number of years a car can be on the road reduce emissions? Not so much.";
"Businesses and directors could face multi-million dollar penalties if they fail to disclose their climate impact";
"Are some routes more prone to air turbulence? Will climate change make it worse? Your questions answered";
"Australia banks on batteries in plan to move away from ‘dig-and-ship’ economy";
"Australia’s SUV obsession could wipe out emissions gains from EV sales and efficiency standards";
"AIIMS-Bhubaneswar opens heat stroke unit";
"‘Supply gap’: Labor was warned last year Victoria will run out of gas";
"$16 billion and 16 years to kickstart Australia’s next nuclear plant: CSIRO";
"Powering ahead: Dutton to name nuclear sites within weeks";
"States have legal duty to cut greenhouse emissions, says top maritime court";
"Monkeys ‘falling out of trees like apples’ in Mexico amid brutal heatwave";
"Scaremongering won’t keep Australia’s lights on. Picking up the pace of energy transition will";
"The world is obsessed with forests’ climate benefits. Here’s the problem.";
"Biden and Big Oil Had a Truce. Now, It’s Collapsing.";
"Surge in India’s renewables tendering set to keep coal’s share below 50% in total installed capacity";
"Workshop Accelerates Heat Preparedness Action in India";
"Cost of climate change comparable to economic damage caused by fighting a war";
"This private school has banned water bottles from classrooms. Here are the results";
"A science festival that envisions our planet’s future";
"Popular car uses 31% more fuel than advertised while other makes fare poorly in Australian efficiency test";
"Brazil’s deadly floods represent the country’s ‘Katrina moment’";
"Brazil’s floods smashed through barriers designed to keep them out, trapping water in for weeks — and exposing social woes";
"Delhi orders schools to close early for holidays as temperatures hit 47.4C";
"Northern India Endures a Heat Wave, and a Wave of Deaths";
"In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable";
"After Devastating Floods, Surfers are on the Frontlines in Southern Brazil";
"Brazil’s Historic Floods Create a ‘Katrina Moment’ for Lula’s Presidency";
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Amory Lovins (pictured) is in Australia for an energy conference and was a guest on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's RN Breakfast and talked with host, Fran Kelly - "Energy efficiency guru Amory Lovins on Future Made in Australia";
"Dick Smith says no country has ever been able to run entirely on renewables. Is that correct?";
"Labor’s Future Gas Strategy: The greatest capitulation of any Australian government to the fossil fuel industry";
"WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge";
"Tuvalu is being swallowed by the ocean. Its people face a difficult choice";
"Australia and Tuvalu finalize historic treaty to welcome climate refugees";
"Inside the Labor gas rebellion splitting the party";
"Climate Science Initiative, presented at Murdoch University";
"Q&A: The Dire Consequences of Global Warming in the Earth’s Oceans";
"94% of psychologists are concerned about the impact of climate change on mental health";
"China makes some of the hottest new EVs. Most aren’t sold in the U.S.";
"Europe hit by severe floods in the north and heatwaves in the south";
"Future Gas Strategy";
"World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target";
"State of Sustainability Report 2023";
"Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint";
"Eco-anxiety affecting more than two-thirds of Australians aged 16-25 years, study finds";
"Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta: a Native Elder Fights Fossil Fuel Companies in Texas";
"Contemplating an EV? Here’s the buzz on the pros and cons";
"Biloxi, Mississippi, is losing a foot of salt marsh shoreline a year":
"Climate change made the deadly heatwaves that hit millions of highly vulnerable people across Asia more frequent and extreme";
"Global projections of heat exposure of older adults";
"Australia's offer of climate asylum to Tuvalu sparks controversy";
"Global experts and leaders convene for Vatican climate summit";
"Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet";
"'Catastrophic floods' kill more than 300 in Afghanistan, wash away entire villages";
"Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers";
"BP Grabs The Opportunity to Take Over Tesla’s Supercharging Sites":
"Data Centers Power Demand Fuel U.S. Utility Q1 Earnings Discussions";
"Climate change is affecting mental health literally everywhere";
"Clean Energy Is Driving ‘a New Era in American Manufacturing’ Across the Midwest";
"Carbon Offset Deals and the Risks of ‘Green Grabbing’";
"Electric Drive: How China’s BYD Is Racing Ahead in the EV Market";
"A water war is brewing between the U.S. and Mexico. Here’s why.";
"Days after climate talks, US slaps tariffs on Chinese EVs and solar panels";
"Paris summit unlocks cash for clean cooking in Africa, side-stepping concerns over gas";
"'Civil Disobedience Has to Become the New Norm.' Jane Fonda on the Fight Against Climate Change";
"It’s a Climate Election Now";
"Azerbaijan pursues clean energy to export more ‘god-given’ gas to Europe";
"In Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan’s net zero vision clashes with legacy of war";
"In Florida, Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Test Resolve of Homeowners in Risky Areas";
"Climate Change Puts U.S. Economy and Lives at Risk, and Costs Are Rising, Federal Agencies Warn";
"Coal's Dying Light: The decline of coal is hurting Kentucky and communities across the country";
"New Rules Help to Answer Whether Clean Energy Jobs Will Also Be Good Jobs";
"America’s Green Skills Gap Raises Concerns About Energy Transition";
"Can Biden’s new jobs program to fight climate change attract women and people of color?";
"The Civilian Conservation Corps";
"Flash floods in Afghanistan devastate lives and livelihoods";
"Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say";
"What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign".
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Richard Denniss (pictured) heads The Australia Institute and is alarmed at the Australian Labor Government's latest Budget that champions gas, a fossil fuel.
"More than 200 authors renew call for Baillie Gifford to divest from fossil fuel";
"Solicitor general to appeal over case of climate activist who held sign on jurors’ rights";
"Wet winter could cut UK food self sufficiency by about a tenth";
"Talking Shop: Telling the Climate Story Locally";
"The unsung heroes keeping our lights on";
"The 1.5C global heating target was always a dream, but its demise doesn’t signal doom for climate action";
"DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law";
"Estuaries provide more than a billion dollars in environmental benefits, research shows";
"Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on";
"Consumer groups criticise energy companies charging solar panel owners for exporting power";
"Gas giants dodge tougher tax hike in Labor-Greens deal";
"Clean energy slump – why Australia’s renewables revolution is behind schedule, and how to fix it";
"Denser housing can be greener too – here’s how NZ can build better for biodiversity";
"Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports";
"How Biden’s Trade War With China Differs From Trump’s";
"Copernicus: Record May wildfire emissions in British Columbia mark the start of the Canadian wildfire season";
"Microsoft’s AI Push Imperils Climate Goal as Carbon Emissions Jump 30%";
"Summer 2023 Was the Northern Hemisphere’s Hottest in 2,000 Years, Study Finds";
"How Wild Rice Forecasts Climate Change";
"The U.S. just took its biggest step yet to end coal mining";
"Industrial emissions aren’t falling fast enough to meet US climate goals";
"‘Tone-deaf’ fossil gas growth in Europe is speeding climate crisis, say activists";
"Wildfires keep thousands evacuated in Canada, even as conditions improve";
"Northeast B.C. was parched throughout winter. It’s already on fire";
"How wildfire smoke is erasing years of progress toward cleaning up America's air";
"New tougher U.S. air pollution standards shaped by Harvard Chan School research";
"As Florida Smalltooth Sawfish Spin and Whirl, a New Effort to Rescue Them Begins";
"Climate Change Concerns Dip";
"La Niña is coming, raising the chances of a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season – an atmospheric scientist explains this climate phenomenon";
"New Rules to Overhaul Electric Grids Could Boost Wind and Solar Power";
"How Wildfires Can Affect Climate Change (and Vice Versa)";
"Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest";
"An NRL player died at training due to exertional heat stroke. What is it and what should coaches and athletes know?";
"Car companies spending up on ads for SUVs despite Australia’s new fuel efficiency standards";
"Breathing Wildfire Smoke Could Raise Dementia Risk, New Study Finds".
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Retired Admiral, Chris Barrie (pictured), who once led the Australian Defence Force and who was speaking recently on the webinar, "Too Hot to Handle - the scorching reality of Australia's climate security failure", finds the rapidly unfolding climate crisis as "pretty scary".
"Fossil fuel subsidies hit $14.5 billion in 2023-24, up 31%";
"Nations must go further than current Paris pledges or face global warming of 2.5-2.9°C";
"Brook trout are in trouble in Adirondacks lakes";
"Opposition questions government's inflation forecast";
"How a long-lost fish species was brought back to Bendigo";
"Maya van Rossum Wants to Save the World";
"15,000 squares, 500 hours, 19 months: how I used embroidery to make sense of Australia’s catastrophic fires";
"Where did money come from?";
"Sky-high vanity: constructing the world’s tallest buildings creates high emissions";
"How Texas became the hottest grid battery market in the country";
"Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023";
"Scrapping the waste export levy threatens Australia’s emerging lithium battery recycling industry";
"Climate Justice Groups Confront Chevron on San Francisco Bay";
"Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — Even at the UN’s “Plastic Free” Conference":
"Field workers, farm owners, and buyers band together to protect workers from heat";
"Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system";
"Thousands told to evacuate due to British Columbia, Canada wildfire";
"Phoenix Braces—and Plans—for Another Hot, Dry Summer";
"The Arctic ice between Russia and the US is melting. What’s at stake at the top of the world?";
"Is the Coalition planning to overtake Labor and tax rich inner-city EV drivers?";
"Climate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs";
"More Australians are looking to ditch their cars. But the alternatives haven’t quite arrived";
"Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix";
"Afghanistan flash floods kill more than 300 as torrents of water and mud crash through villages";
"Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra";
"Fossil fuel subsidies in Australia 2024";
"Malaysia’s appetite for oil and gas puts it on collision course with China";
"Academics and Lawmakers Slam an Industry-Funded Report by a Former Energy Secretary Promoting Natural Gas and LNG";
"Biden and oil companies like this climate tech. Many Americans do not.";
"‘We can’t defeat nature but we can be climate-resilient’: how plant roots can help stop landslides";
"Brutal heatwaves and submerged cities: what a 3C world would look like";
"‘No alternative’: EU climate chief urges MEPs not to use crisis as political tool";
"77% of top Climate Scientists think 2.5°C of warming is coming – and they’re horrified";
"As Extreme Weather Batters Schools, Students Are Pushing For More Climate Change Education";
"Floods kill more than 300 people in northern Afghanistan, UN says";
"Mining lobby: Fast-track bill’s ministerial powers ‘not unusual":
"Bringing the world’s food production in line with global climate goals";
"It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, and could be the future of cars";
"World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target";
"The Climate Crisis Is Already Transforming the Family";
"Horse’s rooftop rescue gives flood-hit Brazil ‘something we could root for’";
"Here are three common recycling myths you should discard";
"How one Oregon county plans to make big oil pay for the 2021 heat dome";
"Europeans see natural disasters as a bigger threat than armed conflict, study reveals";
"‘False promises and phantom emissions’: How was Shell able to double its carbon credits in Canada?";
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Susan Lengel (pictured) champions conversation about climate change, but beyond that, and critically, "Conversation at the Crossroads".
Susan, who hails from South Australia and once worked for that State's National Parks and Wildlife Service", enriched her climate change experience and knowledge while working with "The Royal Parks" in London.
Check out the group's website and you'll learn that Susan has vast experience in grassroots activism.
Also, check out the group's coming events and I'm sure you will find something there to capture your interest and stimulate your mind.
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From The Scotsman we hear: "After SNP's 17 years of failure on climate change, things are about to get worse";
"Harnessing the power of coming together";
"Cool Geelong";
"Vote Climate One";
"Geelong Sustainability";
"‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback";
"‘Paying to be exploited’: Labor has now fully succumbed to the fossil fuel industry";
"A pathway for future generations";
"Labor’s gas strategy: what is it and why do critics call it ‘Back to the Future’?";
"Government halts plans for pilot ‘hydrogen town’ heating scheme";
"I understand climate scientists’ despair – but stubborn optimism may be our only hope" (Christiana Figueres - pictured);
"Billions are needed for climate adaptation – now some frontline communities are deciding how the money gets spent";
"How to Create a Society That Prizes Decency";
"‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families";
"April Extends World’s Record-Breaking Temperature Streak to 11 Straight Months";
"Vermont Could Become First State to Make Biggest Emitters Pay for Climate-Related Damages";
"World’s Largest CO2 Removal Plant Opens in Iceland";
"Government hypes gas crisis ahead of restarting drilling";
"Biden EPA Finalizes Rules Excluding Gas Power Plants From Carbon Regulations";
"Vessel Strikes on Whales Are Increasing With Warming. Can the Shipping Industry Slow Down to Spare Them?";
"How climate change is raising the risks of another pandemic";
"A Natural Ecology Lab Along the Delaware River in the First State to Require K-12 Climate Education";
"Colorado students say they want more solutions-oriented climate education now before it’s too late";
"Aftermath of the storm: What roads, schools remain closed due to flood damage";
"What is winter without snow? Our children are finding out.";
"I weep for the corals, but what I saw on the Great Barrier Reef gives me hope";
"Brazil floods: horse stranded on roof is rescued as death toll rises to 107 people";
"Used electric car sales in UK reach record highs";
"PepsiCo outlines plans to deliver its first net-zero plant";
"Solar Storm Intensifies, Filling Skies With Northern Lights";
"Need help electrifying your home? This startup has an app for that";
"In praise of shade trees";
"This Earth Day, Choose the Planet Over Plastics";
"Drought fuels wildfire concerns as Canada braces for another intense summer";
"A Puerto Rico Community Pushes for Rooftop Solar as Fossil-Fuel Plants Face Retirement";
"Heat stress has damaging impact on older adults’ vital organs";
"The climate crisis is no laughing matter, no matter what those on Radio 4’s Today programme think";
"UN agrees carbon market safeguards to tackle green land grabs";
"World Bank tiptoes into fiery debate over meat emissions";
"At State’s Energy Summit, Wyoming Promises to ‘Make Sure Our Fossil Fuels Have a Future’";
"Italy's falling birth rate is a crisis that's only getting worse";
"Anthony Albanese faces internal revolt from inner-city Labor MPs over gas strategy";
"New US and China climate envoys, seeking show of progress, meet for first time in Washington";
"Net Zero Ministers Met Oil and Gas Representatives Twice a Week in 2023";
"Solar plus batteries ‘cheaper than new coal’ for meeting China’s rising demand";
"Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere";
"Indian Ocean temperature anomalies predict long-term global dengue trends";
"The Guardian view on Britain’s dirty waterways: a failure of industry and regulation";
"Major emitters ‘may retain or expand’ fossil fuels despite net-zero plans";
"Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle";
"‘The stakes could not be higher’: world is on edge of climate abyss, UN warns";
"UK farmers consider quitting after extreme wet weather and low profits";
"Labor’s gas strategy: what is it and why do critics call it ‘Back to the Future’?";
"Climate Action Week Sydney";
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The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has today urged a suite of actions and investments to protect the future of the Murray-Darling Basin in the face of climate change, which is threatening the river’s health and sustainability.
In a new essay series A thriving Murray-Darling Basin in 50 years: Actions in the face of climate change, ATSE urges more investment in technologies to monitor the river for climate impacts and in sustained governance with regional and rural communities at the centre, coupled with evolving our agriculture industry in the face of decreased water availability and accepted water-sharing policies.
The essay series highlights the vibrant, thriving potential of the Basin if sustainably managed for the benefit of communities and the environment.
To achieve this, it recommends reinstating a body to provide independent objective policy advice on national water management, including for the Murray-Darling Basin, to help guide consistent national data-driven decision-making.
ATSE President Katherine Woodthorpe AO FTSE (pictured) said the future of the Murray-Darling Basin is recognised to be at severe risk. That comprehensive action across Federal, State and Territory Governments will be decisive in safeguarding its biodiversity, and social and economic importance to Australia.
"Essays address climate change in the Murray-Darling Basin";
"Australia could play a key role: what a key Paris Agreement negotiator thinks about our climate future";
"Poorer nations must be transparent over climate spending, says Cop29 leader";
"Weather tracker: Mexico swelters under season’s first heatwave";
"Oil giant plans to move 60,000 tonnes of steel, rig waste to UN-listed wetlands";
"A Grampians town’s remarkable recovery after ‘the beast’ burnt through";
"Energy Efficiency Council".
"YIMBY: Community composting for connection and climate action";
"The Loudest Guys in the Room: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Warps the Information Ecosystem";
"In ‘Silent Spring,’ Rachel Carson Described a Fictional, Bucolic Hamlet, Much Like Her Hometown. Now, There’s a Plastics Plant Under Construction 30 Miles Away";
"A Plastics Plant Promised Pennsylvania Prosperity, but to Some Residents It’s Become a ‘Shockingly Bad’ Neighbor";
"Wildfire smoke a threat to already endangered orangutans";
"Why some corals are better off dead";
"Reflections on being an Earthling";
"The EPA’s Carbon Crackdown Is Finally Here";
"We aim to call Government and Industry to action . . . . .Charter 29";
"Curious Kids: why do trees have bark?";
"Weather tracker: torrential rainstorms cause death and destruction in Brazil";
"Here’s why so many Republicans won’t buy EVs";
"Making merry: how we brought Melbourne’s Merri Creek back from pollution, neglect and weeds";
"Buddha taught us to be happy with less. How does this apply to the climate crisis?";
"3 energy questions hang over EPA’s carbon rule";
"Sometimes, to Make an Electric Car Better, You’ve Got to Make It a Little Worse";
"Climate Change Is Making Your Seasonal Allergies Worse";
"As the Environmental Crisis Worsens, So Too Does the Safety of Journalists Covering It";
"‘Like wildfires underwater’: Worst summer on record for Great Barrier Reef as coral die-off sweeps planet";
"Federal Court hears closing arguments in Torres Strait Islanders' climate change case";
"Floods in southern Brazil kill at least 75 people over 7 days, with 103 people missing";
"‘We’re looking at losing 20% of Olympic nations’: how the climate crisis is changing sport";
"First ever cyclone confronts flood-hit Kenya";
"Over 100 temperature records in Vietnam broken in April as heatwave scorches";
"There's a soundtrack to our coral reefs and scientists are hopeful it can encourage coral regrowth";
"The cleanest air in the world is at Tasmania's Kennaook/Cape Grim. It's helping solve a climate puzzle"
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"I’ve done the sums. All we need is 1,200 square kilometres. That’s not much. The area devoted to agriculture is about 3,500 times larger at 4.2 million square kilometres. The area of land that would be taken away from agriculture works out at about 45 square metres per person – about the size of a large living room.
"We can ditch fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse emissions with negligible impact on agriculture. And, in many cases, farmers can be paid for hosting renewable energy infrastructure while continuing to run sheep and cows or grow crops."
So says a Professor of Engineering from the Australian National University, Professor Andrew Blakers (pictured), in an article published in The Conversation: "No threat to farmland: just 1,200 square kilometres can fulfil Australia’s solar and wind energy needs".
Professor Blakers visited Mooroopna, just across the Goulburn River from Shepparton, several years ago as one of about three speakers at a climate change forum organised by the Shepparton-based group, "Slap Tomorrow".
The convenor of Zero Carbon Tatura, Terry Court, also on the Goulburn Valley-based GV Community Energy board, joined me for the conversation with Professor Blakers.
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Those who understand climate change see adaptation and mitigation as key planks in national security and former international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chair of the Australian Coal Association and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ian Dunlop, writes on Pearls and Irritations - "Climate security risks and Australia’s failure";
"Australia’s National Defence Strategy: Where ideology trumps strategy";
"As climate change pushes deer north, other animals may lose out";
"Startup mimics nature to produce zero-carbon cement";
"Here’s what record-breaking temperatures looked like around the globe";
"8 years into America’s e-scooter experiment, what have we learned?";
"Why India is key to heading off climate catastrophe";
"Southern Africa drought flags dilemma for loss and damage fund";
"Where seas are rising at alarming speed";
"Air Pollution Could Potentially Exacerbate Menopause Symptoms, Study Says";
"Girt by Sea: can Australia reduce its dependence on US security?";
"‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk";
"Study: Climate change boosted July's heat for 81% of world's population";
"Getting together on climate action";
"ELECTRIC SUV EXPO 24, MELBOURNE";
"Mom fights air pollution in North Denver";
"Welcome to the Regen Learning Hub";
"Surveyors warn EV chargers in old apartment buildings should have fire safety approval";
"Slow Fashion 101: Everything You Need to Know";
"‘Near unliveable’ extreme heat poses national security risk";
"Climate-security risks too hot to handle for Australian Government";
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Nuclear energy was given a brief platform on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Q&A program and was championed by the National Party Senator for Victoria, Bridget McKenzie.
"Charged up: WA town to home Australia’s biggest battery";
"GV Community Energy";
"Farmers must innovate or risk profits says CSIRO";
"Colbinabbin residents oppose huge solar farm";
"Heat wave in Southeast Asia closes schools, triggers health alerts";
"Dangerous heat kills dozens, closes schools, prompts four-day workweek";
"Peter Dutton calls for government to engage in ‘mature conversation’ on nuclear energy";
"Some anglers say Rhode Island’s Block Island wind farm has improved fishing";
"Alaska Native community experiments with growing food above the Arctic Circle";
"Australia mining at risk from climate change-fueled drought and heat";
"Mexico proudly controls its energy but could find it hard to reach its climate goals";
"I found a $2,100 EV. Here’s how you can, too";
"Great Barrier Reef’s worst bleaching leaves giant coral graveyard: ‘It looks as if it has been carpet bombed’";
"Labor’s first extinction";
"NSW to announce life extension of Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station";
"A Uniquely French Approach to Environmentalism";
"Saying the stakes could not be higher, Newsom to speak at Vatican climate summit";
"How do we define climate responsibility? Woodside has no answer";
"The Green Gas Lie";
"Repeated periods of heat and drought causing some trees to die – study";
"Hydrogen Offers Germany a Chance to Take a Lead in Green Energy";
"Scotland’s leader resigns after conflicts over climate change, gender identity weakened government";
"Heavy Rains Threaten China’s Rice as Extreme Weather Grips South";
"European cities are turning to nature-based solutions amid climate crisis";
"Majority of critical minerals face heightened climate risks by 2050, study finds";
"Countries consider pact to reduce plastic production by 40% in 15 years";
"Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could raise $900bn in climate finance by 2030’";
"Capital Research Center";
"Kenya flooding: Around 50 killed in villages near Mai Mahiu town";
"PM Update: Records set after highs hit near 90, with more heat expected Tuesday";
"Alaska Native community experiments with growing food above the Arctic Circle";
"New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants";
"Ford Hybrids, EVs, Transit Set Records; Q1 Sales Top Industry, Up 7%";
"Climate change and human rights: how a landmark legal victory in Europe could affect NZ":
"Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.";
"What kind of diner are you? 6 types of diners who avoid plant-based meat dishes";
"House Republicans pass energy bill to roll back regulation of fossil fuel production";
"Our tall, wet forests were not open and park-like when colonists arrived – and we shouldn’t be burning them";
"Carbon Dioxide Levels Have Passed a New Milestone";
"Retired UK GP suspended for five months after climate protests";
"Sugar gums have a reputation as risky branch-droppers but they’re important to bees, parrots and possums";
"These European countries could lose more than 30 days of comfortable weather a year by 2100";
"17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla’s Autopilot";
"Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Niño has ended but its impacts are still being felt";
"With the clean energy transition, low-income communities fear they’ll be saddled with big infrastructure projects, again";
"High Seas Treaty: EU votes to ratify landmark international law to protect oceans";
"Heat Islands and Equity";
"‘A serious risk’: Mexican villagers take on cartel-backed avocado farms as water dries up";
"Pre-Bunking Climate Misinformation";
"IRA’s Solar for All Program Will Install Nearly 1 Million Systems in US";
"Why dimming the Sun would be an effective tool in the fight against climate change".
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The much loved ARIA and AIR Award-winning children’s act Teeny Tiny Stevies, featuring sisters Byll and Beth Stephen, released their fifth record The Green Album via ABC Music. It is launched into the world with a new single and accompanying video, Climate Change.
"Growing leaders in Maryborough: How a school groundsman and students tackle climate change";
"The Nymphageddon with Dr. Trebicki";
"The great distribution dilemma – can public interest journalism survive?";
"Green petrol and eco plastic? Fake ‘Earth friendly’ claims are out of control";
"The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International";
"Powering ahead with green hydrogen";
"Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada";
"Video Games Are Finally Waking Up to Climate Change";
"The $200 Billion Video Game Industry Is a Climate Opportunity";
"Players travel the world to learn about heat-resilience techniques—then come back and gallantly slay the heat dragon";
"Extreme Heat Series for Minecraft Education";
"Attention gamers! Defeat the ‘heat dragon’ or get burned.";
"Species living closely together in symbiosis is far older and way more common than you might think";
"Native bats should be celebrated like other Australian wildlife, ecologist says";
"Residents of climate change-affected communities support Torres Strait Islanders in landmark federal court case";
"If plastic manufacturing goes up 10%, plastic pollution goes up 10% – and we’re set for a huge surge in production";
"Blue Derby Wild's High Court appeal thrown out, with native logging set to continue near mountain-biking trails";
"Violent tornadoes wreak destruction in Nebraska and Iowa";
"PM Update: Summery night to follow warm Sunday. First 90-degree day Monday?";
"Tornadoes rip through Plains, with more possible Saturday";
MTC
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Life often stands in the way of goals, but eventually, the fog lifts and you get back to the essence of those aims - "Playing God With the Atmosphere";
"Why won’t Chris Packham have a real debate on climate?";
"‘Outrageous’ climate activists get in the faces of politicians and oil bosses – will it work?";
"Global battery rollout doubled last year – but needs to be six times faster, says IEA";
"Deadly Dubai floods made worse by climate change";
"E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal-Burning Power Plants";
"“Guiding compass to 1.5C”: COP29 presidency unveils plans for global climate action";
"Tanya Plibersek rejects claims renewable projects are being held up by approval delays";
"Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds";
"Nationals’ nuclear climate policy puts Australia’s Paris deal in doubt";
"Circular Action Guide";
"‘Just do it!’ Wisconsin couple built a net-zero home";
"Could fossil fuel companies be charged with homicide?";
"Clean image, dirty truth | Between the Lines";
"The truth about getting to net zero, according to the numbers – video";
"Honda Commits to E.V.s With Big Investment in Canada";
"Tesla Fell Behind, Then Leapt Ahead of ExxonMobil in Market Value This Week";
"Alabama Coal Mine Keeps Digging Under A Rural Community After Hundreds of Fines and a Fatal Explosion. Residents Are Rattled";
"In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor";
"How an obscure atmospheric phenomenon causes catastrophic flooding in California";
"NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record";
"A long, hot U.S. summer is looming, forecasters say";
"Cities' heat solutions are mainly Band-Aids";
"How Phoenix is preparing for its next brutally hot summer";
"Climate Damage Costs Could Total $38 Trillion per Year by 2050, Study Finds";
"‘It’s Got to Be a Fight’: Author Adam Welz on Surviving Climate Breakdown and Saving Species of a ‘Tarnished Eden’";
"Worst wine harvest in 62 years blamed on ‘extreme’ weather and climate change";
"Will There Be Less Wind to Fuel Wind Energy?";
"Dozens of Climate Activists Arrested at Citibank Headquarters in New York City During Earth Week";
"How to talk to a climate doomer (even if that doomer is you)";
"Doctor: To fight asthma, fight global warming";
"Tensions rise over who will contribute to new climate finance goal";
"State of the climate: 2024 off to a record-warm start";
"Climate activist's 'Kafkaesque' trial";
"Climate Impact of Primary Plastic Production";
"Building a Net Zero Ready Home: Episode 1";
"Sinking land is a problem for cities all over the world";
"I’m asking BP to take its share of responsibility for my son’s death, and will take it to UK court if I have to";
"Could this pink rice be the food of the future? Scientists say it’s more nutritious than normal rice";
"How the EPA will spend $27 billion in carbon-reduction funds";
"Kiwis are learning how to fight climate change – polls";
"A global study just revealed the world’s biggest known plastic polluters";
"Ministers of Germany, Brazil, South Africa and Spain: why we need a global tax on billionaires";
"Hot Oceans Worsened Dubai’s Dramatic Flooding, Scientists Say";
"Mining Giant BHP Makes $39 Billion Bid for Rival Anglo American";
"Nearly Half the States Sue E.P.A. Over New Limits on Deadly Pollution";
"Energy Dept. Aims to Speed Up Permits for Power Lines";
"Biden Administration Pauses Approvals of New Gas Export Terminals";
"New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks";
"So Much Produce Comes in Plastic. Is There a Better Way?";
"Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution";
"State of the science on plastic chemicals";
"For Earth Day 2024, experts are spreading optimism – not doom. Here's why.";
"This state is quickly becoming America's clean energy paradise. Here's how it's happening";
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Kyla Brettle (pictured) drops the first two episodes of her new podcast: "Everything We Need";
"Lessons in Climate Storytelling";
"America’s biggest wind farm | Repowering the West";
"Chris Stark: Rishi Sunak has set us back, head of climate change watchdog says";
"What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know";
"LSU’s fossil-fuel partnerships";
"Uncharted Oceans";
"Cristina Mittermeier";
"Consumer watchdog refuses to certify green labelling scheme";
"Thoughtful Threads: Presented by Climate One and Nothin But Hits at SF Climate Week";
"A new rule aims to fortify public lands against climate change. Here’s why Utah wants to fight it.";
"Biden-Harris Administration Announces $7 Billion Solar for All Grants to Deliver Residential Solar, Saving Low-Income Americans $350 Million Annually and Advancing Environmental Justice Across America";
"West Antarctica’s ice sheet was smaller thousands of years ago – here’s why this matters today";
"Vastly bigger than the Black Summer: 84 million hectares of northern Australia burned in 2023";
"Chinese province of Guangdong hit by historic floods";
"Cloak and desecrate: The specter of deep-sea mining";
"Stockland and Ampol rev up superfast EV charging stations";
"Rewilding ourselves: A project of hope [Midwest USA]";
"Almost half of all major Chinese cities are sinking, study warns";
"Do the people care about the climate crisis? These voters say yes - but the polls do not";
"US offshore wind needs American-made ships. The first is nearly ready";
"Tritium, major supplier of EV fast-charging equipment, is insolvent";
"Lisa Wee on how digital solutions drive the transition to net zero and help cut industrial emissions";
"Fashion and lifestyle brands unite to protect forests on Earth Day";
"Here’s the truth: energy transition is hard. Not everyone gets a pony";
"If Australia has reached ‘peak milk’, what does that mean for our food security?";
"Gone in a puff of smoke: 52,000 sq km of ‘long unburnt’ Australian habitat has vanished in 40 years";
"Guardian Essential poll: voters back Labor’s Future Made in Australia plan while overestimating cost of renewables";
"Meet four people in refugee communities who are creating a greener future";
"Jared Kushner Has Big Plans for Delta of Europe’s Last Wild River";
"In Wyoming, a Tribe and a City Pursue Clean Energy Funds Spurned by the Governor";
"Would you give up planes for these trains? Europe pushes travel that’s climate-friendly.";
"These 150-foot-high sails could help solve shipping’s climate problem";
"Nine practices from Native American culture that could help the environment";
"Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem";
"Coal trains carry health risks along with cargo";
"Climate change is creating a ‘cocktail’ of health hazards for 2.4 billion workers";
"High Levels of PFAA (Subgroup of PFAS) Found in Sea Spray";
"Seychelles Beach Cleanup Shows Potential for Citizens to Tackle Marine Trash";
"Metal Waste Could Be Used as a Catalyst for More Sustainable Hydrogen Production, Researchers Say";
"Biden’s Bureau of Land Management Will Offer Leasing of Public Lands for Conservation";
"More than coral: the unseen casualties of record-breaking heat on the Great Barrier Reef";
"Ecosystems are deeply interconnected – environmental research, policy and management should be too";
"SeaLegacy";
"The Commons Social Change Library";
"Scottish Greens to vote on power-sharing deal with SNP after carbon goal ditched";
"Tens of thousands evacuated from massive China floods";
"Pakistani province issues a flood alert and warns of a heavy loss of life from glacial melting";
"Austria likely to be largely ice-free within 45 years as glaciers recede quickly, experts say";
"Next UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says incoming president";
"Powering down: end times for the UK’s final coal-fired station";
"Coastal cities not safe from sea level rise warns oceanographer";
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Joining a Melbourne workshop and arriving early, as I always do, I was helping a woman adjust some blinds and upon hearing me speak she said "Are you a podcaster?"
In answering yes and adding that I host "Climate Conversations", she said she was a follower. I was thrilled!
Anne is the co-host of RadioMMT, a program that can also be found on YouTube.
"What is a passive house?";
"Artificial Intelligence, Real Climate Impacts";
"Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy";
"A third of U.S. adults are interested in cutting back on meat, report finds";
"NOAA Confirms 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event as Climate Crisis Puts Reefs ‘Under Serious Pressure’";
"Dubai floods: Chaos, queues and submerged cars after UAE hit by record rains";
"Great Barrier Reef experiencing one of its worst coral bleaching events";
"Climate change: Deadly African heatwave 'impossible' without warming";
"Global warming is coming for your shopping cart";
"How Do Neighbors of Solar Farms Really Feel? A New Survey Has Answers";
"‘We would not survive without coffee’: how rules made in Europe put Ethiopian farmers at risk";
"Death Valley is alive this year. A super bloom is the latest sign.";
"Meteorologist warns of 'weather wars' between countries after Dubai floods were blamed on 'cloud seeding' - with 'catastrophic' consequences";
"Extreme Heat Resilience: lessons from Spain for Australia";
"Battery-Electric Buses piloted in Seattle reduced maintenance costs per mile by 44.1 per cent compared to their diesel bus counterparts.";
"EPA $61 Million in Funding Will Put Clean School Buses on the Streets of New York City";
"EV school bus rollout off to slow start despite billion-dollar subsidies";
"Water is at the heart of farmers’ struggle to survive in Benin";
"‘Step on the gas,’ ‘well-oiled machine,’ and other fossil-fuel phrases that pervade our language";
"Schools in coal country are going solar";
"How much CO₂ does the world emit? Which countries emit the most?"
"A California firm may have a concrete way to help the planet with cleaner cement";
"Construction to begin on high-speed rail between Vegas and California";
"Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016";
"Climate crisis: average world incomes to diminish by nearly a fifth by 2050";
"The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records";
"The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)";
"The economic commitment of climate change";
"For the first time, U.S. may force polluters to clean up these ‘forever chemicals’";
"Despite Their ‘Bad Rap,’ Bats Can Help Farmers";
"More Than $100 Billion in Debt-for-Nature Swaps Could Help Fight Climate Crisis, Report Says";
"Climate change played a role in killing tens of thousands of people in 2023";
"Global billionaires tax to fight climate change, hunger rises up political agenda";
"Fossil fuel debts are illegitimate and must be cancelled";
"World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink";
"Researchers at Michigan Tech Want to Create a High-Tech Wood Product Called Cross-Laminated Timber From the State’s Hardwood Trees";
"Fracking-Induced Earthquakes Are Menacing Argentina as Regulators Stand By";
"Ultra-fast fashion is a disturbing trend undermining efforts to make the whole industry more sustainable";
"Following a t-shirt from cotton field to landfill shows the true cost of fast fashion";
"More EV drivers embracing outback roads amid plan to expand Queensland's charger network";
"‘End crippling debt’: Calls mount for global financial reform to tackle debt and climate crisis";
"Airline Places Order for Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made From Human Waste";
"‘Climate-controlled pig’? Danish Crown admits to misleading people with greenwashing pork claims";
"Govt urged to protect seabirds on the brink of extinction";
"Global coral bleaching caused by global warming demands a global response";
"Geothermal joins the energy mix".
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Executive Secretary at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Simon Steel (pictured during Q&A at London's Chatham House), has declared we have "Two years to save the world".
As a bonus, you can follow this link and go to "Outrage and Optimism" to hear an interview with Simon Steill and then listen as hosts, Tom Rivett-Carnac, Christiana Figueres and Paul Dickinson, take a deep dive into what Simon Steill said.
On climate, the world has gone from denial to procrastination. Climate inaction is no longer defended by denying the science, but because action is claimed to be ‘too costly’ or unachievable.
Yet, the time to shape a liveable future is running out, with the decisions taken over the coming two years determining how close to limiting global warming to 1.5°C we will get by the end of the century.
With more than 60 countries going to the polls this year, and nearly 90 per cent of the population in 125 countries want stronger climate action, every election is a climate change election.
We must now see climate action as a tool to create better, more equitable and cleaner societies, with solid economies built around plentiful, renewable energy.
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"Investor heavyweights failing to boot directors on climate commitments";
Samantha Helps is full of praise for Violet Coco (pictured) in her piece on Pearls and Irritations: "XR blocking arteries of capitalism labelled “catastrophic inconvenience”";
"Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action" - Dana R. Fisher;
"The EV revolution has stalled. Can these nifty bikes kick it back into gear?";
"Unprecedented spread of coral bleaching along Great Barrier Reef";
"After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking";
"Climate for Change";
"Plibersek scales back environment reforms as coral bleaching goes global";
"Fossil fuel’s war on protest";
"Jonathan Vigliotti: Stories from the Front Lines of Climate Change in Small-Town America";
"Environmental impacts of underground nuclear weapons testing";
"Callaway Climate Insights founder David Callaway joins the Bulletin’s Governing Board";
"Is hydropower aging out of the clean energy race?";
"California derailed its booming rooftop solar buildout. Can it be fixed?";
"Climate Deniers in the 117th Congress";
"New House Speaker Champions Fossil Fuels and Dismisses Climate Concerns";
"Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles";
"Brown University Study Documents Links Between National & Local Offshore Wind Opponents";
"Wafer-thin, stretchy and strong as steel: could ‘miracle’ material graphene finally transform our world?";
"Russia and Kazakhstan evacuate tens of thousands amid worst floods in decades";
"Climate change driving demand for predatory loans, research shows";
"Strasbourg court’s Swiss climate ruling could have global impact, say experts";
"India Forecasts Searing Heat Ahead of World’s Biggest Election":
"UK Climate Minister Stands Down Ahead of General Election";
"Lightning and heavy rain kill dozens in Pakistan and Afghanistan in three days";
"Global heating pushes coral reefs towards worst planet-wide mass bleaching on record";
"As the Federal Government Proposes a Plan to Cull Barred Owls in the West, the Debate Around ‘Invasive’ Species Heats Up";
"Climate change is causing marine ‘coldwaves’ too, killing wildlife";
"As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle";
"A Highway in Indiana Could One Day Charge Your EV While You’re Driving It";
"Air pollution boosts Alzheimer’s disease risk";
"Air NZ calls for Govt mandates to help drive sustainable aviation fuel use";
"Corals are bleaching in every corner of the ocean, threatening its web of life";
"There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook";
"Sewage pollution could jeopardise Olympic swimming events in the River Seine, NGO warns";
"‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief";
"World in grip of new major coral bleaching event, reefs at risk";
"Switching to Plant-Based Diets Could Save More Than 200,000 Lives per Year, Study Finds";
"The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia";
"A Philosopher’s Guide to an Ethical Diet: A Conversation With Peter Singer";
"Africa’s Great Apes Are Already Feeling the Effects of Climate Change, First-of-Its-Kind Study Finds";
"Great Barrier Reef Suffering Record Coral Bleaching With Damage 59 Feet Below the Surface";
"Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?':
"Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move";
"Greece to Invest $830 Million for Marine Conservation";
"Tonnes and tonnes of old solar panels with nowhere to go";
"Victorian households have the highest gas usage in the country — will they turn it around?";
"Faster-melting snow causes major flooding in Russia and Kazakhstan";
"BOM's first winter forecast for 2024 declares it could be one of Australia's warmest on record";
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Just 40 minutes, along with a fair bit of research, with Gabrielle Bond (pictured), the woman behind the Modern Money Lab at Adelaides Torrens University, changed, no, exploded my views about economic ideas, particularly those of Federal Government deficits.
Gabrielle is an enthusiast of the Modern Money Theory (MMT) and an ardent supporter of her contemporary from the university, Assistant Professor Steven Hail, who explained MMT through an article in The Conversation, entitled, "Explainer: what is modern monetary theory?".
In that article, he discussed one of MMT's pioneers, Professor Bill Mitchell, who has long explored the workings and application of the Modern Monetary Theory.
Of course, the real modern hero of MMT is U.S. economist, Stephanie Kelton, who can be seen in this TEDx talk "The big myth of government deficits" and again in this "Stony Brook University Presidential Lecture Series".
My journey to interview Gabrielle began when I listened to Professor Kelton in Melbourne, where she talked about many things, including the movie "Finding the Money".
It was in 2021 that reporter Gareth Hutchins wrote a story for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) entitled: "Modern Monetary Theory: How MMT is challenging the economic establishment".
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The Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie (pictured) talks about "Seizing the Decade";
"Consumer Energy Summit";
"Verdict saying Switzerland violated rights by failing on climate action could ripple across Europe";
"Does "Every Little Thing" REALLY Stop Climate Change?";
"‘Historic’ European Court of Human Rights ruling backs Swiss women in climate change case";
"Solar canopy over Denver school parking lot will provide energy to low-income families";
"Climate complacency: study finds even the most informed people would rather take the easy option"
"Fashion's climate impact and how to reduce it";
"The Permian Basin Climate Bomb Series";
"How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster";
"The Rising Tide";
"The Peoples' Blockade";
"Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe";
"Network of ‘ghost roads’ paves the way for levelling Asia-Pacific rainforests";
"How climate change could reverse progress in global inequality";
"How Nigeria is reeling from extreme heat fuelled by climate change";
"Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening?";
"This is an emergency - climate silence is climate denial. #EndClimateSilence now";
"The Olympics are usually a sustainability disaster. Can Paris be different?";
"Australia could reach an ‘ambitious’ emissions cut of up to 75% by 2035, advisers tell Labor";
"Australia is playing catch-up with the Future Made in Australia Act. Will it be enough?";
"Nexamp nabs $520M to build community solar across the US";
"In-depth Q&A: How does climate change drive human migration?";
"EU Policy. European Parliament approves energy market overhaul";
"‘It’s a sun trap’: climate crisis brings boomtime for British wine";
"‘A Massive Win for All Generations’: European Human Rights Court Rules Switzerland Violated Rights With Climate Inaction";
"Storm in Perth's north causes flooding, damage as BOM issues severe weather warning";
"Earth Day 2024";
"See photos, video of flooding in New Orleans metro neighborhoods during severe weather";
"Rainfall Intensity and Daily Rainfall on April 10, 2024";
"Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Stronger Clean Air Standards for Chemical Plants, Lowering Cancer Risk and Advancing Environmental Justice";
"Flooded farms in England refused compensation as ‘too far’ from river";
"Climate target organisation faces staff revolt over carbon-offsetting plan";
"Labour may fail to grab target seats as young voters turn away over Gaza and climate";
"Carbon price should be set at $70 a tonne and rise six-fold by mid-century, says AEMC";
"New Yorkers for Clean Power";
"Rural opposition to solar farms goes beyond beliefs in climate change";
"The heat is on: what we know about why ocean temperatures keep smashing records";
"Adelaide is losing 75,000 trees a year. Tree-removal laws must be tightened if we want our cities to be liveable and green";
"How the essential, dirty steel industry is going green":
"Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023";
"What Happened When a German Car Factory Went All Electric";
"Brazil Labor Spat Thwarts Lula’s Bid to Boost Growth and Save the Amazon";
"Tanya Plibersek’s proposal to save Toondah Harbour is a win for both threatened species and people power";
"Deforestation rising in Colombia 5 years after peace deal";
"NGO links H&M and Zara cotton to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado";
"How to prepare your finances for an extreme weather disaster";
"Earth sees hottest-ever March, the 10th record-breaking month in a row";
"Here’s how EVs could get 200 miles per gallon";
"Spies Like Us: why the Government is still backing Woodside over Timor-Leste";
"Power to the people? Bolivia’s hunt for gas targets national parks – and divides communities";
"Feeling depleted? So is the planet. Here’s how to move from exhaustion to empowerment";
"Incarcerated People Subjected To Worst Of Climate Change";
"Embodied Carbon = 10% Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions!".
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Shepparton's Foott Waste is trialling an all-electric garbage truck and principal, Peter Foott (pictured behind the wheel of this revolutionary truck) took me for a "test ride" just a few days ago.
"Understanding Climate Change: All the Natural and Human Causes";
"Split inside conservative green group over new nuclear agenda";
"Ontario's Nuclear Advantage";
"Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between";
"Why has the ‘15-minute city’ taken off in Paris but become a toxic idea in UK?";
"Dutch court ruling considers national airline guilty of greenwashing";
"Fossil subsidies could have paid for Canadian wind and solar projects 12 times over";
"Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?";
"Generation starts at what will be South Australia’s biggest wind farm";
"Australia’s biggest coal generator teams up with SunDrive to make solar at Liddell";
"Solar Sunshot: Albanese pledges $1bn to take Australia from “pit to panel”";
"Toronto is home to the world’s largest lake-powered cooling system. Here’s how it works.";
"Even Disney’s beloved Autopia ride is giving up on gas-powered cars";
"The Carbon Brief Profile: Australia";
"The Carbon Brief Profile: Nigeria";
"An ‘extremely active’ hurricane season is headed our way, experts warn";
"Man's body found near reserve in Sydney's west after rain and extreme weather hits NSW";
"Carbon Emissions Reduction Rate in U.S. Has Doubled Since Passage of Inflation Reduction Act, Report Finds";
"Should Big Oil Be Tried for Homicide?";
"Zambia’s fossil-fuel subsidy cuts help climate and kids – but taxi drivers suffer";
"Is water provision in drought-hit Zambia climate ‘loss and damage’ or adaptation?";
"New PBS Documentary Focuses on a More Hopeful Future";
"Virginia’s Utility Regulator Approves Enough New Solar Projects to Power Nearly 200,000 Homes";
"Secondhand Clothing Market in U.S. Grew 7x Faster Than General Clothing Retail in 2023":
"‘On the Move’ examines how climate change will alter where people live";
"Zimbabwean president declares state of disaster due to drought";
"Rivers Recover Rapidly Once Dams Are Gone, Study Finds";
"Klamath Dam Removal: ‘It’s an Environmental Disaster’";
"Dam removals, restoration project on Klamath River expected to help salmon, researchers conclude";
"In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life";
"Climate change is changing how we keep time".
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Former Federal Minister, Greg Combet (pictured) was a guest this week on the National Press Club talking about getting to net zero: "Greg Combet - Chair of the Net Zero Economy Authority";
"After years of promises on climate change, oil giants are backtracking";
"Dive in: Climate change is affecting all types of weather";
"States brace for collision of weather systems";
"A man has died in Queensland floodwaters, as heavy rain lashes east coast";
"Australia’s soil to become net carbon emitter and threat to climate goals, report says";
"El Nino-linked drought threatens energy and food supplies in southern Africa with millions at risk";
"Thousands more of Tasmania 'giant' native trees could be spared from logging under policy change";
"Natasha’s hot home is bad for her health. So is the cost of living";
"When it comes to climate action, beware the policy bundle";
"Florida’s tiny ‘fairy tale’ deer are losing habitat as seas rise";
"Shell says landmark emissions ruling won't help climate goals";
"India Predicts Searing Heat in Threat to Lives, Power Supply";
"He Wants Oil Money Off Campus. She’s Funded by Exxon. They’re Friends.";
"Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016";
"Boom in mining for renewable energy minerals threatens Africa’s great apes";
"Network Rail to spend £2.8bn to cope with effects of climate crisis";
"Snowball effect: Is artificial snow a long-term solution for ski resorts in a warming world?";
"Throwing Soup At Mona Lisa For The Climate Cause?";
"Buckled lines and landslides: How climate change is hitting Europe’s rail industry";
"In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants";
"Do organic farms cause unintended harm? Study finds uptick in pesticide use in neighbouring fields";
"Global Warming Will Enable Tropical Species From the Atlantic to Colonize the Mediterranean Sea";
"‘I want to tackle it in a big way’: Meet the Nigerian women spearheading solar projects";
"Bird Flu Is Picking its Way Across the Animal Kingdom—and Climate Change Could Be Making it Worse";
"Europe is divided on nuclear power: Which countries are for and against it?";
"It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought";
"The Anthropocene already exists in our heads, even if it’s now officially not a geological epoch";
"A Canadian lake holds the key to the beginning of the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch";
"Anthropocene: human-made materials now weigh as much as all living biomass, say scientists";
"Homelessness, PTSD and paltry pay: The crisis in wildland firefighting";
"No EV recovery, with worst sales quarter in nearly 3 years";
"‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk";
"Inside the minds of the oil rig-climbing activists";
"Australia faces postwar-style reconstruction to reach net zero target, Greg Combet says";
"An Australian farmer has held the first carbon-neutral cattle sale – here’s how it works";
"East coast weather: big wet headed for Sydney after month of rain dumped on parts of Victoria in 24 hours";
"Why artificial submarine curtains won’t save West Antarctica’s retreating glaciers";
"Out of alignment: how clashing policies make for terrible environmental outcomes";
"Scientists warn Australians to prepare for megadroughts lasting more than 20 years";
"Native animals that survived Bayindeen bushfire face increased threat from predators six weeks on";
"Tiwi Islands leaders appeal to federal government to reconsider offshore gas project approvals changes";
"First Nations people must be at the forefront of Australia’s renewable energy revolution";
"Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis?";
"A big week for climate policy in Australia: what happened and what to make of it";
"Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club".
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Catherina McKenna (pictured) heaps praise on COP21 during an address to Columbia Climate School - "Catherine McKenna on Her Life, Work and Preserving the World for Future Generations";
"Ugly, treeless, hot: Push to force developers to plant trees in Melbourne’s outer suburbs";
"‘Opportunistic’ fraud and scams target disasters in a warming world";
"Ready or not, self-driving semi-trucks are coming to America’s highways";
"Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?";
"Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal";
"A River in Flux";
"How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale";
"Can Flashy Music Festivals Go Green?";
"Australian music festivals are increasingly affected by climate change. But is the industry doing enough to mitigate its impact?";
"17 people taken to hospital during Ed Sheeran concert at Acrisure Stadium";
"Climate change makes heat waves, storms and droughts worse, climate report confirms";
"Nearly 100 injured as hailstorm pummels Louis Tomlinson concert in Colorado";
"The BBC, Guyana, and Untangling North-South Climate Complexities";
"How we are using AI for reliable flood forecasting at a global scale";
"Flash flooding possible as thunderstorms rumble towards Melbourne from the west";
"Weather tracker: Cyclone Gamane unexpectedly veers into Madagascar";
"How a Blind Oceanographer Studies Temperature-Regulating Currents";
"Too far or not far enough? These are Europe’s most and least popular climate policies";
"Major storm to sweep United States with severe weather, snow, flooding";
"U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas";
"BYD says plug-in electrics will exceed 50 pct of new car sales in China in next 3 months";
"Po Valley: Air pollution is causing serious health risks for more than 16 million Italians";
"2024 Must Be the Year for Exponential Climate Action";
"Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension";
"Energy giant wrongly received thousands from welfare payments of former customers under Centrelink scheme";
"Labor’s car plan shifts down a gear as voters lukewarm on carbon targets";
"Five climate megaprojects that might just save the world";
"El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the world this year";
"There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarctic sea ice";
"First Wisconsin tornadoes in February: ‘It’s an absolute shock’ (photos)";
"Water now a major risk for world’s supply chains, reports CDP";
"Environmentalists Sue to Block Expansion of New York State’s Largest Landfill";
"Volcanoes Can Affect Climate";
"Australia’s carbon credits system a failure on global scale, study finds";
"Labor’s chance to protect youth over fossil fuels";
"The surprising reasons why Big Oil may not want a second Trump term".
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Mooroopna's Rick Maloney (pictured) wrestled emotionally with the flood and now he is battling the insurance company: "Under water and under pressure: The fight to fix flood insurance";
"'Not the End of the World' author on tackling climate change";
"A data scientist’s case for ‘cautious optimism’ about climate change";
"Book review: ‘Saving Ourselves’ author says we can’t wait on global leaders to save the climate";
"Group to monitor air pollution in 12 U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations";
"New warning system could save lives during wildfires";
"Solar panel waste to reach crisis levels in next two to three years, Australian experts warn";
"Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry";
"Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet";
"Australia invented solar panels. Now 99 per cent of ours are made in China";
"Electric trucks get a boost from Biden, worrying trucking industry";
"Rising Temperatures, Rising Prices: How Climate Drives Inflation";
"What will climate risk cost you?";
"Australia must wean itself from monster utes ...";
"‘A lot of question marks’: $70m renewable-energy microgrid project divides Daintree";
"China is all in on green tech. The U.S. and Europe fear unfair competition.";
"The Last Coal-Fired Power Plants in New England Are to Close";
"An Idyll on the Shores of a Toxic Lake";
"Chart: Which states support community-led clean energy the most?";
"Michigan nuclear plant aims to be first ever to reopen in US";
"Read an ER doctor’s essay on climate distress that no one else would publish";
"What will it take to protect India’s angry farmers from climate threats?";
"Cancellation of UN climate weeks removes platform for worst-hit communities";
"UN’s climate body faces “severe financial challenges” which put work at risk";
"New Pollution Rules Aim to Lift Sales of Electric Trucks";
"Don't want your retirement savings invested in fossil fuels?";
"Mining Fight on the Okefenokee Swamp’s Edge May Have Only Just Begun";
"Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change";
"The Colorado River rarely reaches the sea. Here's why";
"About Dengue: What You Need to Know";
"Puerto Rico declares an emergency as cases of dengue fever spike";
"The World Is Losing Migratory Species at Alarming Rates";
"After a hurricane or wildfire, communities can be overwhelmed by debris";
"A growing number of homeowners face repeat flooding";
"GOP lawmakers are fueling a conspiracy theory without mentioning ‘chemtrails’";
"Alan Kohler: Dire labour shortage warrants moratorium on fossil fuel export projects";
"Climate change is altering Earth’s rotation enough to mess with our clocks";
"Pennsylvania county joins other local governments in suing oil industry over climate change";
"At least 27 dead as flooding ravages southeast Brazil";
"This Kentucky coal mine could transform into pumped-hydro grid storage";
"Biden ESA rules reverse Trump moves and revive big debate";
"Biden Administration Restores Wildlife Protections Weakened Under Trump";
"Scientists devise a new, relatable measure of climate change: “outdoor days";
"Trump V2: An Environmental Nightmare?";
"Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks";
"How planting trees can protect cocoa plants against climate change";
"Food prices will climb everywhere as temperatures rise due to climate change – new research";
"Climate change triggering global collapse in insect numbers: stressed farmland shows 63% decline – new research";
"Cocoa beans are in short supply: what this means for farmers, businesses and chocolate lovers";
"Cocoa Is More Expensive Than Copper as It Tops $9,000";
"Let’s seize the decade!';
"Calls for international criminal court to end ‘impunity’ for environmental crimes";
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George Broyles was one of the guests on the "Big Burnout", a webinar presented by ProPublica.
Remy Shergill (pictured) talked about and explained how to accurately, comfortably and conveniently talk with others about climate change.
Remy was a guest on a webinar presented by Vets for Climate Action entitled: "How to talk about Climate Change and Health".
While discussing how to talk about climate change, Remy pointed towards the recently released toolkit from the 'World Health Organization".
"EVs are coming, ready or not! Three columnists on Biden’s mandate.";
"Ideal Easter weather across southern Australia before outback soaking moves south";
"AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station";
"Climate change could make 70% of global wine regions unsuitable for grape growing";
"Why investigators are looking into ‘dirty fuel’ in Baltimore bridge collapse";
"Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet";
"Ross River virus: more than 1,500 cases recorded in Queensland as mosquito numbers spike";
"Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?";
"Surge of new US-led oil and gas activity threatens to wreck Paris climate goals";
"Neurological conditions like strokes and dementia are biggest threat to global health, study finds";
"The ‘clean cement’ projects getting $1.5B in Biden admin funds";
"John Kerry’s Four Decades of Raising Climate Awareness on the World Stage";
"U.S. clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas";
"Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around";
"‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains";
"The greenest way to mine metals for batteries could be with plants";
"Emotional signatures of climate policy support";
"Climate Engineering: Doubling Down on Bad Habits";
"CERAWeek, Houston, U.S.A. Remarks by Amin H. Nasser Aramco President & CEO";
"Commission presents recommendation for 2040 emissions reduction target to set the path to climate neutrality in 2050";
"Explainer: Why some countries are aiming for ‘net-negative’ emissions";
"In a New Orleans ward ravaged by climate change, leaders nurture the next generation";
"Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built.";
"How will climate change affect mosquito disease transmission?";
"We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy";
"New York Takes Crucial Step Toward Making Congestion Pricing a Reality";
"China opens WTO dispute against US subsidies to protect its EV industry";
"Yellen Warns China Against Flood of Cheap Green Energy Exports";
"UN body makes ‘breakthrough’ on carbon price proposal for shipping";
"Publication: Distributing Carbon Revenues from Shipping";
"Nations Aim to Zero Out Shipping Emissions by Midcentury";
"Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany";
"IMO agrees possible outline for maritime “net-zero framework”";
"Mexico City's 21 million residents are facing a severe water shortage";
"Dangerous humid heat in southern West Africa about 4°C hotter due to climate change";
"Ocean temperature hit record high in February 2024, EU scientists say";
"UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023";
"Trump V2: An Environmental Nightmare?";
"What your fruit bowl reveals about climate breakdown";
"Sinking Coastal Lands Will Exacerbate the Flooding from Sea Level Rise in 24 US Cities, New Research Shows":
"Geoengineering Faces a Wave of Backlash Over Regulatory Gaps and Unknown Risks";
"Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension";
"Teresa O’Sullivan delivers 28 recommendations after two-year Black Summer bushfire inquiry";
"How fake gas frights and fanciful forecasts keep fossil fuels burning for longer";
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The Program Coordinator with Geelong Sustainability, Karina Donkers (pictured) encouraged me to talk about my time working with an oil and gas exploration company, The Western Geophysical Company of America.
This word journey began for me following an unexpected meeting with the Melbourne-based Friends of the Earth.
"VFF names policy and advocacy leaders";
"Fuels versus food fight becoming ‘less emotional’";
"Crackdown on dark roofs in plan for growth suburbs";
"Three homes lost as fire tears through bushland in WA’s south";
"Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects";
"When heat kills - The effects of climate change on worker";
"The Atmosphere Doesn't Care About Your Feelings";
"What is solar thermal?";
"Call of Duty | Anjali Sharma";
"Labor and Coalition cut short debate on offshore gas bill labelled ‘window dressing’":
"EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support";
"MPs and activists challenge claim North Sea oil and gas supports 200,000 jobs";
"Undammed";
"How one German village exemplifies the cancer risk from wood burning";
"Industry shutdowns are messy and painful: 4 lessons Australia’s coal sector can learn from car-makers about bowing out";
"Over half of European voters think climate action is a priority, exclusive Euronews poll reveals";
"Products in US supermarkets linked to deforestation of tropical forests";
"Starmer: Labour plan for state-backed offshore windfarms a ‘gamechanger’";
"Ukraine rejects claims of Western pressure over attacks on Russian oil facilities";
"National Plan to Look Into Homeowners Insurers Hits a Hurdle";
"US gas producers shrug off low prices, bet on LNG boom";
"Energy Dept. Awards $6 Billion for Green Steel, Cement and Even Macaroni Factories";
"Geothermal is the hottest thing in clean energy. Here’s why";
"The best way to get everyone into electric cars? Hint: It’s not a mandate.";
"Net emission reductions from electric cars and heat pumps in 59 world regions over time";
"Land-use harmony in renewables rollout at the centre of new Queensland roadmap";
"Swift parrots still in peril, despite revised numbers of surviving birds due to new counting method";
"Moolarben Coal Mine report finds koala colony would be displaced by expansion plans";
"Scientists Warn The Price of Food Is Expected to Increase Every Year From Now on";
"Federal government makes late changes to controversial gas approval laws but crossbench concerns remain";
"'Act immediately to survive': Warnings issued as bushfire rages near Perth";
"If you’ve got a dark roof, you’re spending almost $700 extra a year to keep your house cool";
"The energy sector is having its Uber moment";
"Grand Prix or booby prize?";
"Meet Rose Abramoff, Climate Scientist Turned Climate Activist";
"India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms";
"South Sudan heatwave: Extreme weather shuts schools and cuts power";
"COP hosts call on countries to align NDCs with 1.5 degree C goal";
"Emissions connected to top oil and gas firms may cause millions of heat deaths by 2100, study finds";
"Climate models can’t explain 2023’s huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory";
"UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023";
"Climate change creates legal risks for sports organisations and directors: report";
"The rapid roll-out of batteries" - Beyond Zero Emissions report
"See one cherry tree’s rush to an early bloom, day by day";
"Australia must lead the world on nature restoration through ambitious interpretation of international law";
"Thousands rally across Australia in growing push to end native forest logging".
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Melbourne's Grand Prix is economically costly, but no one's talking about the carbon cost: "The Australian Grand Prix is here to stay, but at what cost?";
"Scientists struggle to explain ‘really weird’ spike in world temperatures";
"I’ll be dead before the worst of it, but I’m fearful for those who won’t";
"Yes, nuclear’s an option. But let there be no confusion about its flaws";
"Climate change threatens snow cover at ski destinations worldwide";
"Peter Dutton in standoff with state Liberal leaders over federal Coalition’s nuclear plan";
"Q&A: Extreme Heat, Severe Storms Among Key Climate Challenges for Maryland’s New Chief Resilience Officer";
"World’s largest oil companies ‘way off track’ on emissions goals, report finds";
"Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?";
"New York State Legislature Votes to Ban CO2 Fracking, Closing a Decade-Old Loophole in State Law";
"California’s Climate Leaders Vow to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies to Account";
"Blocking Burning Man and Vandalizing Van Gogh: Climate Activists Are Done Playing Nice";
"‘Planting a tree is hope in action’: the people regenerating urban habitats and growing community";
"In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates";
"These lakes are usually still frozen over. See how they look now.";
"Heat index—how hot it feels—is rising faster than temperature";
"Climate quitting: the people leaving their fossil fuel jobs because of climate change";
"Amazon inks PPA to purchase electricity from UK wind farm";
"Women and girls suffer first when droughts hit poor and rural areas, says UN";
"The cars, the chargers or the customers? A look at what's behind cooling EV sales growth";
"300,000 more UK children fell into absolute poverty at height of cost of living crisis";
"Meet the man who has mapped Canada’s net-zero carbon future";
"Almost a third of Australia’s plant species may have to migrate south if we hit 3 degrees of warming";
"Cray industry fears seismic testing could hit Australia's lucrative Western Rock Lobster fishery";
"Sperm whales drop 'bubble of poo' off WA to prevent orca attack in rarely recorded encounter";
"Australians fear climate disasters will force them away from place they live, new survey finds";
"Fossil fuel firms could be tried in US for homicide over climate-related deaths, experts say";
"Phasing out fossil fuels a ‘fantasy,’ oil executives say amid giant profits";
"Here’s why there is no nuclear option for Australia to reach net zero";
"Euroviews: It’s the Amazon’s turn to lead on just transition, decriminalisation, and global climate action";
"Monster utes are symbolic of everything that’s wrong with our world";
"Biden seeks to accelerate the EV transition in biggest climate move yet";
"Biden Administration Announces Rule Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles";
"Woodside mounts bid to stave off another investor climate revolt";
"Review ordered into green legal group over bid to halt Santos’ gas project";
"Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy”";
"Environmental group’s spy satellite to sniff out fugitive emissions".
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Melbourne-based home energy guru, Tim Forcey, was at a recent meeting of Zero Carbon Tatura to talk about what he does and his soon-to-be-released book, "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to Slash Your Energy Bills, Protect Your Health & save the Planet".
The advice offered by Tim is available, equally, from GV Community Energy CEO, Geoff Lodge, who was at the Wednesday, March 20, meeting of Zero Carbon Tatura.
Interested people can also hear and watch Tim as he goes through a home energy audit on a home near Yea.
Tim was also recently a guest on "Climate Conversations".
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Life sometimes gets in the way of living and so brings on silence, but that has not been the case for Violet Coco (pictured) and her Extinction Rebellion counterparts: "‘Message must be sent’: Jail terms almost tripled for climate activists who shut down West Gate Bridge";
"'Red alert': Heat records were smashed in 2023, and 2024 is likely to be even hotter";
"‘How many lives do you put at risk?’: Anger after man dies at music festival during heatwave";
"The family of an athlete who died from heat stroke sued organisers for millions. Lawsuits in Australia are ‘almost inevitable’";
"Like chasing Tasmanian tigers: What’s behind the Coalition’s nuclear push";
"Was it really hotter inside than out this summer? 100 renters found out";
"High temperatures create 'wild year' for flora and fauna";
"How a snowmobile tour company is getting ready for a future with less snow";
"Australia’s big electricity generators say nuclear not viable for at least a decade";
"On a climate rollercoaster: how Australia’s environment fared in the world’s hottest year";
"Magpies in survival mode due to climate change and noise";
"Scientific Consensus: 99.9% Agreement on Human Climate Causation";
"Finally, good news for power bills: energy regulator promises small savings for most customers on the ‘default market offer’";
"Even far from the ocean, Australia’s drylands are riddled with salty groundwater. What can land managers do?";
"The government wants to fast-track approvals of large infrastructure projects – that’s bad news for NZ’s biodiversity";
"‘Red alert’ to world as every major climate record busted";
"Daily Sea Surface Temperature";
"Surfing venue with data centre faces new 3.8°C climate warming rule";
"Climate Capitalism by Akshat Rathi";
"Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit record high in 2023 - IEA";
"Today marks the spring equinox — and it’s a day early this year";
"A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: The End of Winter";
"California lawmakers have a plan to plug old, vapor-spewing oil wells. Could it backfire?";
"Climate rollercoaster: How Australia's environment fared in the world’s hottest year";
"‘$420 a year’: How climate change could cost some Sydneysiders";
"Aussie kids learn what to pack in an emergency and how to prepare emotionally for disaster";
"‘Water is worth more than gold’: eco-activist Esteban Polanco on why violence won’t stop him";
"Florida Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers";
"Punxsutawney Phil says early spring. Here’s why that could be a thing.";
"How Climate Change Drives the Spread of Invasive Plants";
"What price chocolate as climate change hits cocoa crops of poor farmers?";
"Air Pollution in Classrooms Could Be Reduced by Up to 36% With Simple Method, UK Researchers Say";
"California Must Triple Its Rate of Carbon Emissions Reductions to Reach 2030 Target, Report Says";
"Summer Solstice Triggers Mass, Synchronized European Beech Tree Reproduction, Study Finds";
"NVES: Aussies want cleaner, money saving cars – Climate Council";
"Scientists find evidence of a wetter world, recorded in Australian coral colony";
"Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves - Research shows the science is behind them";
"Continued logging of NSW koala habitat is ‘a profound tragedy’, conservationist says";
"New Study Shows Planting Trees May Not Be as Good for the Climate as Previously Believed";
"Asia Pacific Cycling Conference"
"Even as the fusion era dawns, we’re still in the Steam Age";
"Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know";
"Handout or necessary investment? Funding of Gina Rinehart-backed mine raises concern";
"What's in store for Europe's nuclear energy?";
"In the ‘Armpit of the Universe,’ a Window Into the Persistent Inequities of Environmental Policy";
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Traffic on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge was disrupted and slowed to a halt when three people from Extinction Rebellion blocked two lanes of traffic with a large truck - the trio was arrested: "Three charged after climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco and others block traffic on Melbourne’s West Gate Bridge";
"Serial climate protesters jailed for blocking West Gate Bridge";
"View from The Hill: Peter Dutton talks up nuclear replacements for coal-fired generators";
"New rules will force U.S. firms to divulge role in warming the planet";
"Air pollution kills 1 million a year – hundreds of whom are Australians";
"Heat pumps are keeping homes warm in Maine";
"Ice-free summers in Arctic possible within next decade, scientists say";
"Plants are flowering a month earlier – here’s what it could mean for pollinating insects";
"John Kerry: ‘I Feel Deeply Frustrated’";
"‘An ecological disaster’: French bill proposes crackdown on throwaway culture of ultra fast fashion";
"Introducing Wild Seasons – a new series on how a warming world is warping nature’s calendar";
"Climate breakdown is knocking the natural world out of sync – and we should all be worried";
"Weirdly Warm Winter Has Climate Fingerprints All Over It, Study Says";
"Quest to declare Anthropocene an epoch descends into epic row";
"A Climate Expert Explains Why Atmospheric Rivers Are Causing Historic Rainfall in California";
"Climate Change in the Irish Mind";
"Xcel Energy power equipment caused huge Texas fire, investigators say";
"Big businesses will this year have to report their environmental impacts – but this alone won’t drive change";
"7 in 10 say they’ve heard little or nothing about Inflation Reduction Act since passage: poll";
"The Trump Administration Rolled Back More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.";
"A socialist writer skewered the Formula One scene. Then her article vanished";
"How Developing Nations Battered by Climate Change Are Crushed by Debt From International Lenders";
"Researchers coax people to envision greener cities using AI images of familiar streets";
"The Supreme Court’s Social Media Case Has Big Implications for Climate Disinformation, Experts Warn";
"Climate protesters arrested after blocking Melbourne's West Gate Bridge during peak hour";
"A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy";
"Analysis: Trump election win could add 4bn tonnes to US emissions by 2030";
"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One";
"Climate Change Poses a Widening Threat to National Security";
"February breaks temperature records for the 9th month in a row: Why has this winter been so warm?";
"A dark pattern runs through British politics: when the powerful lose control, protesters suffer":
"‘They ain’t seen nothing yet’: UN boss names climate change impacts coming to Australia";
"Australian homes are getting bigger and bigger, and it’s wiping out gains in energy efficiency";
"Exxon CEO Shares "Dirty Secret" Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals";
"Federal government formally declares Southern Ocean offshore wind zone";
"Australian Gen Z people have major concerns about climate change, research shows";
"Victoria's first waste-to-energy plant to power Maryvale Paper Mill by burning household rubbish";
"El Niño is starting to die down - but it won’t spell the end of extreme weather, WMO warns";
"Drought: why some UK trees are losing their leaves in August";
"EU Policy: Solar panel manufacturers will have to pay for disposal under new EU rules";
"Water restrictions, increased prices and imprisonment: How is Tunisia battling 5 years of drought?";
"Should Australia get the world's dirtiest cars?";
"Getting angry for good: wellbeing in the climate crisis";
"Despite the rain, we’ve just had the third hottest summer on record";
"Record temperatures cause new Great Barrier Reef bleaching";
"Public hearing for the Climate Change Amendment Bill 2023 Inquiry".
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Tim Forcey has delved into his experience of helping thousands of people improve the energy efficiency of their homes and written the soon-to-be-published book "My Efficient Electric Home Handbook: How to slash your energy bills, protect your health & save the planet".
He was asked about what he had learned while helping people upgrade their homes to make them more energy efficient, more comfortable, personally safe and, of course, vastly cheaper to run, Tim has realised that he has the best job in the world.
Beyond that, Tim is helping people make a significant individual difference in reducing personal and nationwide, and worldwide, planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
Listeners can learn more about time from his website, "Tim Forcey, Home Energy Advisor" or the Facebook page: "My Efficient Electric Home - Switching off Fossil Fuels".
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"Climate One" is an interesting and educative podcast worth listening to, please give it some of your time.
"What on Earth is happening to the weather? These charts help explain";
"Disasters Forced 2.5 Million Americans From Their Homes Last Year";
"Climate change is fanning the flames of NZ’s wildfire future. Port Hills is only the beginning":
"Let’s Build a Climate Wall of Shame";
"Just How Many People Will Die From Climate Change?";
"What’s really happening with emissions and the climate crisis in Australia";
"Sentinels of the sea: ancient boulder corals are key to reef survival in a warmer world";
"Dutton wants a ‘mature debate’ about nuclear power. By the time we’ve had one, new plants will be too late to replace coal";
"These wildfires never went out — they just moved underground";
"As Climate-Fueled Weather Disasters Hit More U.S. Farms, the Costs of Insuring Agriculture Have Skyrocketed";
"Emissions from households’ water use are on a par with aviation. The big cuts and savings they can make are being neglected";
"As climate disasters grow, early warning systems become essential";
"Victoria’s power outage could have been far worse. Can we harden the grid against extreme weather?";
"South Carolina Welcomes Multibillion Dollar Electric Vehicle Projects, Even Though Many Echo Trump’s Harsh EV Critiques";
"How researchers are using AI to fight climate change";
"Making Farming More Climate-Friendly Is Hard. Just Ask Europe’s Politicians.";
"Demagogues imperilling global fight against climate breakdown, says Kerry";
"The disaster you could see from space: how a podcast went inside an eco-catastrophe";
"Gardens in England and Wales blooming four weeks early, says National Trust";
"Recycling Doesn’t Work—and the Plastics Industry Knew It":
"Extreme Climate Impacts From Collapse of a Key Atlantic Ocean Current Could be Worse Than Expected, a New Study Warns";
"Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe";
"Winter is warming almost everywhere. See how it’s changed in your town.";
"Q&A: Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy on New Air Pollution Regulations—and Women’s Roles in Bringing Them About";
"Investors Challenge ‘Blind Spots’ in Climate-Friendly Ratings for Ad and PR Giants";
"Canadian Pension Funds Haven’t Kept Up with Financial Risks of Climate Change, Report Finds";
"Electric vehicles will crush fossil cars on price as lithium and battery prices fall";
"Offshore wind farms: policymakers are more influenced by reports that accentuate negative impacts – new study";
"Nanotechnology promises to help farmers cut pesticide use – but could also make chemicals more toxic";
"How psychology can help people live more climate-friendly lives – lessons from around the world";
"Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water";
"Renewable energy innovation isn’t just good for the climate — it’s also good for the economy";
"Side-effects of expanding forests could limit their potential to tackle climate change – new study";
"Tenerife to declare drought emergency as Spain battles with water shortages";
"‘We’re not going for a picnic’: The Olympic teams hitting back against Paris’ no A/C green policy";
"Spain’s plan to ban domestic flights where you can take a train in under two and half hours";
"Ukraine’s green fightback: Wind farms, solar schools and counting the cost of ‘destroying nature";
"South African city copes with climate change by chopping down trees";
"Snow and ice are a way of life here. See how a lost winter upended that.";
"‘There’s no way to get home’: the public transport deserts on Brisbane’s northern fringe";
"This is what happens when an uncosted Coalition thought-bubble on nuclear power is presented as a concrete proposal";
"Vast swaths of US will be exposed to polluted air by 2054, says report";
"Empire building in the Beetaloo, funded by Federal Government gas grants".
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Climate adaptation expert Nadia Seeteram, (pictured) a Climate School postdoctoral research scientist studies how sea-level rise affects coastal communities.
She is especially interested in how climate risks are impacting housing infrastructure and housing needs.
"Science for the Planet: Equitable Climate Adaptation for Coastal Communities";
"The Victorian towns where Peter Dutton is considering going nuclear";
"Fixing Media Is a Climate Solution";
"National Press Club AddressAndrew Forrest - Executive Chairman and Founder - Fortescue, Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang";
"Andrew Forrest slams fossil fuel industry and Coalition for nuclear energy 'bulldust'";
"Carbon removal is needed to achieve net zero but has its own climate risks";
"Natural disasters could cost NSW $9bn a year by 2060, analysis finds";
"Just How Many People Will Die From Climate Change?";
"World ‘not prepared’ for climate disasters after warmest ever January";
"Hotter, wetter: Here’s what drove Melbourne’s muggy summer";
"Colorado landowners sue oil company over clean-up of ‘orphaned’ well";
"The human cost of climate-related disasters is acutely undercounted, new study says";
"A.I. Frenzy Complicates Efforts to Keep Power-Hungry Data Sites Green";
"The White House is delaying this key climate rule. Here’s why.";
"Chart: Gas-powered cars are losing market share to EVs and hybrids";
"Research Spotlight: Climate-Driven Megadrought";
"Nations fail to agree ban or research on solar geoengineering";
"Clean, cheap or fair – which countries should pump the last oil and gas?";
"Global energy-related CO2 emissions hit record high in 2023 – IEA";
"A Firm Planning a Drilling Spree in New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent as Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of CO2 in Quest for Gas";
"These are the projects environmental groups say shouldn’t be fast-tracked";
"This is an emergency. climate silence is climate denial.";
"Don’t hate the energy-guzzling old home you just bought – fixes are in reach";
"Is marijuana bad for the climate?";
"What’s really happening with emissions and the climate crisis in Australia";
"UCLA Institute for Carbon Management and Equatic to Build the World’s Largest Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Plant in Singapore";
"A simple way to get microplastics out of your water";
"Climate Change Is Raising Texas’ Already High Wildfire Risks";
"Texas’ Wildfire Risks, Amplified by Climate Change, Are Second Only to California’s";
"Exxon CEO Shares "Dirty Secret" Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals";
"Is World Population Peaking Now?";
"This 3D-printed hydrogel material could be used to build homes one day";
"This is the year of the climate election. Journalists should cover it that way";
"Climate change could shorten the life span of U.S. bridges";
"Celebrating the 2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science";
"‘Life-threatening’ blizzard bears down on Sierras; 12 feet of snow possible";
"A massive Texas wildfire is now the largest on record in the state";
"Red meat cuts can benefit the climate and your lifespan";
"Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns";
"Victoria's rooftop solar feed-in tariffs are falling. Here's why that won't slow the solar juggernaut";
"How climate change is messing up the ocean’s biological clock, with unknown long-term consequences";
"Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff pledges to open protected native forests to logging";
"In Chicago, It’s Summer in February";
"China’s Electric Vehicles Are Going to Hit Detroit Like a Wrecking Ball";
"The cities stripping out concrete for earth and plants";
"Clean energy boom";
"AOC on The Green New Deal's Anniversary";
"These Cities Aren’t Banning Meat. They Just Want You to Eat More Plants.";
"The ‘greenest’ car in America might surprise you";
"South African city copes with climate change by chopping down trees";
"Tiwis take on Tokyo to tame gas project threatening their culture";
"Alberta to ban renewables on ‘prime’ land and preserve ‘pristine viewscapes’";
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Mark Allen (pictured) is an environmental campaigner based in Albany, Western Australia, with a professional background in town planning sustainability. He is also the co-host of the "Post Growth Australia" podcast.
You can learn more about Mark, his ideas and broader philosophies, through his website, "Holistic Activism".
Mark also praised the book by permaculturist, David Holgren, "Retrosuburbia: The Downshifter's Guide to a Resilient Future".
He will expand on his ideas for a town-planning rebellion when he joins (via Zoom) Shepparton's Beneath the Wisteria on Saturday, March 23, at 11:00 am. More information about that event can be had from me, Robert McLean,
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This final session of the February 24 Climate Cooling Mini Summit was chaired by Sally Macadam (pictured), the co-ordinator of "Climate Emergency Australia".
Sally led the workshop through discussions, including Adrian Whitehead from "Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency"; Cr. Trent McCarthy from Darebin City Council, Trent set the wheels in motion several years ago to see Darebin become the first council in the world to declare a climate emergency; Dale Martin talked about the Local Government Climate Emergency Toolkit: and we heard about the "Climate Alliance".
The Climate Cooling Mini Summit was a part of the "National Sustainability Living Festival".
Recordings from all events will be included on The National Centre for Climate Restoration (Breakthrough) website.
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Dan Cowdell (pictured) has led Geelong Sustainability through a project creating an innovative and award-winning idea resulting in Climate Safe Rooms.
Beyond the rather special Climate Safe Rooms project, Dan's group has created a useful and thoughtful website where people will find almost everything they need to know about Climate Safe Rooms.
Also on the webpage is an ABC television news report about a Geelong woman who has benefitted from the project - check it out!
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Melbourne's Bryony Edwards (pictured) was the host for the second session of the "Climate Cooling Mini Summit", which was a part of the "National Sustainability Living Festival".
That session was entitled "Australia’s Climate Rescue Accord" and involved a panel of speakers who addressed the idea of cooling the planet.
It was early in the session that the host encouraged people to join the free "Climate Accord Workshop" on Wednesday, February 28, where participants will have the opportunity to discuss what is required to stop and reverse warming, against proposals from select parties and independents. It will also workshop how policy frameworks can be improved.
A recording of the Climate Cooling Mini Summit will be posted soon on the Breakthroughonline website.
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Melbourne's David Spratt (pictured), a researcher with the Breakthrough National Centre for Climate Restoration Australia, hosted the opening session at Melbourne's "Climate Cooling Mini Summit.
David had two Finnish guests from "Operaatio Arktis" who followed and led David as he took a deep dive on "Climate Cooling and activism".
The online event was a part of the Melbourne-based "National Sustainability Living Festival".
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Tim Hollo is well known in Green circles and he will soon bin in Hobsons Bay talking about his book, "Living Democracy";
"Renovation Pathways";
"Labor accused of trying to ‘silence Aboriginal voices’ over possible changes to gas project consultations";
"We Can Still Resist a Pipeline to Hell";
"Ageing Victorian energy network faces fresh inquiry after blackouts";
"Treasury asks for economic plan to pay for climate crisis";
"Five ways El Niño is wreaking havoc in South America";
"WA heatwave: Perth breaks records with seven February days above 40C";
"Climate change brings more work, more risk for wildfire workers";
"New York lobbyists ‘aiding and abetting’ climate crisis, research reveals";
"Company gives retired wind turbine blades new life";
"New ecosystems, unprecedented climates: more Australian species than ever are struggling to survive";
"Ten of Australia’s top companies lack clear plans to stop using or supporting fossil fuels, report says";
"A 'perfect storm' is pushing desperate parents to marry off their children";
"Bob Brown charge, ban over giant tree logging protest";
"Struggling in these extraordinary times? The answer may be compassion";
"Ross Gelbspan, author who probed roots of climate change denial, dies at 84";
"The public wants clean energy – but this is Australia, where the climate wars never die";
"Severe storm warning as Sydney cleans up";
"February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records";
"Western Australian town Carnarvon hottest place on earth as scorcher melts records";
"Australian researchers are on the hunt for the world's oldest ice";
"E-Bike Battery Forum Focuses on Fire Risks and Recycling";
"Cycling Advocates Make Seven Point 2024/25 Federal Budget Submission";
"Sea Otters Are the Unlikely Heroes Helping to Restore a Marine Ecosystem";
"Saturation point: Australia’s best known carbon-neutral farm can no longer offset its emissions";
"Can we be inoculated against climate misinformation? Yes – if we prebunk rather than debunk";
"Greenland Is Literally Rising From The Ocean as It Loses Its Fringe of Glaciers";
"Indigenous Languages Are Founts of Environmental Knowledge";
"Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet";
"Volkswagen, Hyundai lining up in favour of Vehicle Efficiency Standard, as car execs meet for crisis talks";
"Wind power awards and wildlife photography: Positive environmental stories from 2024";
"Shock as warming accelerates, 1.5°C is breached faster than forecast";
"EU floats 90% emissions target but drops green farming measures";
"Why this is one of the planetary shifts scientists are most worried about";
"How Ford’s F-150 Lightning, Once in Hot Demand, Lost Its Luster";
"Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm?";
"Is Carbon Capture Here?";
"As U.S. football season kicks off, climate change threatens the game";
"Tour de France: future heatwaves may make it untenable to hold the race in July";
"Eight things grassroots football clubs can do to reach net zero";
"How to make a Premier League club truly climate-friendly";
"Australia’s new car safety standards slipping behind rest of world".
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Electric cars have advantages but are still just that, demanding a spacious road network and copious parking areas in our towns and cities.
"Why do Chinese EVs meet so much resistance?";
"Victoria’s blackout crisis is rooted in a decade of Coalition inaction";
"Be brave, stay positive, find your tribe: three climate activists explain how to get started";
"Five women scientists working to save the world";
"Mike vs the fossil fuel machine: Push for a new legal duty to the environment";
"Climate case explores how law and tikanga intersect";
"Climate Is Now a Culture War Issue";
"Fearsome threesome: how a trio of climate drivers is baking Australia’s west and leaving the east soaked";
"Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace";
"20°C seems the optimal temperature for life on Earth to thrive – what does this mean in a warming world?"
"As the world heats up, solar panels will degrade faster – especially in hot, humid areas. What can we do?";
"Why Don’t We Just Ban Fossil Fuels?";
"Climate chaos: world overheats while Europe faces a new Ice Age";
"Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years";
"In Wyoming, Sheep May Safely Graze Under Solar Panels in One of the State’s First “Agrivoltaic” Projects";
"Q&A: Everyday Plastics Are Making Us Sick—and Costing Us $250 Billion a Year in Healthcare";
"Take a Cue From Texas: Socialize Energy";
"As the Number of American Farms and Farmers Declines, Agriculture Secretary Urges Climate Action to Reverse the Trend";
"February on course to break unprecedented number of heat records";
"Very cool: trees stalling effects of global heating in eastern US, study finds";
"Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell";
"Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View";
"Power struggle: fears for UK energy generation as green projects delayed";
"Weather tracker: Flash flooding in Oman and record temperatures in Western Australia";
"Problems mount for Sahara gas pipeline, leaving Nigerian taxpayers at risk";
"Switzerland proposes first UN expert group on solar geoengineering";
"Blended finance can perpetuate climate colonialism";
"How your editors deal with climate grief";
"Last month was the world’s warmest January on record";
"Danish photos from the 1930s show what Greenland’s glaciers used to look like";
"The essentials of climate scenario analysis for financial institutions";
"How to prepare for an evacuation";
"‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals";
"California Tried to Ban Plastic Grocery Bags. It Didn’t Work.";
"Climate activists dump pink powder on case containing US Constitution";
"What a waste: New York City budget cuts eviscerate community composting groups";
"Explainer: How climate change affects Europe's farmers";
"A traditional automaker just turned a profit on EVs";
"1.7 million deaths in cities linked to air pollution with Delhi ranked worst in world – report";
"Bhavreen Kandhari’s Post";
"Mystery over ‘unexpectedly large’ emissions from Africa’s tropical ecosystems";
"British Gas profits surge tenfold as energy bill rules relaxed";
"Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050, study warns";
"The Age of the Urban Inferno Is Here";
"Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims have proposed a $100 billion-a-year fossil fuel tax – and it’s a debate Australia should embrace";
"Porsche EV will lead Bathurst 500 into a greener, faster future";
"How China Built BYD, Its Tesla Killer";
"Author Spotlight on Joëlle Gergis";
"Oldest platypus found in the wild is ‘beyond all our expectations’, say researchers";
"Push to weatherproof Australia’s electricity grid as 77,000 still without power in Victoria";
"Postcards from Kamikatsu: Japan's 'zero waste' town";
"National Archives closes after climate change protesters dump red powder on U.S. Constitution".
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CEO of Good for the Hood, Jo Taranto (pictured) sees the circular economy as the solution to climate change, as she said on a recent webinar organised by The Australia Institute.
"Smart Energy 2024";
"Climate experts sound alarm over thriving plant life at Greenland ice sheet";
"This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics.";
"January Was Awash With Extreme Winter Storms. Climate Change Likely Played a Role";
"Migrants can be a transformative force for sustainable development";
"Fences have big effects on land and wildlife around the world that are rarely measured";
"Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen";
"Climate-driven migration overtakes Russian aggression as biggest security concern, report finds";
"Australian fossil fuel tax could raise $100bn in first year alone, Rod Sims and Ross Garnaut say";
"Rise in e-scooter injuries concerns doctors";
"Global military spending hits record $2.2 trillion amid multiple wars";
"What is a circular economy?";
"The Heavy Price of Next-Day Delivery";
"Sweltering Cities panel warns Brisbane heatwaves will worsen";
"Climate change is forcing Australians to weigh up relocating. How do they make that difficult decision?";
"Greenland's ice sheet melting faster than scientists previously estimated, study finds";
"A Collapse of the Amazon Could Be Coming ‘Faster Than We Thought’";
"The Racist Origins of 'Tipping Point'";
"‘Litigation terrorism’: the obscure tool that corporations are using against green laws";
"Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real";
"Transitioning to a Circular Economy: The value and opportunity for citizens".
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Dr Michael Spencer (pictured) from Monash University and colleagues from the University of Melbourne, Dr Franz Wohlgezogen and Associate Professor, Janet Stanley, will conduct a workshop in Shepparton on Thursday, February 22.
The four-hour workshop originally targeted 30 people, but Dr Spencer said that had blown out to 40, demonstrating a wide interest in the idea of adaptation to climate change.
Following a similar event at Euroa in 2022, the workshop is part of an international research program supported by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Authority.
The workshop invite said "The research team are interested in how adaptation decision-making can be improved. For example, interactions between different levels of government and the community. How to bring all relevant parts of the community into decision-making on adaptation (including older people). If adaptation requires transformational change, are communities prepared and how does that happen."
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Dr Andrew Glikson (pictured) warns of troubles ahead without global unity to address climate change - "Too late? Climate change denial and the rise of fascism";
"Joyce, Price and Littleproud make ‘false and exaggerated claims’ at anti-renewables rally";
"Earth's warmest January on record extends run of unprecedented temperatures to eight months";
"Q&A: Dr Andrew Glikson on the Plutocene age";
"Chile’s deadly wildfires wiped out neighborhoods. One stood unscathed.";
"Labour’s reduced home insulation plans ‘simply not enough’";
"Michael Mann, a Leading Climate Scientist, Wins His Defamation Suit";
"‘It would be devastating’: inside Trump’s plan to destroy the EPA";
"Policy Experts Say the UN Climate Talks Need Reform, but Change Would be Difficult in the Current Political Landscape";
"Dr. Cornel West Is Running to Become President of the United States. What Are His Views on Climate Change and the Environment?";
"Las Tormentas: L.A. County Meets a Next-Level Atmospheric River";
"Polluted Flowers Smell Less Sweet to Pollinators, Study Finds":
"John Deere aims to offer variety of electric tractors, construction equipment by 2026";
"Atmospheric river threatens historic life-threatening floods in California";
"California residents survey damage caused by historic storms: ‘We were in shock’";
"Access to slow EV chargers could speed up EV adoption among renters";
"Trump Allies Plan to Gut Climate Research if He Is Reelected";
"US trade agency backs oil and gas drilling in Bahrain despite Biden pledge";
"The Climate Cooling - Mini Summit";
"‘It was total panic – with black smoke, falling fireballs and tongues of flame’: the terror of Chile’s wildfires";
"How a Climate Group That Has Made Chaos Its Brand Got the White House’s Ear";
"The National Sustainable Living Festival";
"With climate change, Colorado River officials peer into muddy future";
"World Breaches 1.5°C for an Entire Year for First Time on Record";
"One of NZ’s most contentious climate cases is moving forward. And the world is watching";
"Schools, parks close as catastrophic conditions tipped in Victoria";
"Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet";
"Disaster management needs more forethought to avoid ‘polycrisis’, government hears";
"US weather agency on La Niña watch but BOM says climate pattern not guaranteed";
"The Australian water industry is undergoing profound change";
"Victoria schools closed over 'catastrophic' fire danger warning";
"Florida could remove the majority of mentions of climate change from state law";
"Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well.";
"Wildfire Smoke Will Worsen, New Study Shows, and Protections Are Few";
"Philadelphia mural tells a story of transformation";
"What in the world is weather whiplash?";
"Australian red meat industry’s net zero target based on land-clearing data that is ‘not reliable’";
"Woodside dramatically expands oil and gas exploration spend despite net zero pledge";
"Our proposal for a Climate Ready Victoria";
"Remembering Black Saturday. Preparing for the next Big One";
"This ‘tipping point’ would be catastrophic for Europe but scientists are unsure when we’ll reach it";
"California Isn’t Ready for a Megaflood. Or the Loss of Daniel Swain".
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Andrew Skeoch, the author of "Deep Listening to Nature" (pictured), believes we have lost our connection with nature and through that, we are creating the conditions that manifest as climate change.
Andrew was recently on a three-town book tour in the Goulburn Valley speaking to audiences at the Tatura, Cobram and Violet Town libraries.
When completing this episode of "Climate Conversations", The Guardian published a story that seemed relevant to what Andrew had been discussing at the GV Libraries - "The native Australian frog call quiz: is it a frog – or a distant motorbike revving?".
Andrew is nationally recognized for his sound recording and subsequently is the president of the "Wildlife Sound Recording Group".
His skills were acknowledged when he presented at Canberra's TEDx several years ago - "Hearing your place in nature".
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Donald Trump (pictured) would argue he cares about democracy and climate change, but many would argue otherwise - "‘In a word, horrific’: Trump’s extreme anti-environment blueprint";
"Democracy in danger when lies go unchecked";
"Carbon in, carbon out: Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ assessment reveals astonishing boom and bust cycles";
"Europe calls for swift reduction of fossil fuels, despite ‘greenlash’';
"Introduction with climate specialist Graeme Anderson";
"Geelong Sustainability":
"Deep Listening to Nature";
"Deadly California storm triggers flooding, mudslides, power outages";
"Fuel efficiency standards: Labor unveils proposal, highlighting petrol savings of $1,000 a year for motorists";
"Labor’s fuel-efficiency standards may settle the ute dispute – but there are still hazards on the road";
"Australia is finally adopting emissions standards – will electric vehicles become cheaper?";
"‘Like a war zone’: Chile wildfire death toll reaches 123 amid race to clear rubble";
"Is it time for a Category 6 for super cyclones? No – warnings of floods or storm surges are more useful";
"Climate change will strike Australia’s precious World Heritage sites – and Indigenous knowledge is a key defence";
"How better broadband access in rural areas could help the planet";
"Making Farming More Climate-Friendly Is Hard. Just Ask Europe’s Politicians.";
"The Nationals want renewables to stay in the cities – but the clean energy grid doesn’t work like that";
"If plants can pick fungi to help fight pests and diseases, it opens a door to greener farming and ecosystem recovery";
"Donald Trump’s Energy Plans “Potentially Disastrous” for the Climate";
"How to Make Urban Agriculture More Climate-Friendly";
"Rising Temperatures Are Turning Some Animals Nocturnal";
"Joyce, Price and Littleproud make ‘false and exaggerated claims’ at anti-renewables rally";
"Investors were offered 4 climate messages. Only one made them bullish on green investing.";
"The first large-scale study to quantify the carbon footprint of urban farming yields surprises";
"New air pollution rule could prevent thousands of premature deaths";
"Why is CSIRO hiding its advice on Carbon Capture and Storage?";
"Shock report finds legacy car companies are bigger polluters than Big Oil";
"Mr Bean is blamed for slump in electric car sales: Rowan Atkinson is accused of 'damaging' public perception of EVs by House of Lords report after describing the vehicles as a 'bit soulless'";
"Call to cancel renewable rollout, Nationals declare bush is full";
"Think last year had weird weather? La Nina may already be on the way back";
"Cheaper renewables pile into grid and slash power costs";
"In Poland, I Saw What a Second Trump Term Could Do to America".
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Professor Mark Howden (pictured), the director of the Australian National University's Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, is optimistic and pessimistic.
Professor Howden saw last year's COP28 process as completely ambiguous. Although the conference produced some heartening eventualities for the world, there was, in his words, "Not a huge amount of good news".
Listen to this episode and you can hear where it is Professor Howden believes the world is headed in 2024.
Professor Howden said many at COP28 referred to this as the "critical decade", but he argued we are in fact in the "critical year".
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Greta Thunberg (pictured) emerges from court (charges dismissed) and asks, "Who are these laws for and what are they protecting" - "Greta Thunberg goes on trial over London oil industry protests";
"Greta Thunberg cleared of public order offence after protest arrest ruled 'unlawful'";
"Why Australia’s answer to Greta Thunberg is facing years behind bars";
"Australia ‘on track’ with climate targets needed to protect Great Barrier Reef, Labor tells Unesco";
"UK risks steep decline without £28bn green economy pledge, Labour warned";
"NSTA bragged of ‘net-zero’ innovations hours before awarding fresh oil and gas licences";
"How to cope and stay safe in extreme heat";
"You want an EV, but you don’t own a house. Here’s how to charge it.";
"Wildfires in Chile claim 46 lives with the death toll expected to rise";
"Australia’s young people are moving to the left – though young women are more progressive than men, reflecting a global trend";
"COP28 Left a Vacuum California Leaders Aim to Fill";
"Nillumbik Climate Month";
"Dozens killed in Chile as forest fires rage in densely populated central areas";
"Catalonia declares drought emergency, extending restrictions to Barcelona";
"Drought-stricken villages in Spain’s northeast struggle to keep drinking water flowing";
"This ancient material is displacing plastics and creating a billion-dollar industry";
"A heatwave's hitting Australia. Here's how hot it's going to get, and how you can stay safe";
"Severe weather warning issued as ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily lingers";
"Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest";
"With the World Stumbling Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash";
"After Another Year of Record-Breaking Heat, a Heightened Focus on Public Health";
"Judge throws out case against Greta Thunberg and other London protesters";
"Labour scrapping £28bn green pledge could leave UK colder, sicker and poorer";
"History Lessons: How Polluters Took Control of Pollution Laws From The Start";
"Jane Fonda Joins Land and Water Defenders at Americas Energy Summit";
"The Australian Government is introducing a New Vehicle Efficiency Standard for cleaner and cheaper-to-run cars";
"Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end".
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President Biden may have difficulty replacing his Climate Envoy, John Kerry - "How a new law could block Kerry’s replacement";
"The transition to electric vehicles in the United States";
"Temperature records tumble as Perth’s east cops brunt of heatwave";
"Four Climate Stories that will Define This Year: Stories to Watch 2024";
"UK heatwave plan urgently needed to save lives, say MPs";
"Climate in the spotlight at WEF";
"African production of natural gas poses a vexing climate challenge";
"‘Damning indictment’ of insurers after 2022 floods";
"‘Literally off the charts’: global coral reef heat stress monitor forced to add new alerts as temperatures rise";
"King of the Extrinsics";
"How likely is another La Niña for Australia in 2024?";
"‘Abuse of process’: activist Ben Pennings seeks to have Adani case thrown out of court";
"Global Food System Must Be Transformed for Health of People and Planet, Study Finds";
"California Prepares for Back-to-Back Atmospheric River Storms, Flooding";
"Court orders temporary halt to logging in Tasmanian forest ahead of swift parrot case";
"Tanya Plibersek urged to block ‘climate-wrecking’ Queensland coalmine that would raze koala habitat";
"A veteran adviser is taking over as top U.S. climate diplomat";
"Should the world follow China’s climate lead?";
"Fears back-to-back cyclones may have damaged Great Barrier Reef";
"The Week in Climate Hearings: Border Jet-Set";
"Sediment runoff from the land is killing NZ’s seas – it’s time to take action";
"Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition";
"NSW watchdog failed to act on contamination risk despite ‘damning’ asbestos findings";
"David Pocock condemns Australia’s fossil fuel projects as an ‘existential threat’ to Pacific neighbours";
"Towards an unliveable planet: Climate’s 2023 annus horribilis";
"Greta Thunberg joins protest against expansion of Hampshire airport";
"How to skip the too-hard basket and recycle Australia’s most challenging household items";
"Menindee fish kills: inconsistent pesticide levels sparks calls for review of water testing methods";
"Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?";
"Aridity Could Dry Up Southwestern Mine Proposals";
"It Could Soon Get a Whole Lot Easier to Build Solar in the Western US";
"Canada’s Tar Sands Are a Much Larger Source of Air Pollution Than Previously Thought, Study Says";
"Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink".
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Melbourne sets up its cool spaces - "Pop-up to cool down the vulnerable in Melbourne’s deadly heat";
"Climate Betrayal: how backroom deals with Japan locked Australia in for decades of gas";
"From 100% dirty diesel to nearly 70% solar powered, and climbing, Lord Howe goes electric without wind";
"How many birds do wind farms kill?":
"Amazon inks clean power deal with Scottish windfarm";
"Climate concerns prompt policy shifts among UK travel managers";
"Hot burst to send temperatures soaring in Melbourne, Sydney";
"To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel";
"Australia’s soils are notoriously poor. Here’s how scientists are working to improve them";
"Tuvalu’s Sinking Reality: How Climate Change Is Threatening the Small Island Nation";
"Cook jumps to defence of green lawyers as Dutton vows to end funding";
"Australia’s black summer bushfires ripped billions from the tourism industry. Is global warming making the cost of natural disasters worse?";
"Does discussing geoengineering derail climate action? New study puts it to the test.";
"In carbon terms, grass-feed beef is not the greenest choice";
"The Climate Parables - reporting from the future";
"Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100";
"Climate concerns prompt policy shifts among UK travel managers";
"‘Smoking gun proof’: fossil fuel industry knew of climate danger as early as 1954, documents show";
"Smartphone app can help you track your climate actions";
"Denial or Action – Nothing in Between";
"Woodside’s Scarborough pipeline broken in dangerous offshore incident";
"Is clean hydrogen a climate solution? Depends how it’s made — and used";
"Already stretched hospitals take on more ambulance call-outs in heatwaves, new Griffith University research finds";
"Climate in the spotlight at WEF";
"What it will take to make clean energy affordable — for everyone";
"Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you";
"Biden publishes watered-down gas stove efficiency rule";
"See the moment climate activists throw soup at the ‘Mona Lisa’ in Paris";
"Climate is on the Ballot Around the World";
"Rare swallowtail butterfly suffers worst summer since records began";
"American imagination needs an adrenaline shot. Here’s how I’ll deliver it.";
"When Language Fails Us and the Moment";
"High schoolers build solar car that can go 70 miles an hour";
"Climate scientist Mark Maslin: ‘We have all the technology we need to move to a cleaner, renewable world’";
"Other countries believe UK is ‘slowing its climate ambitions’, CCC warns";
"Parking apps are sweeping Australia’s cities. Here’s what you may not know about them";
"Renewable projects are getting built faster – but there’s even more need for speed";
"Global clean energy investment ‘not nearly sufficient’ to be on track for net zero by 2050";
"How Best to Educate People About Climate Change?";
"The emotional appeal of the populist right";
"High precipitation worsened by human-induced climate change";
"15 million Americans under flood watch as rain drenches Northeast";
"Evacuations underway in northeast Illinois after ice jam break on river causes significant flooding";
"Allowing duck hunting to continue in Victoria is shameful and part of a disturbing trend";
"Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand by 2030";
"The United States is producing more oil than any country in history";
"Critical Bristol Bay habitat permanently protected";
"How One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan";
"Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company";
"The 3D-Printed Affordable Housing of the Future Will Be Recyclable";
"Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds";
"EU will force cosmetic companies to pay to reduce microplastic pollution";
"The 100-Year Extinction Panic Is Back, Right on Schedu--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Climate change can be eased through an embrace of the humanities - "How to Save a Sad, Lonely, Angry and Mean Society";
"US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must";
"How to assess the carbon footprint of a war";
"Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition";
"More Atmospheric Rivers Are on the Way. Here’s What the West Can Expect.";
"To avoid the worst of climate change we have to change how we travel";
"Britain is at bursting point and its flood barriers need to be updated";
"Residents flee as ‘really scary’ floods deluge homes, streets";
"Rewilding war zones can help heal the wounds of conflict";
"Tuvalu’s Sinking Reality: How Climate Change Is Threatening the Small Island Nation";
"Why are floods in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal so devastating? Urban planning expert explains";
"Qld farmers welcome ex-cyclone's rain":
"A net-zero world will be more peaceful, it’s assumed – but first we have to get there";
"Australia has no national plan for climate change adaptation. Why?";
"Urban agriculture isn’t as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms";
"A major problem on Perth’s fringe could see city haunted by ‘ghost suburbs’";
"Britain’s richest 10% don’t think they’re wealthy – and that’s disastrous in the fight against inequality";
"Think last year had weird weather? La Nina may already be on the way back".
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Climate Code Red reminds us of "Climate’s 2023 annus horribilis";
"Slow Down, Degrow!";
"Extreme heat can be risky during pregnancy. How to look after yourself and your baby";
"The Climate Care Program by Vets for Climate Action";
"Yes, it’s getting more humid in summer. Here’s why";
"What happens to your body during extreme heat?";
"Climate Change in the American Mind: Politics & Policy, Fall 2023";
"Extreme wave in Marshall Islands highlights dangers of climate change, experts say";
"US government pauses new gas export terminals in ‘historic win’ for climate";
"Cop29 host Azerbaijan launches green energy unit to sceptical response";
"Governments fail to agree timeline for climate science reports in fraught IPCC talks";
"Puppet king teaches Minnesota kids about climate change";
"U.S. stalls gas export projects that activists say are ‘climate bombs’";
"Biden hits pause on natural gas projects amid plans for carbon ‘mega bombs’";'
"A dry Panama Canal shows how climate change will scramble globalization";
"The Climate Activists Fighting Off Cane-Wielding Country Club Members";
"Electric cars fail less in extreme cold than fuel-powered vehicles, Norwegian breakdowns reveal";
"Climate laws are key to protecting nation’s environment";
"Retailers continue to push back against UK Government’s packaging responsibility and recycling proposals";
"Mars to deploy 300 electric trucks across Europe";
"Many but not all of the world’s aquifers are losing water";
"Tesla’s rumoured affordable electric vehicle may be back in the works as cheaper EV race ramps up";
"The disposable cup crisis: what’s the environmental impact of a to-go coffee?";
"EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low";
"Nuclear power output expected to break global records in 2025";
"Project spreads the word about tax incentives for electric cars";
"Optimism dries up in Amazon as Lula drifts from climate priorities";
"The biggest solar-plus-storage project in the US just came online";
"Growth Battles in Chittenden County";
"Her dried-up yard won an ‘Ugliest Lawn’ award. She hopes it inspires others.";
"Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists";
"Climate Change and Energy Transition: The 2023 Scorecard";
"New renewables should cap power prices, advocates say";
"Supreme Court Clears the Way for Pipeline as Appeal Moves Forward";
"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling";
"‘How to greenwash’: propane industry tries to rebrand fuel as renewable";
"Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported, study finds";
"Amazon rainforest: Deforestation rate halved in 2023".
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Take a listen to "The Green New Deal" and hear NASA climate scientist, Peter Kalmus, talk about the mysteries of the mind and global warming.
"Hinkley Point C could be delayed to 2031 and cost up to £35bn, says EDF";
"Cookstove carbon offsets overstate climate benefit by 1,000%, study finds";
"As another cyclone heads for Queensland, we must be ready for the new threat: torrential rain and floods";
"Much of North America may face electricity shortages starting in 2024";
"The US needs 22m acres for the solar energy transition – here’s what that looks like";
"The Big Question: Will climate change alter the flavour of my beer? Carlsberg CEO says probably":
"How Australia’s huge superannuation funds can do much more to fight climate change, with a little help";
"Did the BOM get it wrong on the hot, dry summer? No – predicting chaotic systems is probability, not certainty";
"Retailers on path to redemption as millions of kilos of batteries recycled";
"U.S. Hit by Record Number of High-Cost Disasters in 2023";
"A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy";
"Jane Goodall Keeps Going, With a Lot of Hope (and a Bit of Whiskey)";
"Alok Sharma urges ministers to heed climate ‘wake-up calls’";
"Why are there so many storms and are they getting worse? Met Office confirms Jocelyn after Isha disruption";
"Euroviews. Norway's latest plan for Arctic deep sea mining will inevitably sink";
"Australia's year ahead in climate and environment — the good, the bad and the controversial";
"Nigeria’s Lagos State Bans Single-Use Plastics and Styrofoam";
"Arsenic in Bangladesh Drinking Water to Rise With Sea Levels";
"Drought Cuts Panama Canal Traffic by 36%";
"Heatwave warning issued for large parts of Australia as temperatures set to hit 40C";
"A severe cyclone is forming off flood-hit far north Queensland. Here's what we know";
"‘Oh my God, I can put a shoe on my head’: waste walks the runway at Sydney festival";
"Wearable sensors worn by scuba divers could contribute to climate science";
"Will the crash in critical minerals derail the clean energy transition?";
"Nearly 5,000 Brits froze to death last year due to heating costs – study";
"Takeaway coffee cups could be next as NSW EPA looks to regulate more single-use plastics";
"Cyclone set to hit Qld harder and cause flooding for a week";
"Nufarm pushes biofuel, crop protection in decarbonisation push";
"The Global Lead Poisoning Crisis";
"Undeniable - the climate emergency network";
"Cyclone called Kirrily predicted to form on Tuesday";
"Inside Antarctica’s sea ice puzzle"';
"How meat and milk companies are racing to ease your climate guilt";
"What does the ‘common good’ actually mean? Our research found common ground across the political divide";
"‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis";
"Businesses Need To Get Serious About Climate Change";
"Conservative hostility to net zero proves the party has turned its back on British capitalism";
"Missing Russian Data Is Harming Arctic Research at a Critical Time";
"The Internet’s ‘Dog Mom’ Talks the Science of the Human-Dog Bond";
"‘It’s the industry’s dirty secret’: why fashion’s oversupply problem is an environmental disaster";
"Climate crisis ignored by Republicans as Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’";
"Parking Lots Cause More Heat and Flooding—Here’s How 100 U.S. Cities Rank";
"Cyclone, heat and floods as triple weather threat hits northern Aus";
"COP29: Azerbaijan adds 12 women to summit committee following pressure from sustainability leaders"';
"Long wary of batteries, New York’s now poised to go big on energy storage";
"Storm Isha: two dead and many without power as 107mph wind hits UK";
"Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, stud--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Dr Peter Johnston (pictured) believes, beyond doubt, that a plant-based diet is personally beneficial and, in a broader sense, especially good for the planet.
Dr Johnston is an accredited practising dietitian, lifestyle medicine practitioner and wellness coach with a Masters in Nutrition and Dietetics and a PhD in Human Genetics.
You can learn more about Dr Johnston at the website "Perfect Human Food".
This episode of "Climate Conversations" gives you a chance to first, listen to Dr Johnston, and then, second, you can hear from U.S. cardiologist, Dr Kim Williams.
Beyond their common and passionate interest in a plant-based diet, both were at a sold-out "Dine with a Doc" event on January 13 at Melbourne's "Vegie Tribe" restaurant, Dr Johnston as a member of the advisory board with "Doctors for Nutrition" and Dr Williams as the guest speaker.
Besides listening to the audio on this episode, you can also hear Dr Williams on "The Proof" podcast talk about how "The Food We Eat Is Killing Us".
Dr Johnston is an enthusiast of Professor William E Rees and has urged anyone concerned about the world to consider what he says.
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The unlikely alliance of crocheting and climate on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation - "A stitch in time to save a coral reef";
"Failure after failure: the first chapter in the sad history of the attempts to introduce a broad-based carbon price in Australia";
"Opinion The 1.5-degree climate goal is out of reach. Here’s what to do now.";
"Potentially severe cyclone, heatwave conditions brew";
"More Australian wildlife added to threatened species list in 2023 than ever before, conservationists say";
"Australia not prepared for how Antarctic ice changes will hit economy, scientist warns";
"The People Have a Right to Climate Data";
"Americans bought a record number of EVs last year. These were the 10 most popular electric models.";
"California’s Oil Country Faces an ‘Existential’ Threat. Kern County Is Betting on the Carbon Removal Industry to Save It";
"How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries";
"Why You Can’t Live in Climate Abundance If You Focus on Carbon Footprint";
"Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change";
"New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say";
"In the Hunter, all eyes are on the horizon";
"3 tips for warming your home that can save energy and help the planet";
"Can the power of artificial intelligence be harnessed to help predict Australia’s weather?";
"Europe’s climate voters: Who are they and how could they shape the European election?";
"You Can Blame Your Untimely Death on Climate Change";
"Mississippi legislators approve incentives for a factory that would make EV batteries";
"Bid by meatpacker JBS to join New York Stock Exchange faces opposition over Amazon deforestation";
"BLM unveils plan for utility-scale solar development in western states";
"How an oil boom in North Dakota led to a boom in evictions";
"New EPA rule could save 4,200 lives a year. Industry warns it could cost Biden his reelection.";
"Plant protein may be a key to healthier aging for women";
"Our favorite underrated climate solutions";
"Where next for fossil fuel fight?";
"Chart: The world is building renewable energy faster than ever before";
"Cop28 deal will fail unless rich countries quit fossil fuels, says climate negotiator";
"How cutting back on beef helps the planet";
"What’s Behind the ‘Arctic Blast’ Plunging into the U.S.?";
"US climate scientist’s defamation case over online attacks finally comes to trial";
"Severe US cold snap prompts peak power and natural gas demand";
"Climate Change Made the Texas Heat Wave More Intense. Renewables Softened the Blow";
"US in deep freeze while much of the world is extra toasty? Yet again, it’s climate change";
"The polar vortex is acting up";
"How do I use air conditioning efficiently? Is it better to blast it briefly throughout the day, or just leave it on?";
"Frigid weather saps EV batteries. Here’s how to keep yours running.";
"Indonesia is clearing vast peatlands to grow food. Climate costs are dire.";
"NSW can avoid electricity shortages without paying hundreds of millions to keep Eraring open, expert says";
"Flood warnings prompt evacuations in NT as Queensland braces for incoming cyclone";
"Report: UK electric car market braced for fierce price war";
"Scientists believe the way humans have evolved may be stopping us from solving climate change";
"Trash TV: streaming giants are failing to educate the young about waste recycling. Here’s why it matters";
"How frightening to see the climate change before our eyes – is this the last New York snow I’ll see?";
"Leading ecologist says climate change should be mentioned in Australia's new threatened species legislation";
"Lights to stay on if biggest 'coal clunker' powers down";
"For truckers driving EVs, there’s no going back";
"Climate crisis ignored by Republicans as Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’";
"Geopolitics—Not Just Summits—Will Shape the Transition to Clean Energy".
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Working for Woodside in the wild Bass Strait, and " Woodside: don't be a tosser";
"WA Symphony Orchestra silent on Woodside alliance as deal expires";
"A Slightly Hotter World Could Still Be a Better One";
"Transitioning off of fossil gas in Australia";
"Why is it so cold in the UK right now – and how long will Arctic chill last?";
"How YouTube’s climate deniers turned into climate doomers";
"The weather hangover that is delivering a sodden summer";
"Switching to plant-based diets means cleaner air – and it could save more than 200,000 lives around the world";
"Being vegan says so much more about you than just your ethics";
"Vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets could save you money – new research";
"I ‘self-experimented’ to compare a vegan diet with eating meat – this is what I found out";
"The climate literacy revolution";
"More than 160 elephants die in Zimbabwe, with many more at risk";
"Wind, solar to lead US power generation growth over next 2 years, EIA says";
"A cash crop that never runs out";
"Shell to Sell Its Onshore Nigeria Oil Business for $1.3 Billion";
"Gasoline is cheap right now — but charging an EV is still cheaper";
"These startups are teaming up to decarbonize cement and concrete";
"Behold the THETA Cycle: A new way to turn E.coli into tiny factories that grab CO2 from thin air";
"Forget energy independence. The secret to a renewable grid lies in transcontinental electricity trading.";
"Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe";
"CEOs fear their companies won't survive next 10 years as AI and climate change challenges increase, survey shows";
"Greenland is losing more ice than we thought. Here’s what it means for our oceans.";
"Maryland hails ‘remarkable’ year for young oysters in the Chesapeake Bay";
"More than 100 wild animals trapped by border wall killed in Texas wildfire";
"Why electric trucks are our best bet to cut road transport emissions";
"Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows";
"How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns";
"Inventory of U.S. greenhouse gases and sinks";
"This Week’s Winter Storm Is Scary—but So Is the Heat Wave";
"U.S. Emissions Fell by 2 Percent in 2023, Even as Economy Grew";
"Why a rare image of one of Malaysia’s last tigers is giving conservationists hope";
"Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows";
"Higher taxes and more expensive parking: How is France cracking down on SUVs?";
"Electric vehicles: number of charging sites in Australia projected to double by end of 2024";
"The federal government wants tougher climate reporting rules for large companies";
"Climate change to spur global migration, U.K. science journalist warns";
"Cigarette recycling and spectacular solar power: Positive environmental stories from 2024";
"Climate denial is evolving on YouTube, report says, as third of UK teens think crisis is exaggerated";
"Shell shareholders back call for fossil fuel firm to align emissions targets with Paris Agreement";
"Medical community calls for unified action on climate and biodiversity crises as global health emergency";
"Climate adaptation: London unprepared for ‘lethal risk’, report warns";
"Report: Britain’s annual clean energy deployment rates must more than double";
"COP28: What Happened At Recent Climate Talks?";
"Greenland losing 30m tonnes of ice an hour, study reveals";
"Norway’s Parliament Votes Yes on Deep-Sea Mining in Norwegian Sea";
"Wales Gets Its First ‘Dark Sky’ Community to Reduce Light Pollution";
"Waste heat from Scottish supercomputer to be reused to warm homes";
"How Much Ice Is Greenland Losing? Researchers Found an Answer.";
"Arnold Schwarzenegger held at Munich airport over luxury watch".
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Chief Executive of Australian Energy Producers, Samantha McCulloch (pictured), interviewed on Radio National - "Federal Court dismisses case brought by Tiwi traditional owners against Santos";
"The climate-nuclear nexus: What climate change means for nuclear security";
"Tracking Freezing Temperatures in the U.S.";
"‘Cheaper to save the world than destroy it’: why capitalism is going green";
"EU adding wind farms at record pace, enabling accelerated coal phase-out";
"Disruption. Implications. Choices.";
"All-electric skyscraper nears completion in Brooklyn";
"PR giant Edelman worked with Koch network, despite climate pledges";
"How to Thrive in an Uncertain World";
"Can the dream of fusion power be realized?";
"Should we let AI take our jobs…if it generates less carbon?";
"Bill McKibben explains what individuals can do to win the climate fight. Together.";
"Conflict, climate change and AI get top billing as leaders converge for Davos";
"Help Us Free The Ocean Of Plastic";
"Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably":
"Call for $1.5 billion plastic tax to curb ‘tsunami’ of waste";
"How Australia fits into the worldwide clean energy policy scramble";
"‘Both sides of the ball’: Firms road-blocking climate reforms despite net-zero pledges";
"As the billionaires gather at Davos, it’s worth examining what’s become of their dreams";
"Climate Clocks Worldwide Now Tracking Progress on Fossil Fuel Divestment";
"Overview of Greenhouse Gases";
"Carbon Capture Is Not a Climate Savior";
"Jim Skea: Every fraction of a degree of warming matters";
"Home is Always Worth It";
"‘Hope is a discipline’: youth climate case plaintiff on why he’s suing the US government";
"U.S. oil production hit a record under Biden. He seldom mentions it.";
"My generation sees an Australia in decline. With bold housing reform and sensible climate action, Liberals can seize the agenda";
"Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems - so why isn’t the market tackling them together?";
"NSW, Vic face flood threat, as freak summer storm slams Perth";
"Elections and Disinformation Are Colliding Like Never Before in 2024";
"Countries promise clean energy boost at COP28 to push out fossil fuels";
"How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions";
"A Republican 2024 Climate Strategy: More Drilling, Less Clean Energy";
"Sunak Weakens U.K. Climate Targets as Election Approaches";
"South Africa Blueprint Sets Out Options to Tackle Energy Crisis";
"Many Young Voters Bitter Over Biden’s Support of Willow Oil Drilling";
"How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress";
"Venezuela’s Oil Industry Is Broken. Now It’s Breaking the Environment.";
"New method uses light to capture carbon dioxide";
"New York will replace gas pipelines to pump clean heat into buildings";
"Are induction stoves that much safer than gas? We tested them.";
"Victoria’s energy transition in strife as ‘essential’ offshore wind hub refused".
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Warming world raises the bar for bureau - "Weather is growing more extreme. The pressure is on the Bureau of Meteorology to keep up";
"Should Australia follow Spain's lead and start naming heatwaves?";
"Bassendean family hopes to use electric 4WD to tow pop-up caravan around Australia";
"New report reveals how Australian billionaires are getting richer";
"Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers";
"Federal Court rejects Indigenous heritage claim against Santos gas pipeline";
"Grounded in Maine";
"Oil and gas industry earned $4 trillion last year, says IEA chief";
"Three richest Australians’ combined wealth doubles since 2020 at $1.5m an hour – Oxfam";
"Winter storm tests Texas green grid upgrades";
"Why has Australia been hit with so much rain? – Full Story podcast";
"Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally";
"Protesters Crash Trump Rally, Call Him ‘Climate Criminal’: Watch";
"Sunak ‘dodging scrutiny’ by failing to appoint chair of Climate Change Committee";
"Short-termism and finance access biggest barriers to corporate climate action";
"Calling for Fast, Frequent, Connected Buses in CDC's routes":
"Trees down, flash flooding as NSW is drenched";
"Human ‘behavioural crisis’ at root of climate breakdown, say scientists";
"Murray-Darling Basin reference book aimed at primary school students sent to 4,000 schools";
"‘Twiggy’ Forrest attacks Woodside’s ‘death race’ gas project";
"‘Off the charts’: 2023 was hottest year ever recorded globally, US scientists confirm";
"Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest steps up fight against big oil and gas";
"REWIND: Youth Activists 15 Years Later";
"Capitalist reforms and extreme poverty in China: unprecedented progress or income deflation?";
"The Double Objective of Democratic Ecosocialism";
"Envisioning environmental equity: climate change, health, and racial justice";
"Pedro the penguin teaches kids about disaster safety";
"Doubt and flooding rains: how an unusual El Niño has affected Australian farmers";
"World added 50% more clean energy in 2023 than previous 12 months";
"Why would a climate scientist go on Joe Rogan’s sceptic-promoting podcast? ‘I agreed before I thought about it’";
"Where the world warmed the most in Earth’s hottest year";
"Evidence grows of air pollution link with dementia and stroke risk";
"Weather tracker: Tornadoes and floods sweep parts of US";
"Children living near green spaces ‘have stronger bones";
"Flying Less Could Be Fun, Actually";
"Foundation 4 Climate Restoration Founders Series #6 - Filmmaker John Bowey";
"US election: Iowa campaign events in jeopardy as the state readies for record-cold caucuses";
"John Kerry Bows Out as U.S. Climate Envoy";
"More drenching rains expected to soak northern Australia, eastern seaboard and Hobart in coming week";
"U.S. takes another big step on climate ‘super-pollutant’";
"These are Minnesota's top greenhouse gas polluters";
"Talk like a human: Lessons on how to communicate climate change";
"Australia’s renewable energy goals can’t come at the cost of biodiversity – we need a strategic approach";
"Working from home 1 day a week cuts carbon by 2%. 2-4 days up to 29%. Full-time 54%.";
"Energy Droughts Hinder Renewables Transition";
"Cost of Clean Energy Technologies Drop as Expensive Debt Offset by Cooling Commodity Prices";
"Electric vehicles could save Australians hundreds of dollars on their next road trip";
"Experts warned El Niño was likely to bring Australia a hot, dry summer. What happened?";
"‘Roaring like the ocean’: campers survey aftermath of Victorian flash flood that left two dead";
"Wind farm fight blows up as Victoria accuses federal government of failing to back state projects";
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Melbourne's sea level rise exposed - "The suburbs most under threat from rising seas revealed";
"Declare a Climate Emergency, or face catastrophic rising temperatures and sea levels";
"Flood-ravaged communities face fresh cyclone threat as Victoria’s flood threat shifts";
"PM pledges aid as Shepparton remains on alert for floodwaters";
"We’re in danger of falling off a ‘snow loss cliff.’ Here’s what that means.";
"2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin";
"What El Niño means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points";
"Climate change: if warming approaches 2°C, a trickle of extinctions will become a flood";
"Australia’s renewable energy goals can’t come at the cost of biodiversity – we need a strategic approach";
"Australia urged to name heatwaves to combat dangers of extreme temperatures";
"Have Australian drivers finally charged into electric vehicles?";
"Another cyclone threatens to hit Queensland regions recovering from Cyclone Jasper";
"Climate change threatens to swamp suburbs. Now comes the brawl over what to do about it';
"Fuelled by tax cuts, electric vehicle sales surged in Australia in 2023";
"An Ecology Minister With an Oil Pedigree Will Lead Global Climate Talks";
"Azerbaijan Is Expected to Host the U.N. Climate Summit in 2024";
"U.S. Hit by Record Number of High-Cost Disasters in 2023";
"A prefab building revolution can help resolve both the climate and housing crises";
"An Inconvenient Truth";
"Climate of hope or doom and gloom? Testing the climate change hope vs. fear communications debate through online";
"White House unveils $623m in funding to boost electric vehicle charging points";
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Fell in 2023 as Coal Use Tumbled to New Lows";
"Climate Change Is Driving a Sharp Drop in Snow Levels, Study Finds";
"Flood-ravaged Queenslanders lashed by rain as cyclone approaches";
"U.S. takes another big step on climate ‘super-pollutant’";
"Far north Qld faces more flash floods, potential cyclones";
"Would a name change save lives lost to nature’s biggest killer?";
"Global Temperature Report for 2023";
"Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers";
"Hannah Ritchie".
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The year just ended, 2023, was the hottest on record - "Scientists knew 2023’s heat would be historic — but not by this much";
"2023 officially hottest year on record as global temperatures close in on tipping point";
"Climate change and El Nino turn 2023 into the hottest year ever";
"2023 hottest year on record";
"A heatwave in Antarctica totally blew the minds of scientists. They set out to decipher it – and here are the results";
"Wet and hot Victorian summer could mean difficult vintage for King Valley grape growers";
"Two degrees: The world set a simple goal for climate change. We're likely to miss it.";
"The race for Romney’s seat is a fight about climate";
"Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says";
"The End of Snow";
"2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin";
"Thousands of U.S. homes have flooded over and over again. Here’s where.";
"New climate report released for Colorado; state warmed by 1.5 degrees";
"U.S. Supreme Court decision puts Minnesota's climate change lawsuit closer to its day in court";
"Emissions from Israel’s war in Gaza have ‘immense’ effect on climate catastrophe";
"Toward a Cenozoic history of atmospheric CO2";
"A New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little Comfort for Today";
"2023 Was the Hottest Year Ever Recorded … By a Lot";
"Deadly winter storm pummels central, eastern U.S.; several tornadoes hit the South";
"In Europe, Trains Are Full, and More Are on the Way";
"New York Region Is Under High Wind Warning as Forecasters Warn of Flooding";
"Why can a warming climate increase snowfall?";
"The Tonga Volcano Shook the World. It May Also Affect the Climate.";
"2024: First chance of 1.5 °C year";
"The secret to getting people to eat more plant-based food";
"‘We don’t know what tomorrow will bring’: how climate change is affecting Fijians’ mental health";
"PM flags consideration of dedicated force for natural disaster responses amid climate crisis";
"See How 2023 Shattered Records to Become the Hottest Year";
"Azerbaijan names a former oil exec to lead climate talks. Activists have concerns";
"Two large offshore wind sites are sending power to the US grid for the first time".
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Anthony Leiserowitz (pictured), the founder and director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, joined with others, including the founder and CEO of "Potential Energy", John Marshall, to talk about climate change and communication.
A few things stood out in worldwide research about the climate crisis and how to talk about it - some two billion people have never heard the term; many who have, are unsure about the fundamentals; many, however, have not only heard the term but support the need to take action; appeals to technical issues or philosophical ideas have no impact; people respond best to the thought about future generations and the fact that "later is too late".
Check out the recording of the event staged by Potential Energy.
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Investors pour more than US$3 trillion into fossil fuels - check this out on Urgewald, "Investing in Climate Chaos";
"El Niño doesn't automatically mean it won't rain. Here's why it's been so wet and stormy for Australia's eastern states";
"Rooftop solar drives out coal, wind and grid-scale solar";
"Parts of Victoria, SA, NSW on flood watch after thunderstorms and heavy rainfall";
"Communities prepare properties for storms";
"Historic homes, now flooded, promised protection works that never happened";
"The costly car choice we need to rethink";
"Food Systems & the Environment | CHEF AJ LIVE! with Dr. Peter Johnston";
"An Ecology Minister With an Oil Pedigree Will Lead Global Climate Talks";
"Canada’s Logging Industry Devours Forests Crucial to Fighting Climate Change";
"How to get people to kick fossil fuels out of their homes";
"Seymour told to evacuate, too late to leave for Yea as floodwaters rise";
"Residents told to evacuate as drenching rains hit south-east Australia";
"Residents told to evacuate as drenching rains hit south-east Australia";
"An Ecology Minister With an Oil Pedigree Will Lead Global Climate Talks";
"Awash with fossil fuel money, African football is sowing the seeds of its own destruction";
"Climate solutions and problems";
"The planet burns on a bonfire of farming regulations";
"Australia heats up with eighth-warmest year on record";
"Bochum, Germany to extract geothermal heat from abandoned coal mines";
"Rishi Sunak’s woes mount with oil bill rebellion, byelections and asylum row".
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Geelong's Mik Aidt explains The Blue Dot and discusses why we should care.
"‘Incredible’ rain, storms to batter Victoria, prompting flash-flood warnings";
"The projects that would supercharge Victoria’s green energy future – but are stuck in limbo";
"Can you guess how crazy last year’s weather was? Try this game.";
"Melting ice - uncovered history:"
"Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar";
"Nottinghamshire residents face 'pure hell' as homes cut off in floods";
"COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100";
"Queensland storm disaster to cost more than $2 billion, state treasurer says, as extent of damage grows";
"Australian Defence Force arrives in south-east Queensland to aid storm recovery as thousands remain without power";
"The Human Cost of Anthropogenic Global Warming: Semi-Quantitative Prediction and the 1,000-Tonne Rule";
"Heavy Rain in U.K. Causes Hundreds of Flood Warnings and Travel Disruptions";
"Farmer’s plants grow year-round in geothermal greenhouse in upstate New York";
"Climate change is hurting kids’ mental health, report finds";
"Ten ‘you must be kidding’ weather and climate facts of 2023";
"5 cleantech startups that didn’t survive to see 2024";
"Australia’s changed climate: The Bureau’s yearly reminder";
"Virtually the entire Lower 48 is about to experience extreme weather";
"It’s not just the total rainfall – why is eastern Australia experiencing such sudden, devastating downpours?";
"‘Snow drought’ grips California and western United States, despite recent storms";
"Why are France, Germany and England flooded - and is climate change to blame?";
"Azerbaijan appoint state oil company veteran as Cop29 president";
"China announces plans to manage electric vehicles power demand";
"Ten climate questions for 2024";
"Six takeaways from 2023’s climate change news";
"El Nino didn’t keep the rain away, but Australia is still heating up";
"El Niño, failed crops and more extreme weather: The UN's predictions- and recommendations- for 2024";
"The Toad and the Geothermal Plant";
"Flooding and icy temperatures continue to cause havoc across Europe";
"What’s Going On With the Goats of Arizona".
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Hannah Ritchie (pictured) finds the cause of climate anxiety among children in the data and along with that the hope we can be the first generation to live sustainably - "Are we the last generation — or the first sustainable one?";
"What If People Don’t Need to Care About Climate Change to Fix It?";
"Hannah Ritchie: ‘Doomsday predictions are a dream for climate deniers’";
"I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong";
"Is cold water bad for you? What about drinking from the hose or tap? The facts behind 5 water myths";
"Goulburn Valley hit by severe thunderstorm";
"‘Dine with a Doc’ Dinner";
"The Problem With De-Risking";
"The Swedes know the secret to happiness: You are not your stuff";
"What climate scientists are predicting for the globe in 2024";
"'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam";
"Tesla Sales Rebound After Steep Price Cuts";
"Denmark’s King-to-Be: A Modern, Climate-Friendly Monarch";
"Wanted: 20,000 Young Americans to Fight Climate Change";
"Oregon County Sues Fossil Fuel Companies Over 2021 Heat Dome";
"Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in a Landmark Climate Case";
"The Financial Paradox Blocking Efforts to Fight Climate Change"';
"The New World Bank Leader Has the Climate Crisis at the Top of His Agenda";
"The Clean Energy Future Is Roiling Both Friends and Foes";
"Biden to Target Industrial Pollution in a 2nd Term, if He Gets One";
"Biden Administration Announces Rule to Cut Millions of Tons of Methane Emissions";
"What This Year’s ‘Astonishing’ Ocean Heat Means for the Planet";
"‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire";
"Phoenix’s Month in Hell: A 31-Day Streak of Record Heat Ends";
"What El Niño Means for This Winter’s Weather";
"The Invisible Killer: New Zealand's air pollution crisis";
"Paddock trees, pardalotes and productivity";
"Massive wind farm will power up to 700,000 homes a year";
"A Natural Gas Project Is Biden’s Next Big Climate Test";
"Strawberry Case Study: What if Farmers Had to Pay for Water?";
"Earth Was Due for Another Year of Record Warmth. But This Warm?";
"My grandmother’s walnut tree didn’t survive fires and floods – but she left us a recipe for hope";
"A flood-prone historic site decides to live with rising water rather than fight it";
"The biggest car brand you’ve never heard of overtakes Tesla as world’s most popular EV maker";
"Ghost forests: Australia’s snow gums under threat from climate change";
"Great Lakes start 2024 with smallest amount of ice in at least 50 years";
"‘It’s slipped off the radar’: why are there fewer street trees in regional towns across Australia?";
"Cyclone Jasper: how did it cause so much rain and could global heating be to blame?";
"Experts warned El Niño was likely to bring Australia a hot, dry summer. What happened?".
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Craig Reucassal uses the vehicle of "Foreign Correspondent" to take us to "The Last Resort";
"Australia ‘risks climate tech exodus’ unless it follows US model";
"Free rain barrel program helps Duluth residents get involved in flood prevention";
"We can’t control what disasters a new year may bring. Stoicism can help us get up and try again";
"Climate 200 sets eyes on next poll";
"More rain, flood warnings for Qld, NSW".
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This was "The big one" said the fire chief in Greece: "The climate future arrived in 2023. It left scars across the planet.";
"‘There’s No Other Job’: The Colonial Roots of Philippine Poverty";
"Campers rescued as heavy rain and flooding hits northern New South Wales across New Year";
"New Year’s Day weather: flash-flood warnings for Queensland and NSW as Northern Territory swelters";
"Here’s what you can do to cope with your anxiety about climate change";
"Why The Washington Post is starting a climate advice column";
"What extreme heat does to the human body";
"Snow Shortages Are Plaguing the West’s Mountains";
"The never-ending fallout of the northern rivers floods: ‘People are just worn down’";
"How the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are driving the city’s green revolution";
"Queensland woman uses electric car to run her son’s dialysis machine during power cut";
"U.S. oil production hit a record under Biden. He seldom mentions it.".
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Greta Thunberg (pictured) is critical of COP28 and the whole Conference of the Parties process: "Greta Thunberg slams COP28 deal as 'toothless, insufficient, another betrayal’";
"How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers";
"Big-name EVs: here are the new models launching for the first time in Australia";
"‘Propaganda to infect children’s minds’: Climate misinformation textbook mailed to 8,000 US science teachers";
"A hot and heady year";
"Red alert in Antarctica: the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’";
"Climate scientists hail 2023 as ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era";
"A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere";
"EVs and $9,000 Air Tanks: Iowa First Responders Fear the Dangers—and Costs—of CO2 Pipelines";
"2023 in Climate News";
"‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It";
"Many on Gulf Coast say time is running out for EPA to act on toxic air";
"Was Oslo paralysed after all of its electric buses broke down due to the cold?";
"Worst is yet to come with floods in Netherlands, Germany and Norway";
"Europe travel chaos as Eurostar services cancelled amid flooding";
"Time for Australia to admit it’s a petrostate";
"‘Act out of love not anger’: green trailblazer calls for unity in movement";
"EU Policy. Exhaust pollution limits frozen at current levels, but electric cars targeted with new restrictions";
"Extreme weather is turning many into climate migrants: How does it feel to face leaving home?";
"‘This is not climate leadership’: Vanessa Nakate says Biden must choose sides after youth support tanks";
"This Hollywood star and his daughter took the subway to the Oscars to prove a point. Did it work?";
"How to become human compost (and other ways to be environmentally-friendly, post-mortem)";
"Gina Rinehart says renewable energy could use one-third of Australia’s prime agricultural land. Is she right?";
"Queensland power supply to face strain as heatwave sends demand to near-record levels";
"‘There’s been some tears’: storm and flood-hit Queensland town battles heatwave as more wild weather forecast".
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We are closing in on zero-carbon cement -listen to Leah Ellis on "Volts";
"Where U.S. house prices may be most overvalued as climate change worsens";
"Weather changes causing chaos for UK flora and fauna, says National Trust audit";
"Weather tracker: South Africa flash floods kill six with people still missing";
"It’s Time to Ban Earth-Damaging Ads";
"What good are climate talks? Five takeaways from COP28";
"US buildings kill up to a billion birds a year. These architects want to save them";
"From Miss Australia to oil boss: Suellen Osborne’s nation-building plan";
"3 Antarctic glaciers show rapidly accelerated ice loss from ocean warming";
"‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars";
"‘Go hard and go big’: How Australia got solar panels onto one in every three houses";
"‘We needed to get off the grid’: New Orleans’ community-driven response to blackouts";
"The Terrifying Truths You Need To Know About the Climate Crisis";
"America has eight parking spaces for every car. Here’s how cities are rethinking that land";
"Shifting gears: why US cities are falling out of love with the parking lot";
"Will our buildings be ready for the climate of the future?";
"Six reasons to be optimistic about the energy transition";
"The six best climate stories of 2023";
"What good are climate talks? Five takeaways from COP28";
"Reducing Black Carbon: A triple win for climate, health, and well-being";
"This is now one of the wettest Decembers on record in Washington";
"Five way-too-early weather predictions for 2024";
"Reducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway";
"Ancient elements of cool";
"Something Wicked This Way Comes";
"‘Vice signalling’: How new Government was received at climate summit";
"Your most Googled environment questions answered";
"‘Ecology on steroids’: how Australia’s First Nations managed Australia’s ecosystems";
"No climate for cricket: how global warming is putting the heat on NZ’s summer game";
"Zero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’";
"Self-driving cars could be on UK roads by 2026, says transport secretary";
"Queensland weather: state braces for heatwave as thousands face prospect of days without power";
"We can’t control what disasters a new year may bring. Stoicism can help us get up and try again";
"Extreme weather is changing California. These road trips show how";
"Walgett public pool reopens much to the relief of locals who've spent heatwaves indoors";
"Storm-battered south-east Queensland set to receive more wild weather on New Year's weekend";
"ExxonMobil's "Let's Deliver" Commercials Are Malicious Propaganda";
"Severe heatwave conditions over New Year’s break";
"Electric Cars Are Already Upending America";
"Smartphone maker Xiaomi unveils first EV, aims to rival Tesla and Porsche";
"Volkswagen-backed EV maker rolls out first sodium-ion battery powered electric car";
"Tesla releases software update boosting displayed range of Model S/X vehicles";
"Electric vehicles are hitting a road block: Car dealers";
"Stellantis CEO: Companies losing money on EVs may only have until 2030";
"Floods in Europe: Hungary, Netherlands and Lithuania brace themselves";
"7 reasons why nuclear energy is not the answer to solve climate change";
"Achieving the Paris Climate Goals in the COVID-19 era";
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Climate change has some utterly horrific and devastating side effects and one of the most pressing and obvious right now is wildfires - Carsten Brinkschulte, from Dryad Networks, talks with Will Lockett about how to mitigate wildfires;
"How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis";
"Inland From Bondi Beach, ‘Heat Islands’ Make Australia’s Summer Deadlier";
"Blizzard Conditions Disrupt Travel Across Northern and Central Plains";
"A sinking nation is offered an escape route. But there’s a catch.";
"How a Category 5 atmospheric river supercharged deadly East Coast storm";
"El Niño is nearing historic strength. What this means and when it will end.";
"Bad air forces Pakistan to shut schools and markets and seed the clouds";
"Wild east coast weather: two people killed by falling trees, more than 100,000 Queensland homes without power";
"Nine people dead including nine-year-old girl as severe storms ravage east coast";
"Seven easy climate actions that I learned many people aren’t doing";
"Is climate change speeding up? Here’s what the science says.";
"‘Rights of nature’ are being recognised overseas. In Australia, local leadership gives cause for optimism";
"The colonial cul-de-sac: Land loss, land use and the devastation left behind";
"U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to EPA’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Air Pollution Rule";
"Brazil’s Congress Passes Bill to Pave Highway Through Heart of Amazon Rainforest";
"Americans Abandoning Neighborhoods Due to Rising Flood Risk, Study Finds";
"Grass or Grain? What Cows Are Fed Could Determine Farms’ Carbon Footprints";
"Animals Take Refuge in Forests and Avoid Human-Dominated Areas in Hotter Regions, Study Finds";
"Euroviews: We can't save the world with electric cars";
"‘Take It Down and They’ll Return’: The Stunning Revival of the Penobscot River";
"A Community-Driven Path to Replenishing Groundwater in a Parched Region";
"Chart: The US hits new highs for oil and gas production";
"New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to ‘cowards’ of US politics";
"High heat, low ice and fossil fuels: the climate records that tumbled in 2023";
"No more hot air: Australian climate activism and political satire – in pictures";
"Canary Media’s top 10 clean energy stories in 2023":
"Taylor Swift Fan at Brazil Concert Died of Heat Exhaustion";
"Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done";
"WTF Happened to the Methane Monster?";
"UK becomes first G20 nation to halve carbon emissions";
"Beetaloo Madness: protestors, farmers, First Nations unite to fight US gas frackers";
"Italy and Spain experienced some of the world’s most costly climate disasters in 2023";
"The underbelly of electric vehicles";
"Climate change in pictures: 2023 was a year of deadly weather, protest crackdowns and historic deals";
"Nuclear dreams rudely awoken by blast of CSIRO reality";
"From wind-powered islands to urban forests: Positive environmental stories from 2023";
"‘A very tragic Christmas’: 10 people dead after spate of severe storms across eastern Australia".
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David Enrich writes for The New York Times and tells us about the book: "Fire Weather" in the story: "In Canada’s Wilds, a Chilling Inferno Was Also an Omen".
And we have a small piece from "Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet" by Jeff Goodell.
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With a month to spare, Copernicus called it; "Scientists have confirmed 2023 is the hottest year on record, with a month to spare";
"World-first assessment of carbon footprint of irrigation farm dams";
"The Diesel Transition: Petroleum diesel alternatives for the Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector";
"O Christmas tree: After the holidays, trees help restore wetlands in New Orlean";
"It’s getting easier to rent an EV on your next vacation";
"The 'world's lightest' new e-scooter that can fold down to the size of a sheet of paper";
"Flash flooding, hail and storms in one of Victoria’s wettest Christmas Days";
"Government rejects mandate for households to buy EVs or greener appliances";
"Hybrid vehicle tax hike to add thousands of dollars to price tags";
"Holding the Fire: Episode 12. The End of the World with Dilafruz Khonikboyeva";
"Here’s how extreme Christmas weather can be around the world";
"Flood warnings, more rain ahead as emergency services respond to wild weather callouts across the state";
"Written in the wood";
"Channel Country Protected!";
"Empowering workers and communities to campaign for a sustainable future for aviation";
"The health cost of burning wood to warm homes";
"Scientists brace for possibility of ‘severe’ damage to Great Barrier Reef from ex-Cyclone Jasper";
"British Museum’s BP sponsorship deal ‘astonishingly out of touch’";
"Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record high";
"Revealed: US utility firms offer builders cash and trips to fit new homes with gas appliances";
"Can we have a low carbon food system and a burger and shake too?";
"The dirty dozen: meet America’s top climate villains";
"Should we retire the climate villain narrative?";
"US denies rigging loss and damage fund’s board in rich nations’ favour";
"COP28: Should India and China benefit from a climate damage fund?";
"Supporting food security in climate stricken world requires a geographically diverse palate";
"Climate injustice: Those who emit the least pay the most";
"I hated electric scooters. I was wrong.";
"How a deadly blizzard forced a snow-hardy city to reckon with disaster risks";
"Nearly 6,200 Lahaina wildfire survivors face the holidays with no home";
"Here’s how extreme Christmas weather can be around the world";
"The faith leaders fighting for the climate: ‘we have a moral obligation’";
"Ted O’Brien’s fact-free nuclear cheerleading is cover for the same old climate vandalism";
"A New Novel Confronts the Scale and Gravity of Climate Change";
"From Rishi Sunak’s green policy rollbacks to COP28 controversies";
"Octopuses help solve a long-standing mystery of West Antarctica demise";
"What Extreme Heat Does to Your Body";
"Finally, some good climate news: 5 clean energy milestones we hit in 2023";
"Bushfires destroyed Barbara Maslen’s home 40 years ago. Now floods have taken another";
"Why science says kids should have fewer toys";
"Supreme Court to review EPA’s power to curb downwind pollution";
"Speed bumps under Thwaites Glacier could help slow its flow to the sea";
"Biden moves to ban most old-growth logging in national forests";
"Cities swallowed by dust.";
"Nature Is Profoundly Broken. Do We Love Anyone Beyond Ourselves Enough to Listen?";
"Power giant AGL to build mega battery at former coal station";
"You can’t make a net-zero Australia on a gas cooktop";
"UK sees warmest Christmas Eve in more than 20 years after temperatures hit 15C";
"Flood warnings, more rain ahead as emergency services respond to wild weather callouts across Victoria";
"More storms and rain forecast after wild Christmas Day".
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Wawa Gatheru (pictured) considered herself a social activist but not an environmentalist - "Black Girl Environmentalist is highlighting the contributions of Black women in the climate movement";
"Dolly Parton - World On Fire";
"Huge waste-to-energy plant proposed for Melbourne’s northern suburbs";
"‘My job to convince them’: Steven Miles knows climate change is coming for Queensland";
"Two PNW tribal nations sue oil companies over costs of climate change";
"China’s air quality worsened this year for the first time in a decade";
"The Most Disingenuous Attack on Greta Thunberg This Year";
"Naomi Klein’s Journey Into the Unnerving World of Naomi Wolf";
"More EVs and chargers than ever on the road to our green future";
"Michael Pascoe: The IPA is taking Gina Rinehart for a ride down the garden path";
"Flooding in California: What Went Wrong, and What Comes Next";
"Putting This Summer's Record Global Heat Into Context";
"2023 was the year governments looked at the climate crisis – and decided to persecute the activists";
"Sudan’s Cop28 delegates “really hurt” by silence on their civil war";
"Albo’s economic report card: Must try harder to secure our future";
"Floods, fires and more floods: Murray Watt has had a busy year";
"Countries go ahead with carbon deals despite Cop28 standoff";
"We have to fix unfairness: Ten takeaways from Cop28";
"Thick smog engulfs Sydney as firefighters race to tackle huge bushfire from air";
"‘Severe, intense conditions’: Christmas weather could be stormy in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra";
"Longleaf Pine Restoration—a Major Climate Effort in the South—Curbs Its Ambitions to Meet Harsh Realities";
"Reducing Methane From Livestock Is Critical for Stabilizing the Climate, but Congress Continues to Block Farms From Reporting Emissions Anyway";
"Thousands of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills Threaten Property, Groundwater, Wildlife and Livestock Across Texas";
"COP28 Is Over. But Climate Pledges Are Still Emerging in the Final Days of 2023";
"As Financial Turmoil Threatens Plans for an Alabama Wood Pellet Plant, Advocates Question Its Climate and Community Benefits";
"Do electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions than petrol or diesel vehicles?";
"Inaction on Climate Change Is a Death Sentence for Emperor Penguin Chicks";
"Alan Kohler: When the world burns, China will be driving the fire engine";
"What will it take to close the climate finance gap?";
"Gas and oil exploration banned in Queensland's Channel Country, traditional owners celebrate";
"Slow Rollout of National Charging System Could Hinder E.V. Adoption";
"Climate Optimism";
"Sustainability- The Defining Challenge and Opportunity of the 21st Century: 2023 NAE Plenary Speaker";
"Sydney's Worst Bus Stop";
"California Allows Wastewater to Be Recycled Into Drinking Water".
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Compounding "natural events" trouble the world and are becoming increasingly common in Australia - "Scale of Qld flood cleanup becomes clearer";
"Could tradie shortage hamper Qld flood recovery?";
"Anatomy of the Lismore disaster";
"Australia’s freight used to go by train, not truck. Here’s how we can bring back rail – and cut emissions":
"Christmas tipped to be wet and stormy across nation";
"Cairns Airport reopens as Chinooks fly in to rescue people in Qld town";
"The problem with every country’s promise to phase out fossil fuels":
"Solar and on-shore wind provide cheapest electricity and nuclear most expensive, CSIRO analysis shows";
"Innovators, disruptors & transformers";
"Invasive grasses are worsening bushfires across Australia’s drylands";
"Carbon in, carbon out: Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ assessment reveals astonishing boom and bust cycles";
"US ends year on environmental high with increased pollution inspections and protection for forests";
"COP28 a “tragedy for the planet” as Stockholm Syndrome took hold";
"Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28";
"Drinking toilet water may be the future of drought-stricken California";
"Suddenly, US electricity demand is spiking. Can the grid keep up?";
"European nations including France and Germany pledge clean power systems by 2035";
"Fossil Cry. Give us hand-outs or you might get black-outs, says EnergyAustralia";
"Cop28 finished with a whimper, while 2023 will be the hottest year on record. What gives?";
"From the Net-Zero Review to growing greenwashing fears: The top sustainability stories of 2023 (part one)";
"Minister defends BoM, says meteorology not a 'perfect science' amid flood criticism";
"The nation’s capital, built on water, struggles to keep from drowning";
"Nearly Half of Global Business Firms Reduced Travel Emissions by at Least 50% Since 2019, Analysis Finds";
"Denmark Introduces Green Tax on Airline Passengers";
"COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out";
"Canada will require all new cars to be zero emissions vehicles by 2035";
"Seven European countries pledge CO2-free power systems by 2035";
"Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?";
"More Than 3 Million Americans Are Already Climate Migrants, Researchers Say";
"Democrats revolt against Biden plan for expanded gas exports";
"Scientists brace for possibility of ‘severe’ damage to Great Barrier Reef from ex-Cyclone Jasper";
"Fewer Electric Vehicles Will Qualify for Federal Tax Credits in 2024";
"Christmas tipped to be wet and stormy across nation";
"From COVID to climate: Queensland’s new emissions pledge shows state governments are once again leading change";
"The Fossil Fuel Industry Campaign to Dirty Up Hydrogen Fuel Tax Credits";
"Republican Energy Bill Follows Massive Increase in Fossil Fuel Donations";
"Trucking Company CEO Rep. LaMalfa Fights Truck Emissions Standards";
"More pollution for longer: Govt ‘rebalance’ to commerce";
"What drought in the Amazon means for the planet";
"Can we slow or even reverse global warming?";
"Some climate change impacts already irreversible, with greater risks to come: IPCC";
"Cairns Airport reopens as Chinooks fly in to rescue people in Qld town":
"It’s time to start planning for the next thousand years";
"Perth suburbs on fire as fresh blazes ignite";
"AGL to start building grid-scale battery on site of former Liddell coal-fired power plant".
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Chris Bowen (pictured) Australia's Climate Change and Energy Minister is walking "both sides of the street" with his response to the climate crisis - "COP28 makes headway on renewable energy transition";
"Kids at risk from dangerously hot homes" - Sweltering Cities executive officer, Emma Bacon.
"Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions";
"Taylor Swift is the world’s most carbon polluting celebrity";
"New Zealand's new government sworn in, parliament expected to open next week";
"Government quietly defunds transport climate work";
"Tracking emissions by country and sector";
"The planet’s population will get to 10.4 billion – then drop. Here’s when we reach peak human";
"The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels";
"Four Takeaways From the COP28 Climate Summit";
"COP28 makes headway on renewable energy transition"';
"Diablo Canyon, the last remaining nuclear power plant in California, gets a lifeline";
"With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’";
"Is climate-friendly flying possible? Biden administration places a big wager.";
"This seasoned electrician is helping to build a clean energy workforce";
"The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon contributes significantly to seasonal climate fluctuations in many regions of the globe, often with social and economic implications for human populations and the environment.";
"At COP28, Vanuatu and Tuvalu lead the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to address climate crisis";
"Nuclear expert Mycle Schneider on the COP28 pledge to triple nuclear energy production: ‘Trumpism enters energy policy";
"Direct air capture: An expensive, dangerous distraction from real climate solutions";
"Starmer’s £28bn green pledge is a vote winner. Labour must ignore Tory attacks and keep the faith";
"A Gallery of Hope: Art + Climate";
"Record-setting storm wallops East Coast with flooding, high winds";
"Taylor Swift is the world’s most carbon polluting celebrity";
"Heroic flood rescues as town evacuation postponed";
"Planting pine or native forest for carbon capture isn’t the only choice – NZ can have the best of both";
"From laggard to leader? Why Australia must phase out fossil fuel exports, starting now";
"North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change";
"Who Gets the Water in California? Whoever Gets There First.";
"When the heat hits, inland waters look inviting. Here’s how we can help people swim safely at natural swimming spots";
"Rich countries are desperate to convince us their hollow Cop28 deal is a triumph. They’re lying";
"Uncounted Emissions: The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuel Exports";
"Fossil Fuel Ideologues Are Desperate to Keep Coal Alive, No Matter the Costs";
"Private landholders control 60% of the Australian continent – so let’s get them involved in nature protection";
"Alan Kohler: When the world burns, China will be driving the fire engine";
"Inside the world's first reactor that will power Earth using the same nuclear reaction as the Sun";
"Buried under the ice";
"What Would It Take to Degrow the Economy?";
"Shock and dismay as Cyclone Jasper defies expectations to inundate far north Queensland";
"‘It will be a tough ask’: Stricken town’s plea for help as flood rescue drags on";
"The planet is warming so fast, it could cross a key climate limit in 2024";
"Billionaires Are Bad for Us" - George Monbiot.
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The thoughtful and philosophical, Adam Carrel (pictured) from EY was on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's penultimate episode of "The Drum" discussing what he said was "the status quo" COP28 recently in Dubai.
"The Real Free Speech Threat";
"What a real international climate breakthrough would look like";
"Why guilt shouldn’t be the basis for climate change policy";
"Is climate-friendly flying possible? Biden administration places a big wager.";
"In Amsterdam, a community of floating homes shows the world
how to live alongside nature";
"U.N. climate talks chart a complex course away from fossil fuels";
"Insider Insights: US lessons for Australia";
"UK Government forges ahead with green hydrogen for industry, backs 20% blends in gas grid";
"“The Human Limit” begins series run";
"A solar first: Tats the way";
"COP28 deal confirms what Australia already knows: coal is out of vogue and out of time";
"Hard-fought COP28 agreement suggests the days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted";
"AEMO: Switch to renewables needs huge and fast grid expansion";
"US-Mexico wall is making rare species more vulnerable to climate change and drought, experts warn";
"‘Floods have washed away entire villages’: Kenya’s rains made twice as intense by climate change";
"Could the world’s first solar power truck be the answer to decarbonising haulage?";
"One storm away from total obliteration: Inside the Mexican town that’s being swallowed by the sea";
"The EU and UK are backing the wrong horse in the race to net zero";
"What will become of Bangladesh’s climate migrants?";
"Offshore carbon: why a climate deal for shipping is sinking";
"12 climate change books to give friends and family over the holidays";
"Climate Action at Scale - Aligning Corporate and Climate Interests";
"UNFCCC: COP28 agreement signals “beginning of the end” of the Fossil Fuel Era";
"Fewer Electric Vehicles Will Qualify for Federal Tax Credits in 2024";
"Dystopian satire: COP28 conference hosted by petrostate";
"Why are gas companies trying to sell us hydrogen?:
"COP out: apocalypse next";
"As Alaska’s climate gets wetter, snowstorms put the homeless in peril";
"Are global harvests keeping pace in a warming world?";
"The CAT Thermometer explained";
"The EV Revolution in 5 Charts";
"Moving South, Black Americans Are Weathering Climate Change";
"US Climate Activists at COP28 Slam Their Home Country for Hypocrisy";
"Heat on electricity grid as coal exits faster than forecast";
"Beyond CatastropheA New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View";
"COP28 Does Not Deliver Clear Path to Fossil Fuel Phase Out";
"The Comforting Lie of Climate-Friendly Meat";
"Cop28 climate summit adopts world-first ‘transition’ from fossil fuels";
"Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away from petrol and diesel vehicles?";
"Petro-states and fossil fuel lobby steer climate deal towards global catastrophe";
"Fossil CO₂ emissions hit record high yet again in 2023";
"Global Tipping Points";
"Failure of Cop28 on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘devastating’, say scientists";
"Uncounted Emissions: The Hidden Cost of Fossil Fuel Exports";
"Bills to soar as Victoria moves away from gas".
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The world of the climate is full of surprises - one is getting to know and learn about Dr Ben Santer (pictured) an atmospheric scientist who has won the 2023 Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication.
Dr Santer is interviewed here by the founder and CEO of Climate One, Greg Dalton.
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Groundswell co-founder Arielle Gamble (pictured) talked about "Complicated Legacies, Climate Change and Simple Truths" on TEDxSydney.
"The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels";
"From disruption to destruction" - Violet Coco;
"Terrestrial Politics in Uncertain Times";
"The world just made it clear the fossil fuel era is ending — with some wiggle room";
"Wildfires Have Erased Two Decades’ Worth of Air Quality Gains in U.S., Study Finds";
"Spain’s Ski Season Delayed Due to Record Heat";
"Scientists Call for Fireworks-Free Zones to Protect Birds";
"The Dubai deal: Hard-fought compromise to transition away from fossil fuels";
"COP28: Draft agreement 'disappointing', 'insufficient' and 'not adequate', says EU climate chief";
"Weakened EU vehicle emissions standards could mean €100 billion in health and environmental damages";
"Cop28 concludes with historic deal marking ‘beginning of the end’ for fossil fuel era";
"Australia has an incredible Christmas beetle, but it's gone AWO";
"Clean energy superpower status remains work in progress";
"‘Stop the rapid loss of nature’: Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul";
"Delegates at UN climate talks in Dubai agree to 'transition away' from planet-warming fossil fuels";
"Ex-Cyclone Jasper: warning of ‘life-threatening’ flooding as storm batters far north Queensland":
"Our cities will need to harvest stormwater in an affordable and green way – here’s how";
"Pesticide residue from farms and towns is ending up in fresh oysters";
"Hard-fought COP28 agreement suggests the days of fossil fuels are numbered – but climate catastrophe is not yet averted";
"COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters";
"COP28: countries have pledged to cut emissions from cooling – here’s how to make it happen";
"Brazil to resume import taxes on solar panels, wind turbines";
"The Kids Who Sued Montana Over Climate Change and Won Say It’s Just the Start";
"Historic COP28 deal agrees to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels";
"Ping-pong, ice pops and the planet’s fate: Inside COP28’s final hours";
"Arctic "report card" points to rapid and dramatic impacts of climate change";
"In a First, Nations at Climate Summit Agree to Move Away From Fossil Fuels";
"Two Words That Could Change the World";
"What’s Missing From the COP28 Climate Deal";
"Historic deal struck at COP28 as nations agree to 'transition away' from fossil fuels";
"No ‘phase-out’, but Dubai deal puts oil and gas sector on notice";
"Carbon Captured: Santos emails reveal gas giant orchestrated “Environment Protection” laws";
"Rising temps challenge Southwest farmers, ranchers";
"COP28 strikes ‘historic’ deal to transition away from fossil fuels: What are the key takeaways?";
"As temperatures rise, so do Georgia ER visits for venomous snake bites";
"Occidental Is Latest Oil Company to Buy a Smaller Producer";
"COP28 Comes at a ‘Moment of Both Hope and Peril’";
"Will universally compatible EV chargers ever be a reality in the US?";
"War And The Environment";
"Enhanced Geothermal Power: The Clean Green Way Of The Future?";
"Nashville tornado unleashed fireball that appeared to disrupt storm";
"In an unexpected twist, Bitcoin mining could help wind and solar development. Maybe.";
"COP28 Nations Reach First-Ever Deal to Move Away From Fossil Fuels".
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An idea that found fertile soil at Mont Perelin in Switzerland 75 years ago frustrates decision-makers at COP28 in Dubai;
"COP28 talks on the cusp of failure with bitter divide over the future of fossil fuels";
"This is what the Arctic’s record-hot summer looked like";
"Climate Commission report makes for awkward reading";
"Climate summit pushback over fossil fuels: ‘This is a war for survival’";
"Koalas suffer in the heat – here’s how to help this summer";
"UK minister departs Cop28 as climate talks reach crisis point";
"Australia accused of hypocrisy in calling for end to fossil fuels at COP28";
"Power cuts, evacuations as Cyclone Jasper crawls towards FNQ";
"‘First line of defence’: mangroves – and mitigation - lost in Fiji’s tourism development";
"Planning to use drugs at a festival on a scorching summer day? Here’s why extreme heat might make MDMA riskier";
"We rely heavily on groundwater – but pumping too much threatens thousands of underground species";
"Left is Not Woke: a philosopher’s plea for universalism and ‘progress’ is a frustrating polemic";
"The NZ aviation industry is making bold climate claims – and risking anti-greenwashing litigation";
"Business booms on the sidelines of COP28";
"COP28: UAE signs deal with Bill Gates' nuclear company on advanced reactors";
"COP28: An Exxon CEO Attends COP for the First Time Ever";
"Pledges from climate talks not enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, IEA says";
"US Opts Out of Dutch Plan to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies at COP28";
"A New UN ‘Roadmap’ Lays Out a Global Vision for Food Security and Emissions Reductions";
"Protests at UN climate talks, from cease-fire calls to detainees, see ‘shocking level of censorship’";
"Greenpeace billboard labels government 'climate extremists' over oil and gas exploration plans";
"Cultivated meat approval progresses to the next stage";
"The Climate Summit Starts to Crack a Tough Nut: Emissions From Food";
"Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’";
"A Tense Climate Summit Begins Against a Backdrop of War and Record Heat";
"COP28 Opens in Dubai with Calls for Accelerated Action, Higher Ambition Against the Escalating Climate Crisis";
"The New World Bank Leader Has the Climate Crisis at the Top of His Agenda";
"Tiny Electric Vehicles Pack a Bigger Climate Punch Than Cars";
"A Quarter of Freshwater Fish Are at Risk of Extinction, a New Assessment Finds";
"What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates";
"As Frogs Disappear Worldwide, ‘There Is No Way to Stop That Killer’";
"How Can Buildings Beat the Heat in a Desert City? Blend Ancient and Modern.";
"At Cop28 it feels as if humanity’s shared lifeboat is sinking. There are only hours left to act";
"COP28: Climate talks enter last day with no agreement in sight on fossil fuels";
"Cop28 – LIVE: Draft text of final deal is released as talks go down to wire";
"UK climate minister leaves Cop28 summit as talks reach critical point: ‘A slap in the face’";
"The Climate Care Program by Vets for Climate Action";
"COP28: Strong outcome to end fossil fuel era backed by large majority of UNFCCC Parties";
"‘Stop the rapid loss of nature’: Labor warned to clamp down on biodiversity offsets in environment law overhaul";
"People Living in Green Areas Seem to Age Slower at The Cellular Level";
"East Africa's floods decimate almost entire rainy season harvest leaving over four million people with no food or income";
"Can’t read a map or use a first aid kit: Australians lack hiking skills, survey shows";
"Flying was his dream. Now he wants to reduce the carbon footprint of air travel.";
"The science is clear: we need net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050";
"Fossil fuel dictatorships and petrostates";
"What happens if the 1.5C target for global heating is missed?";
"COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash".
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Exxon-Mobil was about to acknowledge and celebrate one of its own when "Climate Defiance" protestors ruined the party.
COP28 features on "7:30 Report";
"Jasper to unleash 140km/h winds, dump life-threatening rain";
"‘I’ll just eat on the way’: A climate activist’s 18-hour sprint through COP28";
"Refugees use plants to fight malaria & climate change in Uganda";
"Weather tracker: temperatures hit 43.5C in Australia as 2023 on track to be hottest year";
"Dutch-led coalition moves to phase out fossil fuel subsidies at COP28";
"5 Major Climate Tipping Points Could Be Triggered Within a Decade, Report Warns";
"Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’";
"Protesters at UN COP28 climate summit demonstrate for imprisoned Emirati, Egyptian activists";
"Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 after fraught negotiations";
"The Anthropocene Judgments Project: Futureproofing the Common Law";
"Specter of second Trump term looms over global climate talks";
"Cop28 draft agreement drops call for fossil fuel phase out";
"Corporate Cop28: How a defining moment for the climate has been taken over by fossil fuel executives";
"Science vs greed at COP28";
"Time to Rethink Climate Finance";
"At COP28, Vanuatu and Tuvalu lead the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to address climate crisis";
"Fossil fuel phase-out will ‘not avert climate breakdown without protections for nature’";
"OPEC Leader Tells Members to Block Any Climate Summit Deal to Curb Fossil Fuels";
"The hidden death toll of flooding in Bangladesh sends a grim signal about climate and health";
"The Climate Summit Scene: 70,000 People and a Nightly Light Show";
"Cop28 failing on climate adaptation finance so far, African group warns";
"Weather tracker: temperatures hit 43.5C in Australia as 2023 on track to be hottest year":
"Tuvalu ex-foreign minister seeks Australia pact changes":
"Floods and environmental flows a boon for south-east Australia’s waterbirds, survey shows";
"Thousands of bats likely wiped out after soaring temperatures smash starving colonies";
"Used EVs will soon become much easier to get. This is how to choose a reliable one";
"COP28: Draft agreement 'disappointing', 'insufficient' and 'not adequate', says EU climate chief";
"COP28: Fossil fuel pledges not enough to limit warming, IEA says and food agreements on the table";
"'None of us have had much sleep': Countries urged to phase out fossil fuels on COP28's final days";
"Negative emitters: Denmark leads group of nations aiming to remove more CO2 than they emit";
"‘Stay safe’: Bureau of Meteorology staff evacuated and businesses close as Queensland braces for Cyclone Jasper";
"Anti-Woodside Disrupt Burrup Hub protesters block major Perth street during peak";
"Chris Bowen says agreement on global fossil fuel phase out central to Australia’s renewable energy plans";
"Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent";
"Wall Street Gets Ready to Cash In on $1 Trillion Climate Market";
"There’s a Way to Quit Coal Without Wrecking Jobs and Communities";
"COP28 Enters Final Stretch as UAE Pushes Fossil Fuel Deal";
"Nashville works on recovery as 6 dead following tornadoes, storms":
"Major storm slamming East Coast with heavy rain, snow, wind and severe weather";
"8 ways to tone down the Christmas lights to help wildlife – and why we should";
"COP28: ‘We will not go silently to our watery graves";
"Countries Most at Risk Call Proposed Climate Agreement a ‘Death Warrant’";
"The two words island nations are begging to see in a global climate pact";
"Canada’s astonishing and record fire season finally slows down";
"Wintry blast in Europe has brought record snow and bitter cold".
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Rosanna Xia, an environmental reported with the LA Times, was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 for an explanatory piece on sea level rise ("The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea) and now she has published the book: "California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Changing Coastline".
Ms Xia is interviewed here by Wade Crowfoot in the Secretary's Speaker Series staged by the "California Natural Resources Agency" and then is joined late in the session by a counterpart and a speaker from the surfing fraternity - "Surfrider Foundation".
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COP28 president, Sultan al Jaber calls for compromise - "COP28: Division on phasing out fossil fuels";
"Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet";
"The Rise and Rollout of AOC’s Green New Deal" - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (pictured);
"Humans have ‘large, negative impact on wildlife,’ researchers find";
"Banning fossil fuels is now a make-or-break issue at climate talks";
"Adaptation playbook is the true test of Cop28 for world’s vulnerable";
"Oil-reliant Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 climate talks";
"A different kind of climate movement: the Kaldor Centre Principles on Climate Mobility";
"Hydrogen: Hype, hope, or hard work?";
"The two Australias at Cop28: a country at odds with itself on the climate crisis";
"The Paris Agreement is dead. Australia must change its strategic priorities";
"Coalition MP talks up triple nuclear option at COP28";
"‘Magical’ tech innovations a distraction from real solutions, climate experts warn";
"UN launches roadmap to end world hunger in line with 1.5C Paris Agreement pathway";
"What is Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion green investment fund?";
"Leaders go round in a circle at climate summit";
"Cop28 bulletin: Adaptation stalemate jeopardises Cop28 outcome";
"COP28 pledges so far not enough to limit warming to 1.5C -IEA";
"Climate activists say space for protest has shrunk at Cop28";
"How climate changes are sparking alarm – and fear – among our Indigenous";
"Australia’s first mobile cooling hub is ready for searing heat this summer – and people who are homeless helped design it";
"What does El Niño do to the weather in your state?";
"Cop28: ‘failure is not an option,’ says summit president – as it happened";
"Bushfire alert downgraded for Chapman Valley, Northampton as firefighters contain blaze";
"Doctors for the Environment, annual conference";
"Chris Bowen says agreement on global fossil fuel phase out central to Australia’s renewable energy plans";
"‘Come with solutions’: Cop28 president calls for compromise in final meetings";
"Why fossil fuel cars may dominate for another decade";
"COP28 youth activists fighting for fewer emissions and more education around climate change";
"Police arrest 72 climate activists in Melbourne CBD for blocking traffic outside Flinders Street Station";
"Carbon capture in the Great Artesian Basin risks ‘greatest environmental asset’, farmers say";
"Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in scathing attack on oil and gas industry";
"Queensland government to give out rebates for solar battery systems";
"From hunter to guardian: The tide turns on eating turtle meat in Fiji as population declines";
"In Dubai, the COP behemoth expands, raising questions about its sustainability".
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The value and worth of COP28 will be determined as to whether or not, attendees can decide on the necessity, and urgency of phasing out fossil fuels.
And it was in January this year that the BBC wondered about the appointment of Sultan El Jaber as president of the Dubai event - "COP28: Why has an oil boss been chosen to head climate summit?";
"The disagreement between two climate scientists that will decide our future";
"What should rewilding look like in Australia?";
"Failure to agree fossil fuel phase-out at Cop28 ‘will push world into climate breakdown’";
"1.5 Degrees Is Not the Problem";
"An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28";
"At COP28, a Growing Sense of Alarm Over the Harms of Air Pollution";
"Ahead of COP28, a Call for a ‘Tangible Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels as Soon as Possible’";
"Storms, wind bring ‘catastrophic’ fire danger to SE Australia";
"Has COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber Used the UN Climate Summit to Advance the Interests of UAE’s Oil Company?";
"Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet";
"More Than 100 Countries at COP28 Call For Fossil Fuel Phaseout";
"As fossil fuel phase-out gathers steam, resistance builds";
"“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark";
"To land fossil phase-out deal, rich nations must add fairness";
"Judith Kimerling’s 1991 ‘Amazon Crude’ Exposed the Devastation of Oil Exploration in Ecuador. If Only She Could Make it Stop";
"SA braces for flooding, storms rip up NSW central coast";
"Oil-reliant Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 climate talks".
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Assistant Professor David Keith (pictured at the Melbourne Energy Institute's Symposium23 on Friday, December 8, mounted a convincing argument about why public transport will never replace, totally, the privately owned motor car.
His argument overlooked, I would argue, the fact that the modern mind had been colonized by the individualism promoted and encouraged by capitalistic and neoliberal thinking.
"$700m pledged to loss and damage fund at Cop28 covers less than 0.2% needed";
"Storms, wind bring ‘catastrophic’ fire danger to SE Australia";
"Forests will offer mammals refuge as climate warms";
"Alok Sharma says COP28 agreement on fossil fuel phase-out is ‘vital";
"COP28 creates fund for vulnerable countries for loss and damage from climate change—but will it reach vulnerable people?";
"Porsche plans to use CO₂-reduced steel in its sports cars from 2026";
"‘Devil will be in the detail’: Australia’s $80b merger talks spark questions";
"How Kirsha Kaechele brought the logging industry’s most powerful players together";
"Sweltering through this heatwave? Here's how to stay cool";
"COP28 oil company to spend $1 bn a month on fossil fuels this decade despite ‘green’ claims";
"Azerbaijan weaponises conservation law in conflict with Armenia";
"Next year’s climate summit still lacks a host";
"Australia's set to sizzle this weekend. Here's how hot it will be, and how to avoid heat stroke";
"Fraught battle over fossil fuels at centre of Cop28 as we enter second week";
"Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis";
"COP28: Turning the tap off slowly – why Australia’s decision to end overseas fossil fuel finance matters";
"Clash Over ‘Fossil Fuels’ Pits U.A.E. Against Public Health Experts";
"Drastic Emissions Cuts, Transition to Renewable Energy Crucial as ‘Humanity’s Fate Hangs in the Balance’, Secretary-General Tells World Climate Action Summit";
"Al Gore Wants to Weaken Petrostates’ Power Over Global Climate Decisions";
"We have one planet and it's our collective responsibility to preserve it by reducing our impact and transitioning to a nature positive future.";
"A Country Breakfast - rural news";
"The battle to phase out fossil fuels has little or no precedent — but isn’t lost";
"Coral Scientist Predicts Massive Bleaching Events in 2024";
"2023 Will Be Hottest Year on Record, EU Climate Service Says";
"Paris Plans an Urban Forest for a Busy Roundabout";
"Adjusting Frozen Food Temperature Could Reduce Carbon Emissions While Improving Food Security, Researchers Say";
"A Guide to Six Greenwashing Terms Big Ag Is Bringing to COP28";
"Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Media Enablers";
"COP28: with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28";
"Fossil CO₂ emissions hit record high yet again in 2023";
"Reporting from COP28: The People at the Heart of It All";
"How Amy Westervelt Sees Through the Smokescreen of COP28";
"Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit";
"Rod Oram: Words, crowds and Kiwis at global climate summit";
"An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28";
"Wind and solar pose climate threat too, oil giant Saudi Arabia argues";
"Kerry indicates US backs ‘largely’ phasing out fossil fuels";
"‘No climate justice without peace’: Gaza becomes flashpoint for climate activists";
"Activists say their voices are stifled by increasing rules and restrictions at COP28 climate talks";
"UAE 'repressive environment' complicating COP28 activism: Amnesty";
"Exclusive: Moldova volunteers to run COP29 climate summit, Serbia also mulls bid";
"November is the sixth straight month to set a heat record, scientists say";
"As Australia braces for a heatwave, 2023 is officially the hottest year on record".
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Andrew Forrest cuts loose - "Andrew Forrest calls for fossil fuel bosses' 'heads on spikes' in extraordinary outburst on sidelines of UN COP28 climate conference";
"How climate disruption turns strategic priorities upside down";
"Secretary Speaker Series - Rosanna Xia";
"Why we need to fight for the “community” in community batteries";
"California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline";
"Driverless cars were the future but now the truth is out: they’re on the road to nowhere";
"After Cop28, know this: Sunak and his rightwing allies around the world have no interest in saving our planet";
"Cop28 opens with fund set up for countries hit by worst of climate disasters";
"Saudi Energy Minister Says Won’t Agree to Fossil Fuel Phase Down";
"Todd Energy applies for offshore gas mining permit";
"‘No red lines’: Subsidising petro-states to stop drilling oil and gas";
"COP28: Record fossil fuel lobbyists, Europe's deadly emissions and cooling pledges on day 6";
"World on track to exceed 1.5°C consistently in seven years, Global Carbon Budget shows";
"Cedars of God: Sacred forest once a refuge for Christians is now under siege from climate change";
"COP28: Tipping points, city plans and Putin’s visit to the UAE on day 7 of the UN climate summit";
"‘A complete lobby fest’: Why the U.N. climate talks grew so big";
"COP28 Is Where People Go to Make Promises They Don’t Intend to Keep";
"Alan Kohler: After COP28, Australia will need a viable post-fossil fuels export plan";
"Can the government’s new market mechanism help save nature? Yes – if we get the devil out of the detail";
"Offshore oil regulator ‘avoiding scrutiny’ over approval for Woodside blasting and drilling";
"Here’s a realistic path to protecting the Amazon rainforest";
"Fossil CO₂ emissions hit record high yet again in 2023";
"Climate tipping points are nearer than you think – our new report warns of catastrophic risk";
"COP28: Why we need to break our addiction to combustion";
"High Ambition Coalition 2023 Leaders’ Statement";
"Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK";
"‘It’s very, very concerning’: Antarctica meltdown left penguin chicks drowned, frozen";
"Report: Global climate crisis threatens UK food security";
"COP28 Covered Podcast episode 8: Autonomous trucks, electric motorsport and a half-time team talk";
"Gippsland has already seen fires and multiple floods within months, and the season is just getting started";
"Don’t be fooled: CCS is no solution to oil and gas emissions";
"US tees up Congress battle with $3bn Green Climate Fund pledge";
"Is the torrent of climate disinformation still more powerful than available remedies?";
"Darwin’s ‘sustainable’ Middle Arm development is key to huge fossil fuel projects, documents show";
"The US EV industry now faces a choice: Tax credits or Chinese batteries";
"Inside the Marshall Islands’ life-or-death plan to survive climate change";
"Two possibly killed in storms caused by atmospheric river in north-west US";
"Hard hit by climate change, Indigenous leaders want strong voice at COP28";
"It’s Big Oil vs. Science at the U.N. Climate Summit";
"COP28 Can Deliver Progress on Climate Change, but Will It?",
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America's Presidential Climate Envoy, John Kerry (pictured), remains positive about success at COP28 - "John Kerry responds to COP28 president’s claim there’s ‘no science’ behind fossil fuel phase-out";
"Could Australia agree to phasing out fossil fuels?";
"Oil CEO says blaming the energy industry for the climate crisis ‘like blaming farmers for obesity’";
"‘Beyond justification’: Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists attend COP28 climate talks in Dubai";
"Global emissions at record highs as world continues to overspend on 'carbon budget'";
"'Part of a balanced mix': Coalition continues nuclear energy push";
"Future Earth, WCRP, Earth League: 10 New Insights in Climate Science, 2023";
"China’s green surge could be a watershed moment for the world";
"Jim Chalmers open to clean energy investment reforms pushed by super funds";
"Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault";
"Three big gaps in climate pledges at COP28";
"Oil, gas and coal interests swarm global climate summit in Dubai";
"The surprisingly simple way to convince people to go green";
"Earth on verge of five catastrophic climate tipping points, scientists warn";
"Is It Time to Change How We Talk About 1.5C?";
"CO2 Emissions in 2022";
"Planned Fossil Fuel Production Vastly Exceeds the World’s Climate Goals, ‘Throwing Humanity’s Future Into Question’";
"Explainer: What's the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming?";
"COP28: Female Climate Advocates Spearheading Significant Change";
"Climate activists scale 140-metre crane at Woodside HQ";
"NSW to have electric vehicle chargers every 5km in metro areas, 100km on highways";
"Could Australia agree to phasing out fossil fuels?";
"100% Renewable Energy-Powered Music Festival Announced by Massive Attack";
"COP28: Nearly 120 Nations Agree to Triple World’s Renewables Output";
"Plastic Pollution From Cigarettes Likely Costs $26 Billion Annually, Study Finds";
"Oil Companies Are Set For An Utterly Gargantuan Loss";
"Few oil and gas companies commit to Scope 3 net zero emissions as significant challenges remain";
"Countries pledge $400m to set up loss and damage fund";
"Hydrogen: Hype, hope, or hard work?".
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Former Irish PM, Mary Robinson (pictured), finds herself amid a COP28 furore - "Sultan heading Cop28 climate summit dismisses fossil fuel science in shocking rant at Mary Robinson";
"Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels";
"COP28 puts spotlight on state oil giants";
"The world's largest climate conference promises to push new renewable energy targets globally.";
"Calls for sharper hydrogen focus as fuel for future";
"Finding Cash for the Climate Is Tough. Two New Pledges Show Why.";
"COP28: with a ‘loss and damage’ fund in place, protecting climate refugees is more urgent than ever";
"Cruel summer ahead – why is Australia so unprepared?";
"COP28: health is finally on the agenda – but there’s more to do as we face continued climate extremes";
"COP28: Pledges cover peace, health and early warning systems on day 4 of the UN climate conference";
"Down and out at COP28 – phasing the future of fossil fuels";
"Cop28 chief says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels";
"King Charles tells Cop28 summit ‘hope of the world’ rests on Dubai climate talks";
"It's time for COP28";
"Jetting off sustainably? Here’s how it could happen";
"How to keep pets safe and healthy during summer";
"‘Under the table’: Banks using climate loopholes to fund $57 billion in fossil fuel supply";
"Two charts in Australia’s 2023 climate statement show we are way off track for net zero by 2050";
"Australia urged not to rely on ‘drug dealer’s defence’ for gas exports and help wean Japan off fossil fuels";
"Coalition to have sizeable contingent at Cop28 despite Peter Dutton jibe at climate change minister’s attendance";
"Climate Summit Leader Tries to Calm Uproar Over a Remark on Fossil Fuels";
"New risk model better predicts river flood damage";
"Warning: the UK government’s hydrogen plan isn’t green at all, it’s another oil industry swindle";
"The Cop28 president told a shocking lie about fossil fuels – and he’s wrong about climate economics too";
"UAE among petrostates that risk losing half their income as fossil fuel demand drops";
"Renewables and EVs are soaring. It’s still not enough.";
"How a single word could hold up global talks to save the planet";
"Woodside wins approval for seismic blasting off Pilbara coast for massive Scarborough gas project";
"1.5 Degrees Is Not the Problem";
"More than a dozen Illinois schools add EVs to driver’s ed";
"Can India Become a Green Superpower?";
"What does “unabated” fossil fuels mean?";
"Don’t be fooled: CCS is no solution to oil and gas emissions";
"Food production and regenerative agriculture at COP28";
"Companies made big climate pledges. Now they are balking on delivering";
"Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore";
"Biden Administration Announces Rule to Cut Millions of Tons of Methane Emissions";
"Vietnam charts uncertain coal path as finance falls short";
"NZ wins COP28 ‘fossil’ award for revoking offshore oil exploration ban";
"COP28 puts spotlight on state oil giants";
"New research finds advertisers are regularly making meaningless claims that their products are 'clean', 'green' and 'sustainable'";
"Environmental group accuses VicForests of more threatened species breaches";
"An architect has found a way to build flood-proof homes";
"COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ";
"COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?";
"Social media ads are littered with ‘green’ claims. How are we supposed to know they’re true?";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen’s struggle to promote consensus on climate action at COP28";
"Hyped and expensive, hydrogen has a place in Australia’s energy transition, but only with urgent government support";
"Oil companies make surprise pledge to curb world’s most pressing climate threat".
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Australia's Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Ged Kearney, was in Dubai at COP28 to launch Australia's first National Health and Climate Strategy.
Underlining the importance of the event was the fact that this was the first time in the history of the COPs that a day had been dedicated to climate and health.
And that, of course, didn't go unnoticed by the Professor from the School of Population Health at the University of Auckland, Alistair Woodward, who wrote about that major moment on The Conversation - "COP28: the climate summit’s first Health Day points to what needs to change in NZ".
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Climate Scientist, Peter Kalmus (pictured) suggests we should be "afraid and angry" - "The Climate Summit Is a Sick Joke. You Should Be Angry and Afraid";
"Australia backs COP28 renewables push as King urges end to climate ‘experiment’";
"‘Inheriting a broken planet:’ The twenty-somethings headed for COP28";
"Farmers race to innovate as climate change threatens African food supply";
"Oil companies’ unexpected plan to tackle climate change";
"‘We Need to Address the Issues of Burnout, Anxiety, and Sustaining the Movement’";
"Fossil Fuel Friendly Daily Mail Firm Handed £500k Government Contract to Run UK COP28 Events";
"Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28";
"Let's Put People Back at the Heart of Climate Action | Opinion";
"As it happened: World leaders at Cop28";
"Regulatory certainty and entrepreneurship: Unlocking Australia-China climate collaboration";
"COP28: Nuclear power, methane and fossil fuel pledges on day three of the UN climate conference";
"Better Climate Financing Depends on Better Data";
"Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark";
"At COP28, the Role of Food Systems in the Climate Crisis Will Get More Attention Than Ever";
"COP 28 Climate SummitGlobal Warming Talks Begin Amid Deep Tensions";
"Study confirms sitting in stalled traffic pushes up your blood pressure";
"Clean Energy Projects Are Booming Everywhere. Except in Poor Nations.";
"Offshore Wind Firm Cancels N.J. Projects, as Industry’s Prospects Dim";
"COP 28 Climate SummitGlobal Warming Talks Begin Amid Deep Tensions";
"Kamala Harris announces $3bn from US for climate action she stands in for absent Biden at Cop28".
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Climate Summit Approves a New Fund to Help Poor CountriesCOP28 president Sultan al Jaber (pictured) defends his role;
"The stark choice facing climate conference: A livable climate or more oil and gas?";
"Extreme weather leaves energy networks vulnerable to ‘hostile actors’, Climate Statement warns";
"‘Heading towards a very unsafe world’: Vanuatu’s climate change minister fights to end fossil fuel projects";
"This Year Is ‘Virtually Certain’ to Be Hottest in Human History, Researchers Say":
"Nations Are Getting Serious About Climate Action. Just Not Serious Enough, U.N. Says.";
"Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’";
"COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100";
"COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?";
"Climate Summit Approves a New Fund to Help Poor Countries";
"Nations pledge millions to new climate damage fund at COP28, US criticized for its small contribution";
"Climate Inaction Drives Heat Wave in Southeast Asia, Report Says";
"Wildfires in the Mediterranean: EFFIS data reveal extent this summer";
"Analysis: Africa’s extreme weather has killed at least 15,000 people in 2023";
"Developing countries need private sector help. They can’t fight the climate crisis on their own";
"Whitmer signs climate change legislation setting 100% clean energy standard for Michigan by 2040";
"Texas Republicans Target Climate Science in Textbooks Ahead of Education Board Vote";
"Anti-ESG claim faces first legal test in New York";
"New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive";
"Renewable energy and land use: barriers to just transition in the Global South – report";
"Toolkit for fighting climate false solutions";
"Position: Don’t fall for the hydrogen energy hype!";
"Keeping an eye on the COP 28 negotiations";
"West Virginians Could Get Stuck Cleaning Up the Coal Industry’s Messes";
"‘Kona’ storm dumps exceptional rains, mountain snows on Hawaii":
"This year will be Earth’s hottest in human history, report confirms";
"Biden still has a long to-do list on climate action";
"U.N. chief says ‘Earth’s vital signs are failing’ as leaders meet at COP28";
"‘Heading towards a very unsafe world’: Vanuatu’s climate change minister fights to end fossil fuel projects";
"Where the World Is (and Isn’t) Making Progress on Climate Change";
"Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges";
"Clashes over fossil fuels, Gaza conflict cloud COP28 climate summit";
"‘Country of promises’: Brazil’s struggle to lead climate policy at COP28";
"King Charles Urges ‘Transformational Action’ at COP28 Climate Summit";
"OPEC Plus cuts oil production to blunt falling oil prices";
"NY launches offshore wind solicitation as it strives to meet green goals";
"Tracking Biden’s environmental actions";
"The U.S. is taking a giant step toward meeting its climate goal";
"UAE looks to burnish its climate credentials with $30 billion pledge";
"Before China’s coal is even burned, its mines are warming the planet";
"This Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Is the Next Carbon Bomb";
"UAE among petrostates that risk losing half their income as fossil fuel demand drops";
"The Antarctic ozone hole is surprisingly large for December, scientists say";
"COP28: World Climate Action Summit, King Charles III and fossil fuels - the latest from Dubai";
"Drinking water restrictions introduced as northeast Spain weeks away from drought ‘emergency’";
"‘A culture of repair’: Students learn to mend clothes and the planet";
"International Drought Resilience Alliance";
"Bill Gates: How I Invest My Money in a Warming World";
"Elon Musk launches Tesla’s Cybertruck in a blaze of glory. But does anyone want it?";
"It’s climate Christmas! But data dump shows Australia has a long way to go on emissions";
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Alexa Stuart (pictured) was key to organizing the People's Blockade of the coal port at Newcastle in New South Wales.
For Alexa, the three-day event that successfully halted shipping at the world's biggest coal port was something of a party with music, dancing, and laughter. Yet, it made a serious point about coal and its connection to the world's climate crisis.
COP28 has started in the United Emirates and it was discussed on two ABC programs, The Drum and the 7:30 Report;
"COP28: How will Australia navigate domestic climate wins and fossil fuel exports at the negotiating table?";
"Severe drought turns to severe floods killing hundreds in East Africa";
"Major flood risk as heavy rain hammers parts of Victoria";
"Air pollution from fossil fuels ‘kills 5 million people a year’";
"Spin of omission";
"Summer danger warning despite record November rainfall";
"UN’s ‘global stocktake’ on climate offers a sobering emissions reckoning − but there are also signs of progress";
"COP28: four key issues that will dominate the latest UN climate summit";
"COP28: how bad is climate change already and what do we need to do next to tackle it?";
"As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks?";
"The SEC’s first project will be a battery big enough to power 200,000 homes";
"EV owners to get tax refunds with interest by early 2024";
"Seven people to watch at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai";
"Burning forests now means fewer mega-fires later. But who’s gonna light the match?";
"Waste management hasn’t been thought of as a climate change solution. No longer.";
"Get outta my dreams, get into my car: Transitioning to sustainable mobility in a car-dependent world";
"In numbers: The state of the climate ahead of Cop28";
"The ‘inevitable’ fossil fuel fight set to dominate Cop28";
"Four questions for Cop28 to settle about a global carbon market";
"Seven things to watch out for in world leader speeches at Cop28";
"Climate change in the American mind";
"Capitalism’s Green Revolution";
"Here’s a question Cop28 won’t address: why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet?";
"What’s So Bad About Concrete Anyway?";
"China is already paying substantial climate finance, while US is global laggard – new analysis";
"COP28: inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit";
"Why the world’s first flight powered entirely by sustainable aviation fuel is a green mirage";
"The 15-Minute Neighborhood";
"Climate leaders shocked by reports UAE planned to use COP28 to strike fossil fuel deals";
"News release claiming Sultan Al Jaber will step down as state oil CEO is fake, COP28 team confirms";
"From oil ads to Russian interference: These are the climate lies to look out for at COP28";
"How El Paso’s Streetcars, Left for Dead in the Desert, Rose Again";
"We analysed citizen science to find Australia’s top 10 most elusive birds";
"Chris Bowen warns global heating will fuel political instability in annual climate statement";
"Extreme weather leaves energy networks vulnerable to ‘hostile actors’, Climate Statement warns";
"What is a ‘just’ transition to net zero - and why is Australia struggling to get there?";
"Climate Adaptation Can Backfire If We Aren't Careful";
"Brazil records its hottest ever temperature";
"Celebrities use private jets excessively. It’s a climate nightmare.";
"In a Shaky Oil Market, OPEC Has Bitter Decisions to Make";
"Hopes recycled concrete injected with CO2 will help builders cut carbon emissions";
"The Vatican Is Way Ahead of the Democratic Party on Climate Change";
"Environmental Groups Ask Norwegian Court to Stop 3 Oil and Gas Fields in North Sea";
"Extreme Rainfall Increases Drastically With Global Warming, Study Finds";
"U.S. Expected to Reach New Record for Fossil Fuel Production This Year";
"Rising Tide";
"World’s Largest Iceberg Breaks Free in Antarctica".
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Australian Greens Leader, Adam Brandt, attends Newcastle Rising Tide coal protest and dumps on Labor Government - watch on "The Drum";
"Australian cricket captain Pat Cummins on challenging conventional wisdom";
"Scientists show direct link between polluting companies and wildfires in North America";
"Do wind turbines kill birds?";
"Newcastle Port protest: reverend Alan Stuart, 97, among 109 arrested in climate blockade – video";
"Burrup Hub gas project could release 13 times Australia’s annual carbon emissions, analysis suggests";
"Saving Praise Houses Before Their African Lineage Is Forgotten";
"Rain to hit NSW, Victoria and Queensland but unlikely to subdue bushfire season";
"To Escape the Heat in Dubai, Head to the Beach at Midnight";
"Nissan funnels £1bn into Sunderland gigafactory to produce new EV models";
"Native forest logging ban in Tasmania could save state $72m, pro-market thinktank says";
"Writing in nature";
"The price of peaceful protest: 109 arrests, but the Newcastle Port blockade will be on again";
"Vietnam Relied on Environmentalists to Secure Billions. Then It Jailed Them.";
"Europe’s far right goes mainstream";
"In a ‘sacred’ desert, the U.S. turns away from drilling and mining";
"The Cleantech Showcase";
"Native forest logging ban in Tasmania could save state $72m, pro-market thinktank says";
"A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean";
"Clearing Skies: Opening a New Path on Climate and the Future";
"Biden to Skip U.N. Climate Summit, Drawing Grumbles From Environmentalists";
"Flaring at Richmond refinery sends clouds of smoke over San Francisco Bay";
"Revealed: How colonial rule radically shifts historical responsibility for climate change";
"A Giant Inland Sea Is Now a Desert, and a Warning for Humanity";
"Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back.";
"Brilliant: a Cop28 to save the planet – staged by oil barons who imperil it";
"‘It’s Like Our Country Exploded’: Canada’s Year of Fire";
"Driving a greener future: how your electric car could help power your neighbourhood";
"3 reasons why removing grazing animals from Australia’s arid lands for carbon credits is a bad idea";
"COP28: Earth’s frozen zones are in trouble – we’re already seeing the consequences";
"As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at the COP28 climate talks?";
"How the suburbs could become 15-minute cities";
"Critically endangered Sumatran rhino born in Indonesia";
"Aussie farmers don't have to choose between growing food and hosting solar; report shows they can do both";
"WA DOCTORS URGE CLIMATE ACTION TO SAVE OUR HEALTH SYSTEM";
"Australia needs ‘substantial increase’ in large-scale renewables projects to meet decarbonisation targets";
"Farmers for Climate Action opposes coal waste injection into Australia's largest underground water supply";
"The scandal of a free pass on fossil fuel export emissions by Australia, Canada, Norway and USA must end to save our climate - new report";
"RACGP backs duty of care bill for climate change harms";
"They Fled Climate Chaos. Asylum Law Made Decades Ago Might Not Help";
"Files Suggest Climate Summit’s Leader Is Using Event to Promote Fossil Fuels";
"What Is COP28? And Other Questions About the Big U.N. Climate Summit";
"You’re probably recycling plastic wrong. And it’s not your fault.";
"Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help";
"Biden expected to miss global climate summit opening as young voters question his progress on climate change";
"Scientists show direct link between polluting companies and wildfires in North America";
"Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action";
"Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says";
"‘Not on course’: US emissions set for 3% decline in 2023";
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Melbourne's David Spratt (pictured), who co-authored the prescient 2008 book, "Climate Code Red", has questioned the value of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) about to begin in the United Arab Emirates.
David and a former international oil, gas and coal industry executive, chair of the Australian Coal Association and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ian Dunlop, wrote the Pearls and Irritations article, "COP-out: Why the petrostate-hosted climate talkfest will fail".
The BBC reports in a story "COP28: UAE planned to use climate talks to make oil deals", and in a second story, "COP28 ‘moment of truth’ for oil industry, says energy boss" casts additional doubt on why the petrostate is hosting this major climate action meeting.
From The Washington Post it is "Why an oil kingdom is hosting the COP28 climate summit and other questions answered".
New Scientist reports: "COP28: When is the climate summit and why is it being held in Dubai?".
The oil states face this piercing question as posed in a Guardian story: "Former world leaders seek $25bn levy on oil states’ revenues to pay for climate damage".
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Professor Mark Howden (pictured) from the Australian National University discusses the Australian Government's emissions claims - "Australia inches closer to emissions target";
"Global greenhouse gas emissions could fall in 2024 if clean tech trends continue";
"A trade war could kill the climate effort. But it doesn’t have to happen.";
"Taylor Swift’s Brazil concert was hammered by extreme heat. How to protect crowds at the next sweltering gig";
"Green growth or degrowth: what is the right way to tackle climate change?";
"Fire Season in Australia Starts, Early and Ominous";
"Church minister, 97, among more than 80 arrested in Newcastle port blockade";
"Newcastle port: more than 100 arrested after climate protesters continue blockade past agreed deadline";
"More than 80 protesters arrested for defying deadline in Newcastle port blockade";
"Climate adaptation funds are not reaching frontline communities: what needs to be done about it";
"EU climate chief: China must help fund rescue of poorer nations hit by disaster";
"To Escape the Heat in Dubai, Head to the Beach at Midnight";
"Australian super fund puts billions into backing Britain’s energy transition".
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Professor Lesley Hughes has academically moved from ants to the atmosphere as she discusses in this interview - "‘Hope has to be a strategy’: the scientist who refused to let the climate warmongers win";
Sultan Al Jaber (pictured) - "COP28 president 'cautiously optimistic' on success of key climate conference";
"UN Climate Change Conference - United Arab Emirates";
"What Endures After a Climate Activist’s Suicide: Grief, Anger and Hope";
"World stands on frontline of disaster at Cop28, says UN climate chief";
"Ahead of COP28, a Call for a ‘Tangible Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels as Soon as Possible’";
"As New York Officials Push Clean Hydrogen Project, Indigenous Nation Sees a Threat to Its Land";
"Australia closing in on meeting 2030 emissions target, official projections show";
"COP-out: Why the petrostate-hosted climate talkfest will fail";
"How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally";
"Pumped Storage Hydro Could be Key to the Clean Energy Transition. But Where Will the Water Come From?";
"Chris Bowen’s bold and sudden movement on climate sent the Coalition clutching at its pearls";
"The EU Overhauls Its Law Covering Environmental Crimes, Banning Specific Acts and Increasing Penalties";
"Too many renters swelter through summer. Efficient cooling should be the law for rental homes";
"Five Key Narratives to Watch For at COP28";
"‘Don’t think it won’t happen’: Far too many Aussies unprepared for disasters";
"Revealed: Scale of The Telegraph’s Climate Change ‘Propaganda’"
"Eight key takeaways from the new National Climate Assessment";
"Ex-HSV designer reveals Callum Skye electric off-roader";
"Relax, Electric Vehicles Really Are the Best Choice for the Climate";
"Tesla Cybertruck leaks online a week ahead of official reveal";
"Climate change victims are dying in an ‘epicentre of indifference’";
"Australians suffer higher electricity prices as networks rake in billions of excess profits";
"The benefits to going car-free are real. Here’s how we can get there";
"Protest armada’s overnight vigil keeps Newcastle coal port shut down";
"Climate change victims are dying in an ‘epicentre of indifference’";
"Inside the new climate assault on the oil majors".
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Nathan Thanki (pictured) from the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty was one of three guests at the recent online event organized by the War on Want entitled: "COP28 and the fight for climate justice".
"‘The antidote to despair is action’: Lesley Hughes on motivation through a climate crisis";
"The Wararack is a coalition formed to regenerate Mount Alexander Shire";
"Join us at Beneath the Wisteria to hear Hannah Vardy talk about the Australian Federal Government's need to address the duty of care";
"Net Zero Plan for Agriculture and Land";
"COP-out: Why the petrostate-hosted climate talkfest will fail on key emissions-reduction task";
"Carbon-capturing algae pilot set for British train station";
"Cop28 host UAE has world’s biggest climate-busting oil plans, data indicates";
"Newsroom edition: how inequality exacerbates the climate crisis – Full Story podcast";
"In September we went past 1.5 degrees. In November, we tipped over 2 degrees for the first time. What’s going on?";
"Why the shipping industry’s increased climate ambition spells the end for its fossil fuel use";
"Sails and satellite navigation could cut shipping industry’s emissions by up to a third";
"For developing world to quit coal, rich countries must eliminate oil and gas faster – new study";
"Fossil fuel industry sees the future in hard-to-recycle plastic";
"COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’. What’s next for the fight to keep them in the ground?";
"‘Hope has to be a strategy’: the scientist who refused to let the climate warmongers win";
"Greens could sink Labor’s gas industry scheme over concerns it supports fossil fuel expansion";
"Perth bushfire: ten homes destroyed as residents in northern suburbs forced to flee";
"Australians driving less to dodge soaring fuel prices, Climate Council poll shows";
"Queensland’s wet tropics see 25% rise in threatened species in three years as climate change bites";
"NSW announces contracts for six batteries to supply 1GW of energy by 2025";
"Green energy target shake-up on the cards, as Albanese government seeks review on ambitious goals, insiders reveal";
"Chris Bowen’s renewable bid to keep the lights on";
"Albanese government to rapidly expand investment scheme for clean energy projects";
"Coal from Newcastle. The port blockade that aims to stop it.";
"NSW Forestry Corporation is losing money, risking the environment, yet logging continues";
"Redacted. Gas lobby in lock-step with Government on “secret” gas reservation options";
"Clean Energy Jobs, and Unionization, Are Moving Into the South";
"Bison Get the Ken Burns Treatment in "The American Buffalo"";
"Here’s how many fossil fuel lobbyists have attended U.N. climate talks";
"COP-out: Why the petrostate-hosted climate talkfest will fail";
"Fast-moving bushfire threatens homes in Perth’s north";
"In Illinois, young, conservation-minded farmers race against climate change to save their soil";
"Many cyclists want to keep biking even in winter, advocate says";
"China Auto Industry Leverages Modular Production to Become EV Powerhouse";
"Deploying Capital to Decarbonise Household Electrification"";
"Of course working-class people care about the climate crisis: they emit the least, but will suffer most";
"Climate change hits women’s health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28";
"Encroaching wildfires prompt North Carolina and Tennessee campgrounds to evacuate";
"‘Extremely worrying’: Argentinian researchers reel after election of anti-science president";
"The jet set: 200 celebrities’ aircraft have flown for combined total of 11 years since 2022";
"How to find joy in climate action";
"Ecuador Will Keep Some Oil in the Ground";
"What’s Going On in This Graph? | Electric Cars";
"Clean Energy’s Powerful Momentum";
"Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Anywhere";
"The Toll of Climate Disasters Is Rising. But a U.S. Report Has Good News, Too.";
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Alexa Stuart (pictured) is an organizer with the Newcastle-based "Rising Tide" and so is presently busy beyond belief setting up the "people's blockade" - an act of civil disobedience in which the group and its supporters plan to disrupt (stop) the arrival and departure of coal ships from the Newcastle harbour, the largest coal port in the world, for 30 hours.
What's happening in Newcastle has been somewhat ignored by the mainstream media, but Michael West Media carried the story: "Coal from Newcastle. The port blockade that aims to stop it." written by Wendy Bacon.
Check out the program of busy events on the Rising Tide website - it will be a rather frantic few days with the aim of illustrating to the Australian Government that it needs a change of attitude with regard to fossil fuel resources, especially coal.
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The executive director of the War on Want, Asad Rehman (pictured), hosted an online event -"COP28 and the fight for climate justice".
Asad's three guests were impressive, but his summing up of the climate crisis, what we need to do and how we should behave is worth a listen. He's a thoughtful man.
One of the guests discussed the UK's "Climate Justice Coalition", encouraging people to do what they could to support its activities.
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Listen as a retired Australian climate scientist, Graeme Pearman (pictured) , wonders about where he went wrong - "‘Where did I go wrong?’ The scientist who tried to raise the climate alarm";
"How to Talk About Climate Change at Thanksgiving Dinner";
"Billionaires are out of touch and much too powerful. The planet is in trouble";
"Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report says";
"Uber driver switches to EV, saves money";
"The climate scientists who saw the crisis coming – Weight of the world podcast, part 1";
"The right is babbling about tax cuts while Britain burns. Pay no heed, Jeremy Hunt";
"C4C / ACF MNxNW Campaigns meeting";
"‘Climate Change Is Here’: Every Part of the U.S. Will Suffer Climate-Related Disasters, Report Finds";
"World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28";
"A fading coal town hitches its hopes to Bill Gates’s clean-energy dream";
"Concern for the Great Barrier Reef can inspire climate action - but the way we talk about it matters";
"Denial is over. Climate change is happening. But why do we still act like it’s not?";
"The World Solved Acid Rain. We Can Also Solve Climate Change";
"North East Forest Alliance laments Land and Environment Court loss, says koalas will suffer";
"Global one-day temperature spikes above 2C for first time: EU monitor";
"Frustration as latest talks on global plastic treaty close";
"WA climate activist to appeal against conviction for denying police access to mobile and laptop";
"On tides of climate change, adaptability buoys hope";
"‘People have mortgages for houses that don’t exist’: a year on from Eugowra’s flood";
"‘Enough is enough’: former Coalition environment minister joins push for a national ban on native forest logging";
"We can still prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet – if we act fast to keep future warming in check";
"How Can Cities Fight Climate Change and Still Stay Within Legal Guardrails?";
"In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air";
"World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds: report";
"How Electricity Is Changing Around the World";
"What Happens When You Put a Fossil Fuel Exec in Charge of Solving Climate Change";
"‘A Beautiful Place That Has a Dragon’: Where Hurricane Risk Meets Booming Growth";
"What Happens When the Super Rich Are This Selfish? (It Isn’t Pretty.)";
"Paddy the green turtle spends winter in South Australian waters, defying 'natural history books'";
"Firefly season begins in NSW as bioluminescent beetles take flight in mating display";
"Learning How Trees Can Help Unlock Secrets of Our Climate Future";
"In Massive Project, Scientists to Probe Deposits Beneath West Antarctic Ice Sheet";
"Fire is consuming more than ever of the world’s forests, threatening supplies of wood and paper";
"The Lego-like way to get CO2 out of the atmosphere".
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Nirvana Talukder (pictured) was just 12 years old when she first went to the streets to protest about the climate crisis - now she's a leader: "Ditching school to save the planet";
"Earth passed a feared global warming milestone Friday, at least briefly";
"Research shows subsidies and discounts for two-wheeled EVs can drive active transport";
"French green energy giant Neoen gifts Worlds End Gorge as new SA national park, in Goyder renewable project trade-off";
"Union calls for a united push to get behind WA’s energy transition";
"More than Half of World’s Largest Companies’ Net Zero Pledges Are False Promises, Study Finds";
"WA government fails to back up premier’s claim expanding gas industry will be good for planet";
"The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars";
"Plants are likely to absorb more CO₂ in a changing climate than we thought – here’s why";
"5 reasons why climate change may see more of us turn to alcohol and other drugs";
"Floods, droughts and panic attacks: Climate change is taking its toll on Europe's farmers";
"I’m a Climate Scientist. I’m Not Screaming Into the Void Anymore.";
"Hume Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy";
"Microgrids Can Bolster Creaky Electricity Systems, But Most States Do Little to Encourage Their Development";
"Report Charts Climate Change’s Growing Impact in the US, While Stressing Benefits of Action";
"New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28";
"Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement?";
"Corruption and Rights Abuses Are Flourishing in Lithium Mining Across Africa, a New Report Finds";
"Environmental Justice a Key Theme Throughout Biden’s National Climate Assessment";
"Ancient warning of a rising sea";
"When will Europe’s ski resorts open? Heavy snow could mean an early start to the season";
"Here’s how a TV series inspired the KeepCup revolution. What’s next in the war on waste?";
"The Reappearing Forests of West Bengal";
"Social cohesion lowest on record as Australia reels from cost of living, inequality concerns and voice debate";
"Conflict pollution, washed-up landmines and military emissions – here’s how war trashes the environment";
"Rāhui and the Ancient Art of Marine Conservation";
"Gov. Justice: President Biden must tap into West Virginia’s rich natural resources to make America energy independent again";
"UK to loosen post-Brexit chemical regulations further";
"Restoring ecosystems to boost biodiversity is an urgent priority – our ‘Eco-index’ can guide the way";
"How Joe Manchin Aided Coal, and Earned Millions";
"The Toll of Climate Disasters Is Rising. But a U.S. Report Has Good News, Too.";
"Exxon Mobil Plans to Produce Lithium in Arkansas";
"France’s poorest island is parched because of drought and underinvestment";
"The world is ‘woefully off track’ on dozens of climate goals, scientists find";
"Native American tribes fight US over a proposed $10B renewable energy transmission line";
"What to know about today’s three big climate reports";
"Learning How Trees Can Help Unlock Secrets of Our Climate Future";
"Sustainable Australia Fund";
"Energy Efficiency Council";
"The humble trash truck is ready for an all-electric upgrade";
"How climate change risks impact people with disabilities";
"Amsterdam marchers demand climate action as Dutch election nears";
"Two Studies on Greenland Reveal Ominous Signs for Sea Level Rise";
"U.S. Bets on Small Nuclear Reactors to Help Fix a Huge Climate Problem";
"Make it law: young Australians want healthy environment";
"Pollution could be turning Great Barrier Reef's green sea turtles female, study suggests";
"Scientists studying Antarctic Circumpolar Current to take closer look at 'heat flux gates--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Bill McKibben, probably the world's pre-eminent climate activist, was a recent guest on a Canary Media webinar: "How LNG exports threaten our clean energy future";
"After-school meetings, recycled signs: School climate strike returns to Melbourne";
"Horse Trading: Senate stoush less about Penny Wong’s Sea Dumping bill than Matt Canavan’s renewables inquiry";
"Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic ski resort in the middle of the desert";
"Kicking the can down the road: Australia risks missing climate transition opportunities";
"When two wheels are better than four: a buyer’s guide to ebikes";
"In a breakthrough, U.S. and China agree to restart climate talks";
"CSIRO accused of allowing BP to vet research on catastrophic oil spill";
"Brand Watch: Instead of marking their own homework on climate action, could COP28 bring companies to book?";
"Biden administration releases ‘gold standard’ climate report which Trump tried to thwart";
"What Radioactive Fallout Tells Us about Our Nuclear Future";
"Cop28 host UAE breaking its own ban on routine gas flaring, data shows";
"As a student, I’m striking for climate action. If you’re worried or angry about the climate crisis, join us";
"From China’s emissions to Australia’s offshore windfarms, things are moving on climate – some even in the right direction";
"Over 100,000 people lose power as Florida battered by flash flooding and high winds";
"Biden administration releases ‘gold standard’ climate report which Trump tried to thwart";
"Wind power boosts his family’s business, Kansas rancher says";
"Chart: US EV sales are having a record-setting year";
"Last month was by far the world’s hottest October on record";
"Record heat disproportionately hurts communities of color. Unprecedented climate justice federal funding could help";
"Want to live in a walkable, bikeable city? Follow these tips.";
"Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic ski resort in the middle of the desert";
"Five years on, the world is failing to learn the gilets jaunes’ lesson about class and climate";
"As school students strike for climate once more, here’s how the movement and its tactics have changed";
"5 things we need to see in Australia’s new nature laws";
"‘The science is irrefutable’: US warming faster than global average, says report";
"EU agrees law to curb methane emissions from fossil fuel industry";
"Australia to offer residency to Tuvalu citizens displaced by climate change";
"Solar worker helps other women get started in the industry";
"Kicking the can down the road: Australia risks missing climate transition opportunities";
"The ‘new tobacco’: Calls for ad ban as influencers spruik fossil fuel";
"He won a Nobel Prize. Then he started denying climate change."';
"Analysis: China’s emissions set to fall in 2024 after record growth in clean energy";
"Germany Backs Siemens Energy in $16 Billion Rescue Package for Green Projects";
"Los Angeles Will Offer More Energy Incentives to Low-Income Residents";
"The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse";
"Copernicus: October 2023 - Exceptional temperature anomalies; 2023 virtually certain to be warmest year on record";
"Nations made bold climate pledges. They aren’t close to meeting them.";
"Earth is taking a pounding from bigger ocean waves. Why this matters.";
"Australians who’ve sworn off flying: ‘If you get on a plane, you’ve undone a year’s worth of good’";
"Wind and solar energy are booming in surprising places";
"An invisible killer";
"Storms, heat, fire danger: States’ dangerous forecast";
"Australia at heightened risk of blackouts this summer with 'extreme' demand for power pushing grid to the brink";
"State of climate action 2023 - report";
"Court stalls Santos pipeline amid gas project dispute";
"The ‘sick note’ to get kids out of school for the climate strikes";
"What to know about today’s three big climate reports";
"The BP Papers: CSIRO accused of helping oil major BP p--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robert-mclean/message
Dr Jan Kabátek (pictured) from the Melbourne Institute at the University of Melbourne happily climbs on his soapbox to talk about how we could enjoy massive, and important energy savings by making just the smallest of changes to computer systems.
Dr Kabátek was among the guests at the recent 2023 Economic and Social Outlook Conference held at Melbourne's Crown Casino.
You can learn more about Dr Kabátek from his website.
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Barbara Albert (pictured) explained to Shepparton business people what they needed to do to set their enterprises up to survive and thrive in a climate-changed world.
The co-CEO of 100% Renewables talked about the challenges and the simple steps people needed to take to stay abreast of this new and quickly unfolding world.
Being a business enthusiast, she talked about the wonderful opportunities awaiting was brought to Shepparton by the Committee for Greater Shepparton, the City of Greater Shepparton and AusIndustry.
She spoke at Shepparton's Terminus Hotel at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, November 14.
Beyond being the co-CEO of 100% Reenables, and the host of the podcast "Driving Net Profit with Zero Emissions", Ms Albert is also an author and in 2017 published "Energy Unlimited"
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Barbara Albert (pictured) visits Shepparton to help business people see the sunshine behind the clouds of pessimism that is the climate crisis.
The co-CEO of 100% Renewables understands the challenges the crisis lays down for business people.
Still, being a business enthusiast, she can see the wonderful opportunities that await those who take the appropriate climate action.
Ms Albert has been brought to Shepparton by the Committee for Greater Shepparton, the City of Greater Shepparton and AusIndustry.
She was to speak at Shepparton's Terminus Hotel at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, November 14.
Beyond being the co-CEO of 100% Reenables, and the host of the podcast "Driving Net Profit with Zero Emissions", Ms Albert is also an author and in 2017 published "Energy Unlimited"
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Australia's Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese (pictured) has announced that Australia will provide immediate access to education, health care and income and family support instantly to Tuvaluans who arrive as climate refugees, but does that justify the country's continued exploitation of fossil fuels?
"Australia offers Tuvalu residents special visa in ‘groundbreaking’ treaty";
"Climate Consciousness Summit 2023";
"The peoples' blockade of the world's largest coal port";
"Climate change is pushing American farmers to confront what’s next";
"Electric big rigs are going farther and charging faster";
"Teslas are now cheaper than the average new gas-powered car";
"You’ve just lived through Earth’s hottest 12 months on record";
"Friday essay: if the world’s systems are ‘already cracking’ due to climate change, is there a post-doom silver lining?";
"Australia to accept migrants from climate-hit Tuvalu in security pact";
"Can we still avoid 1.5 degrees C of global warming?";
"An understudied emotion packs a surprisingly large climate action punch";
"There Are No Villains in Climate Change";
"‘Every single time it rains hard here, everyone in town gets really tense’";
"Has solution to climate change been buried deep in Earth all along?";
"Approval of divisive Alaska oil project upheld in blow to US climate goals";
"Carbon Capture and Storage – ‘False solution’ or vital tool to curb emissions?";
"Joe Manchin Wants One Thing, and It’s Disgusting";
"Climate policy: The widening reality gap";
"A rally to defy the fossil fuel greed";
"Northern France remains on high alert after heavy rains and flooding";
"Baltic herring population threatened by warming sea temperatures";
"Deadliest year on record as Phoenix heat fatalities rise by 50%";
"In the Florida Everglades, a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hotspot";
"‘It’s not viable any more’: global heating sparks first climate class action by Indigenous Australians";
"Mike Huckabee’s “Kids Guide to the Truth About Climate Change” Shows the Changing Landscape of Climate Denial";
"Burned Out: Documents Reveal The Gas Industry’s Use Of Tobacco Tactics Over Gas Stove Emissions";
"Texas Republicans Target Climate Science in Textbooks Ahead of Education Board Vote";
"Why does my latte cost so much?";
"How Midwest Landowners Helped to Derail One of the Biggest CO2 Pipelines Ever Proposed";
"The Carbon Capture Sector’s Community-Involvement Rhetoric Doesn’t Match Reality";
"After a Last-Minute Challenge to New Loss and Damage Deal, U.S. Joins Global Consensus Ahead of COP28".
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Senator Dave Cortese (pictured) has had some success in implementing the idea of climate restoration - "Senate Passes Senator Cortese’s Resolution Making Climate Restoration a Top Policy Priority";
"The Ethical Dilemma of Restoring a Safe Climate";
"Tim Flannery’s message to all: rise up and become a climate leader – be the change we need so desperately";
"The Drum";
"An effort to create the strictest workplace heat rules in the U.S. failed";
"Hottest October on record as 2023 on track to be warmest year in history";
"Australian Climate Case resumes in Melbourne Federal Court as experts say Torres Strait may become 'unlivable' without action";
"2023 Virtually Certain to Be the Hottest Year on Record, Scientists Say";
"Maybe Don’t Drive Into Manhattan";'
"Sydney in firing line as wild storms close in";
"Pacific Islands Forum: Australia under pressure to rein in fossil fuel subsidies";
"26 years ago, Howard chose fossil fuels over the Pacific. What will Albanese choose?";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former climate minister Greg Combet on Australia’s mission to reach net-zero";
"Quitting Cows Could Have Big Environmental Impacts, but It’s Harder Than It Sounds";
"Earth Reacts to Greenhouse Gases More Strongly Than We Thought";
"Godzilla Is Warning Us Again about the Threats to Our Planet";
"Rich Countries Owe More Than Ever in Climate Adaptation Funding";
"Germany, Norway, the UK: Governments plan more fossil fuel production despite climate pledges";
"Don’t look there: how politicians divert our attention from climate protesters’ claims";
"How to know if a country is serious about net zero: look at its plans for extracting fossil fuels";
"‘Draconian and undemocratic’: why criminalising climate protesters in Australia doesn’t actually work";
"Will 2023 be the hottest year yet? Climate scientists are ‘virtually certain’ after October record";
"Climate fatigue isn’t a sign that Europeans are in denial – it’s a sign of their fear";
"Global heating is accelerating, warns scientist who sounded climate alarm in the 80s";
"Science shows the severe climate consequences of new fossil fuel extraction";
"Just Stop Oil attack the Rokeby Venus: how the group is using the suffragettes’ disruptive tactics to shape public opinion";
"Heat waves in U.S., Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds";
"What does a Jordan Peterson conference say about the future of climate change? Apparently, we’re headed towards ‘human flourishing’";
"Explainer: How scientists estimate ‘climate sensitivity’";
"Watch the recording of the Founders Series featuring Dave Cortese".
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Kyle Magee (pictured) is just 40 but has a clear-eyed grasp of what troubles the world and why that is happening.
Arriving where he is today has not been easy and when the realization of climate change settled upon him as a university student, Kyle had what he describes as a "breakdown".
Understanding that action is the best antidote to despair, Kyle set out to do what he could and saw what he considered to be the failure of our media and the distortions arising from advertising, so he decided to tackle both.
Kyle set up the website Democratic Media Please and then took some practical steps to disrupt the advertising processes of the major corporations.
He has paid some attention to those involved with the "Subvertising" movement, articulated by the Cultural geographer at Aberystwyth University. Thomas Dekeyser.
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Climate activist Cynthia Houniuhi (pictured) wants Australia to take firmer action to reduce emissions - "Pasifika activists say climate inaction is a violation of human rights";
"Saleemul Huq, climate change ‘revolutionary’ from Bangladesh, dies at 71";
"Window for Meeting Key Climate Goal Is Even Narrower Than Thought";
"Energy Dept. Pours Billions Into Power Grids but Warns It’s Not Enough";
"Scientists have found a ‘sleeping giant’ of environmental problems: Earth is getting saltier";
"Deforestation has big impact on regional temperatures, study of Brazilian Amazon shows";
"Licences offered to dozens of North Sea oil and gas projects";
"This old-school building material could take over city skylines";
"Report into Beetaloo Basin exposes 'flat-out wrong' estimation of greenhouse gas emissions";
"This old-school building material could take over city skylines";
"Storms or sea-level rise – what really causes beach erosion?";
"Six days of 80-degree weather so late in year is very rare in D.C.";
"Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition";
"Santos permitted to start works on underwater Barossa gas pipeline";
"Tony Abbott says ‘climate change cult’ will be discredited";
"Former Australian PM Tony Abbott says climate warnings are ‘ahistorical and implausible’";
"Carbon budget for 1.5°C will run out in six years at current emissions levels – new research";
"Extreme weather causing more injury, hospitalisations and deaths";
"El Niños Are Predictable. We Should Prepare for Their Possibly Disastrous Consequences.";
"El Niño and La Niña, Explained";
"Experts Urge Dramatic Shift on Flood Insurance";
"Federal Court rules against Santos in Tiwi Islands push to stop gas project";
"Millions of Baby Birds Are Dying from Extreme Heat";
"Australia could miss emissions targets without drastic change";
"Cardiovascular deaths from heat to increase over 40 years";
"Great Lakes Fish Are Moving North With Climate Change, But Can They Adapt Fast Enough?";
"Meat tax: no UK politician is calling for one – but maybe they should";
"Climate change caused catastrophic East Africa drought, scientists say";
"Eat green to save the environment, says IPCC – how to tell if that really means you";
"Why wildfires are at their deadliest in more than a century";
"New calculator helps motorists weigh up costs of driving an electric vehicle";
"Meet the novelty songwriter producing viral hits about climate change";
"Wild spring weather swings hurt New York’s fall apple harvest";
"Air pollution raises risk of type 2 diabetes, says landmark Indian study";
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John J. Berger (pictured) has written the just published book, "Solving the Climate Crisis; Frontline Reports for the Race to Save the Earth".
The website "Solving the Climate Crisis" says: "We are in a climate emergency-but there is a path forward. This groundbreaking book profiles the visionary scientists, farmers, business leaders, and activists whose scalable solutions to climate change give us a roadmap to a more hopeful future".
Berger's book is not so much about the climate crisis itself, but rather on ideas and the hows and whys we, that's the world community, can work together to navigate what is a global challenge.
Many books have crossed my desk in the past 15 years or so, but this literary effort by this New York City native is among the best if have read - I urge you to read "Solving the Climate Crisis", and embrace any of its many ideas and play your part in confronting what is an existential threat.
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Cardiovascular troubles, heart attacks and strokes increase at climate crisis worsens - "Time to Treat Climate and Biodiversity Crises as One Global Health Emergency, Major Editorial Argues";
"The death of a climate justice pioneer";
"Residential Energy Performance Summit";
"Strong winds fan Qld flames, rip roofs off Sydney buildings";
"What EJA lawyers want to see in Australia’s new environment laws";
"Why many scientists are now saying climate change is an all-out ‘emergency’";
"Social media, climate and supply chains are amplifying economic risks: RBA";
"The right is firing misinformation bullets in its climate war on renewables – here’s a way to fight back";
"Delivering freight decarbonisation: Strategies for reducing Australia’s transport emissions";
"EU Votes to Cut Pesticide Use in Half by 2030";
"‘Uncharted Territory’: Human Activity Pushing 20 of Earth’s 35 Vital Signs to the Limit, Scientists Warn";
"Emissions of Beetaloo Basin gas projects ‘significantly underestimated’ by government, analysis finds";
"Three dead as Vanuatu declares state of emergency in the wake of Cyclone Lola";
"UK government drops support for controversial deep sea mining as it backs temporary pause";
"In 2003, a single set of solar panels is installed on a rooftop somewhere in the Centenary suburbs of Brisbane";
"Matthew Newton's image of the Weld Angel brought world attention to Tasmania's forests";
"Six year window to stop global warming, scientists say";
"COP28 chief, groups, urge tripling renewable capacity by 2030";
"Cardiovascular deaths could triple in the next 50 years due to the climate crisis";
"Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world";
"Is climate change picking (off) the best pumpkins this year? Extreme weather decimates crops";
"Yes, older homes can be weatherized";
"DOE Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap";
"Firefighters brace for extreme danger as blazes rage";
"The Beetaloo gas field is a climate bomb. How did CSIRO modelling make it look otherwise?";
"Guardian Essential poll: most voters don’t believe Australia will meet Labor’s net zero by 2050 target";
"Fire-smart farming: how the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires on agricultural landscapes".
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Sometimes you come across a book that covers all bases - gives you endless information and, importantly, is inspiring, and "Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth" is one of those.
"Carbon 350 Has a New Title--The Climate Abundant Life";
"Tackling food waste";
"Climate Science Denial Looms Large in GB News Linked ‘ARC’ Venture";
"Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes";
"How Climate Change Drives Conflict and War Crimes Around the Globe";
"Is ConocoPhillips Looking to Expand its Controversial Arctic Oil Project?";
"Hallucinatory world: Governments blind as multiple catastrophes besiege human civilisation";
"The 2023 state of the climate report: Entering uncharted territory";
"The Dogwood Alliance";
"The Rigid World of French Cheesemaking Meets Unbound Climate Change";
"Total fire bans in Qld, NSW, as temperatures soar";
"COP28 will be the most consequential UN climate talks yet";
"From manufacture to lifetime emissions, just how green are EVs compared to petrol or diesel cars?";
"How Daniel Ellsberg Opened the Door to One of the Most Consequential Climate Stories of Our Time";
"Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?":
"Worried economists call for a carbon price, a tax on coal exports, and ‘green tariffs’ to get Australia on the path to net zero";
"Australia’s new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions";
"What to wear for a climate crisis";
"Q&A on the Australian Broadcasting Commission".
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Lauren Fuge won the Bragg Prize for Science Writing in 2022 and will be looking through the lens of climate change for the rest of her life -"Climate change - the lens for the rest of our lives";
National Church Life Survey director, Dr Ruth Powell (pictured) tells us "What churchgoers think about climate change";
"Dr Ruth Powell is Director of NCLS Research";
"Extreme climate: dry, wet, hot-and-dry";
"How have the latest global climate models improved?";
"Tech billionaire Cannon-Brookes backs climate jobs platform";
"China’s slowdown and the looming glut of fossil fuels";
"Berkley Walker wants to revamp photosynthesis for a changing climate";
"Pumping cold water into rivers could act as ‘air conditioning’ for fish";
"UN University: World ‘dangerously close’ to multiple environmental risk tipping points";
"Climate activists deserve our support, say 70 Australian and international researchers in public statement";
"The ‘underwater bushfire’ coming for Australia that can’t be stopped";
"Hope for town threatened by deadly fire after showers";
"This coal-state Democrat dodges climate talk. It may save his job";
"More than 30 homes lost as Qld fires continue to burn";
"At what threshold is Greenland ice cap’s melting irreversible?";
"In photos: The scene after Otis slammed into Acapulco as a Category 5 hurricane";
"How hot seas may have fueled Hurricane Otis’s sudden intensification";
"As El Niño Arrives, Australian Region Sees ‘Catastrophic’ Fire Conditions";
"Acapulco cut off by Cat-5 Hurricane Otis which caught forecasters by surprise";
"Hurricane Otis survivors search for friends and necessities in devastated Acapulco";
"2023/10/25 Hurricane Otis";
"War in Gaza proves ‘oil and gas are no longer safe choices’, says energy chief";
"‘Impossible’ to decarbonise F1 without alternative fuels, says Nico Rosberg";
"Three dead and 275,000 people flee to shelters in Bangladesh as Cyclone Hamoon makes landfall":
"First museum in the U.S. dedicated to the climate crisis";
"Be Hurd on climate";
"Facing dry years without a dry year policy? Our electricity future is scary";
"Is This a Joke? Comedy and Climate Communication";
"Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie";
"Greenpeace calls on Greece to halt gas exploration citing threat to wildlife";
"Human face carvings revealed by drought as Amazonas communities queue for water";
"Rich countries should stop pushing fossil fuels on Africa – don’t we deserve a renewable future too?";
"Businesses must embrace new ways of thinking or risk not meeting climate targets";
"One of Europe's most polluted cities wants to ban cars from its centre";
"Australia can leverage efficiency and electrification to power a net-zero future";
"Earth’s Latest ‘Vital Signs’ Show the Planet Is in Crisis";
"How can we create the net zero buildings of tomorrow?";
"Forget the UAW strike, the real crisis may be a lack of demand for EVs";
"China objects to UN fund warnings on solar’s forced labour risks".
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Professor Michael Mann discusses "Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis" on Perry World House webinar.
"Gagged and grief-stricken, but not without hope";
"Chevron to Acquire Hess for $53 Billion in Latest Major Oil Deal";
"Gavin Newsom Wants to Export California’s Climate Laws to the World";
"‘All I can think about is the sun’: How workers are coping with California’s heat wave";
"Editorial: Extreme heat puts workers in danger. California needs to help them now";
"AI risk must be treated as seriously as climate crisis, says Google DeepMind chief";
"Baltimore church becomes an extreme weather ‘resiliency hub’";
"Global fossil fuel subsidies double as 2023 expected to be hottest in 100,000 years";
"Proposed NSW windfarm ‘fast growing into a national scandal’, says Peter Dutton";
"Queensland government promises an electric vehicle charger every 150 kilometres across the state";
"Accelerating switch to renewables could put fossil fuel peak in sight this decade: International Energy Agency";
"Water restrictions predicted for Sydney as likely hot El Niño summer raises ‘red flags’";
"Goldmine assessed as low heritage risk is on a sacred songline, Wiradyuri elders say";
"Fires, floods and storms: It's been a big start to Victorian spring and wildlife injuries are rising";
"Accelerating switch to renewables could put fossil fuel peak in sight this decade: International Energy Agency";
"Engineering students join forces to save the planet of Gondwana";
"Understanding the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 5 charts";
"Brown, red, black, riceberry – what are these white rice alternatives, and are they actually healthier?";
"Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea from the start. Let’s not make the same mistake again";
"Valleys in Antarctica haven’t seen sunlight for over 14 million years, but that may change";
"Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Anywhere";
"Energy Agency Sees Peaks in Global Oil, Coal and Gas Demand by 2030";
"The momentum of the solar energy transition";
"How the Israel-Hamas War Imperils Action Against Global Warming";
"A Glimpse Into Spain’s Future, Where Water Comes by Truck, Not Tap";
"An Oil Giant Quietly Ditched the World’s Biggest Carbon Capture Plant";
"The clean-energy transition is ‘unstoppable,’ IEA says";
"Classifying Heat Waves Will Help People Better Understand Their Dangers";
"Earth’s Latest ‘Vital Signs’ Show the Planet Is in Crisis";
"U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens";
"Australia will need more volunteers to fight the climate onslaught".
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The then deputy mayor of the City of Greater Shepparton, Cr Seema Abdullah (pictured) used her casting vote in 2020 to see the municipality endorse and embrace a climate emergency.
"How drought and rising temperatures drove millions of Somalis from their homes";
"‘Carbon mega bomb’: climate experts urge Biden to block gas export hub";
"The huge climate problem of cement, steel and chemicals, visualized";
"Where malaria is spreading";
"One of Europe's most polluted cities wants to ban cars from its centre";
"West Antarctic ice sheet faces ‘unavoidable’ melting, a warning for sea level rise";
"Utilities Have Been Lying to Us About Gas Stoves Since the 1970s";
"Rapid ice melt in west Antarctica now inevitable, research shows";
"EV ruling could jolt Australia’s financial foundations";
"The dams are full for now – but Sydney will need new water supplies as rainfall becomes less reliable";
"Tesla Value Tops $1 Trillion After Hertz Orders 100,000 Cars";
"Antarctica has lost 7.5tn tonnes of ice since 1997, scientists find";
"The Crisis in the Middle East is a Crisis of Growth";
"Suicide rates increased after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies";
"Here’s what winter weather the U.S. can expect";
"Migrant workers toil in perilous heat to prepare for Cop28 climate talks in UAE";
"Prepare for a turbulent El Niño winter — with a major wild card";
"Fossil-fuel industry embrace raises alarm bells over direct air capture";
"A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030";
"Low-cost solution to the grid reliability problem with 100% penetration of intermittent wind, water, and solar for all purposes";
"End of coal-fired power stations to crush decent incomes, report reveals";
"Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says";
"Here’s what happens to workers when coal-fired power plants close. It isn’t good";
"Storm Babet kills at least three people in UK as floods strike northern Europe";
"Alabama Wood Pellet Mill Seeks Millions in Climate Funds, but Critics Say It Won’t Cut CO2";
"Small islands struggle to get help from UN’s flagship climate fund";
"The climate impact of plastic pollution is negligible – the production of new plastics is the real problem";
"In Florida, Gen Z Activists Step Into the Fight Against Sugarcane Burning";
"How to beat ‘rollout rage’: the environment-versus-climate battle dividing regional Australia";
"Research by Public Health Experts Shows ‘Damning’ Evidence on the Harms of Fracking".
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The Associate Professor of Climate, Columbia Climate School, Kristina G. Douglass (pictured) was one of three panellists on a webinar: "Climate Change and Societal Impacts" organised by the "Columbia Climate School".
"People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories";
"Individual actions you can take to address climate change";
"The Philippines' capital is running out of water. Is building a dam the solution?";
"How did Uruguay cut carbon emissions? The answer is blowing in the wind";
"Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them";
"Victoria’s EV tax outlawed, but we’re on the road to new charges";
"Greta Thunberg goes on ANOTHER climate change protest a day after Swedish eco-activist, 20, was charged with public order offence over London hotel demo";
"Amazon drought chokes river traffic, threatens northern corn exports";
"Nine ‘planetary boundaries’ set the limits of global economic freedom";
"Melbourne’s dams are chock-a-block. But El Nino is coming to dry things up";
"IMF should give poor countries $300bn a year to fight climate crisis, says Joseph Stiglitz";
"Rochester residents battle depression, displacement a year on from floods";
"Scientists Disagree About Drivers of September’s Global Temperature Spike, but It Has Most of Them Worried";
"As gas-guzzlers dominate our roads, the queue to buy an EV in Oz just gets longer";
"People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories";
"The EU must take the driver’s seat in fossil fuel-free transport";
"The climate threat to California’s stored nuclear waste";
"War in the Middle East jeopardizes climate talks";
"6 books to help talk to your child about climate change";
"Company invents first-of-its-kind system for powering cars: ‘Like having a gas station with your own oil well’";
"Where did all the cars go? How heavier, costlier SUVs and utes took over Australia's roads";
"High court strikes down Victoria’s electric vehicle tax in ruling that could threaten other state levies";
"Australia must urgently adapt to extreme weather or face soaring premiums, insurers warn";
"Think you need another car? Consider an e-bike instead.";
"We landed a camera on Venus before seeing parts of our own oceans – it’s time to ramp up observations closer to home";
"The next front in the climate fight: U.S. exports of natural gas";
"Climate Misinformation Persists in New Middle School Textbooks";
"‘Climate Gentrification’ Will Displace One Million People in Miami Alone";
"Farmers are bearing the brunt of big food companies’ decarbonisation efforts – here’s why";
"A Secretive Network Is Fighting Indigenous Rights in Australia and Canada, Expert Says";
"Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?";
"Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables";
"Red warning issued with Storm Babet posing ‘risk to life’ in parts of Scotland";
"We don’t need a nuclear renaissance. We need a solid plan on renewables";
"Atlas Network";
"Will the Earth breach its 1.5C guardrail sooner than we thought?";
"Climate Disinformation Database";
"The human factor: why Australia’s net zero transition risks failing unless it is fair";
"People Deserve to Know Their Houses Are Going to Burn";
"To Teach Students about Climate Change, ‘Just the Facts’ Isn’t Enough";
"How Do We Dismantle Offshore Oil Structures Without Making the Public Pay?";
"How new investments and innovation in green tech are addressing climate change";
"How a ‘mosaic forest’ is helping France adapt to rapid climate change";
"Does Venture Global’s Louisiana LNG plant profit from pollution?";
"Fear of reprisals prevent people calling out employers on climate, says charity";
"COP28: EU to push for deal on phasing out 'unabated' fossil fuels at UN climate conference";
"Major Port in Amazon River Drops to Lowest Water Level in 121 Years";
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Michael Bayliss (pictured) is the media manager with "Sustainable Population Australia" and helps us understand what a challenging and fraught issue this can be when it becomes the focus of a conversation.
Working with his friend, Mark Allen, Michael shares with listeners a remarkable array of information and stories arising from the holy grail of growth on their podcast "Post-Growth Australia".
Also, being active in the population conversation, Michael just recently wrote a story for the Population Media Centre headed, "Population Growth and Wealth Inequality Are More Entwined Than We Thought: Here’s Why."
An article well worth a read is that by Ian Lowe, Jane O’Sullivan and Peter Cook is that on the Population Australia website headed: "Population and climate change".
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Wrapping up Saturday's Voice to parliament referendum in Australia is a simple exercise compared to arriving at a workable conclusion to the climate crisis.
"The Pope’s Journey to Climate Outrage";
"Climate change: China, India to bear the brunt with half a million coal workers facing job cuts globally by 2035 due to mine closures and energy transition";
"Autonomous Vehicles Are Driving Blind";
"The reality of climate-induced relocation in Rwanda";
"Boston skyscraper named world’s biggest ‘Passive House’ office";
"Just 12 state-of-the-art technologies could turn the global food system into a carbon sink";
"The climate impact of cotton depends on how often you wash it and how long you wear it";
"Trees could make air pollution worse as the planet heats up";
"ExxonMobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion Pioneer deal";
"Hotter, drier summers will make European craft beers less ‘hoppy’ – new study";
"Global sea surface temperature reaches a record high";
"Analysis: How low-sulphur shipping rules are affecting global warming";
"Here’s what’s driving the record autumn heat (it’s not just carbon emissions)";
"Causes and Effects of Climate Change";
"Warmest September on record as 'gobsmacking' data shocks scientists";
"The coal industry needs to shed 1 million jobs by 2050. Luckily millions of new green roles are here";
"‘Exactly how we should be responding to the energy crisis’: UK mega wind farm produces first power";
"Human-driven climate change made South America's deadly heatwaves 100 times more likely, study says";
"If we protect mangroves, we protect our fisheries, our towns and ourselves";
"A successful energy transition depends on managing when people use power. So how do we make demand more flexible?";
"NSW set to enshrine net zero emissions by 2050 in law and create monitoring panel";
"Why Australia’s answer to Greta Thunberg is facing years behind bars":
"South America’s Winter Hot Spell Was 100 Times More Likely with Climate Change";
"Tanya Plibersek doesn’t have to consider climate change when approving coal mines";
"Climate change concern after Federal Court’s decision on ministerial ruling";
"Jet Charge rolls out subscription-based “charging as a service” for electric fleets";
"Few Aussies grasp serious, urgent climate threat";
"Lock The Gate Alliance";
"Starmer accuses Government of ‘sticking plaster politics’ on climate and energy";
"‘Absolutely perverse’: climate scheme could reward Australian coalmines whose emissions rise";
"‘Design a house we want’: Push for climate-ready homes designed by and for Indigenous Australians";
"Keeping your cool in a warming world: 8 steps to help manage eco-anxiety";
"‘We are vulnerable’: demand for drought aid rises as El Niño takes hold in Queensland";
"Factchecking the seven biggest pieces of misinformation pushed by the no side";
"Ikea adds five hydrogen trucks to growing fleet of electric delivery vehicles";
"Energy providers and renewable technology companies developing 'novel' electric car charging prototypes for the bush";
"Kiwi electric motorcycle “disruptor” set for 2024 Australia launch";
"Australia needs climate trigger laws, conservation groups say after failed challenge to coalmines";
"Cool island: Why Wilsons Prom is a perfect climate refuge";
"Cost of Carbon Pollution Pegged at $51 a Ton";
"Rich countries promised poor nations billions for climate change. They aren’t paying.";
"Children Are Particularly Vulnerable to Climate Change's Health Impacts".
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Listen to Hilary Harper talk on the ABC's "Life Matters" with Anna Skarbeck (pictured) and Professor Mark Howden about the implications and complications of climate change.
Learn about "Circonomy";
"Pachamama Alliance";
"Understanding Climate Change: All the Natural and Human Causes";
"How much carbon pollution do big companies produce? A new California law will force them to say";
"These are the places that could become ‘unlivable’ as the Earth warms";
"Glacial lake outburst floods in Alaska and the Himalayas show evolving hazards in a warming world";
"Wildfire smoke can infiltrate your home, even when windows are closed";
"£89 million of funding to develop cutting edge new electric vehicle technology";
"The problem with making green hydrogen to fuel power plants";
"A watchdog group found a big flaw in a major environmental policy";
"The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence";
"Early heat and insect strike are stressing urban trees – even as canopy cover drops";
"Even temporary global warming above 2℃ will affect life in the oceans for centuries";
"Why Australia urgently needs a climate plan and a Net Zero National Cabinet Committee to implement it";
"Preparing for the Inevitable: what a 50°C day means for Victoria’s food system";
"When to act on climate change? Before your drinking water turns salty.";
"U.S. Scales Back Hopes for Ambitious Climate Trade Deal With Europe";
"Eating the Earth - Fossil Fuelled Capitalism";
"Hurricanes arriving earlier due to climate change";
"Failure to address climate issues will raise household bills say researchers":
"Climate change: Study warns deadly humid heat could hit billions as wet-bulb temperatures soar";
"Where This Summer Was Relentlessly Hot";
"Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change";
"Government provides green NGOs with ‘no evidence’ that it is on track for key nature target";
"Aldi pilots blister pack recycling as retailers are urged to join ‘game changing’ refill collaboration";
"‘Formidable coalition’ of policymakers and NGOs rap Rishi Sunak for biodiversity rollbacks";
"Hope for power bill relief as eastern Australia’s wholesale electricity price tumbles";
"CIVIL RESISTANCE FOR CLIMATE DEFENCE";
"Coalition are ‘climate charlatans’ making false claims about Australia’s nuclear power potential, energy minister says";
"More heatwaves on the way but fewer cyclones, BoM predicts";
"California to require big firms to reveal carbon emissions in first law of its kind";
"‘We are vulnerable’: demand for drought aid rises as El Niño takes hold in Queensland".
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Dianne Feinstein (pictured), the late U.S. Senator, appeared at the Commonwealth Club in 2006 to explain the realities of the climate crisis.
"Degrowth Spring Festival";
"Dr Mark Diesendorf discusses planned degrowth";
"Talking about his new book - Mark Diesendorf";
"An accidental recording from the Degrowth Spring Festival - 'Sustain - the Australian Food Network'";
"Climate Change Is Devastating Puerto Rico. Women Environmentalists Are Fighting Back";
"Homes flood, flights cancelled as wild weather batters SE Australia";
"Why the ‘drug dealers defence’ doesn’t work for exporting coal. It’s actually Economics 101";
"Suicide rates increased after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies";
"It’s not just Victoria’s iconic mountain ash trees at risk – it’s every species in their community";
"The road is long and time is short, but Australia’s pace towards net zero is quickening";
"Looking for hope on the climate? Look here.";
"Spain, IEA back Dutch call to phase out fossil fuel subsidies";
"Australia rejoins global climate fund, reversing Morrison decision";
"ABC asked to hand over all WA climate protest footage";
"How a few bags of dirt could help make the planet more resilient to climate change";
"Crisis delayed: New Orleans saltwater intrusion slows";
"Pope Francis: ‘Irresponsible’ Western Lifestyles Push the World to ‘the Breaking Point’ on Climate";
"The Cochise County Groundwater Wars";
"The pope is concerned about climate change. How do U.S. Catholics feel about it?";
"Shortfall in climate change cash grows ahead of COP28";
"Experts Debunk Viral Post Claiming 1,100 Scientists Say ‘There’s No Climate Emergency’";
"September Was the Most Anomalously Hot Month Ever";
"I helped fund Just Stop Oil, but no more. The ballot box will be more powerful than disruption";
"You Can't Fight Extraction With Extraction";
"Replacing gas heating with reverse-cycle aircon leaves some people feeling cold. Why? And what’s the solution?";
"Fox News Pundit Calls Pope Francis 'The Most Dangerous Person On The Planet' For Suggesting Climate Change Is Real";
"EU climate scientists: 2023 on track to be ‘warmest year on record’";
"September annihilates all-time global temperature record by 'extraordinary amount'";
"Framing the 2024 Elections as a Science Story";
"Climate change and its human causes cannot be denied, papal document says";
"Exposed: carbon offsets linked to high forest loss still on sale";
"Embracing Innovation: Transforming the Grid for a Sustainable Future";
"Cop28 boss’ appeal to raise climate targets met with total indifference";
"American society wasn’t always so car-centric. Our future doesn’t have to be, either.";
"What a ‘super’ El Niño could mean for winter weather in each U.S. region";
"Europe Just Launched the World’s First Carbon Tariff. Will the United States Follow Suit?";
"Building firms tell Sunak undoing green policies will hit housing investment";
"Apple Goes a Step Too Far in Claiming a Carbon Neutral Product, a New Report Concludes";
"Drought deepens in the South: Where it’s worst and when it might improve";
"Religious Leaders May Be Key to Breaking Climate Action Gridlock, Poll Suggests";
"Planned degrowth is needed to stop the collapse of civilisation";
"Why is the world so incredibly hot right now? It's not just climate change";
"World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency";
"Suddenly, It Will Be Autumn for Much of the U.S. This Weekend":
"New Zealand’s carbon emissions are on the way down – thanks in part to policies now under threat";
"The Voice could advise on how to address natural disasters like bushfires";
"6 reasons why global temperatures are spiking right now";
"Our love for travel burns deeply. Oil giants search for ‘green’ aviation solution";
"The Case for an International Climate Tribunal";
"UN puts climate ‘course correction’ on Cop28 negotiating table".
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The Australian 2019-20 bushfires saw Amy Blain and her young family trapped on the beach at Bermagui in New South Wales.
Amy had always been concerned about environmental issues, but that moment of "living in a nightmare" was an epiphany for her.
Returning safely from her bushfire/Bermagui experience, Amy decided it was time to take her activism to a new level and now she chairs Canberra's Peoples Climate Assembly.
Climate Conversations made contact with Amy via the group's treasurer, John Smith, during a webinar organized by Anjali Sharma, to talk about the "Duty of Care" and the Bill that is being taken to the Senate by Australian Capital Territory Senator, David Pocock.
In this episode, we talk with both Amy and John about when and why the assembly came together, what it's achieved and what's ahead.
Beyond the group's website, people can engage with the group through its Facebook page and via Instagram.
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Heat in sport is discussed on the Australian Broadcasting Commission - "Heat risks in sport";
"Preparing for the unpredictable: communities reducing disaster risk";
"Homes lost as bushfires give way to flood fears";
"The climate crisis is also a health crisis";
""Our Fragile Moment" Author Dr. Michael Mann";
"New documents: EPA and Forestry Corporation at loggerheads over forests, koala protection";
"Australia’s Secret Weapon in the Battle Against Bushfires This Summer Could Be AI";
"Hurricane Michael's catastrophic change";
"Key Takeaways From “Climate Changes Everything”";
"Gun violence rises with the temperature";
"Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science";
"Climate change could impose ‘substantial financial costs’ on U.S. household finances, Treasury warns";
"Senate chatter grows louder on carbon tariff";
"EU launches first phase of world's first carbon border tariff";
"September shattered global heat record — and by a record margin";
"What’s Going On In The Arctic Should Worry You";
"Off-grid living may look easy on Instagram but this family’s tragic ending tells a different story";
"Britain needs to explain PM’s green shift, says Australia’s high commissioner";
"Pope Francis scolds U.S., ‘irresponsible’ Western lifestyle in climate plea";
"Australia at risk of losing 20 per cent of its frogs to climate change, analysis shows";
"Greenland's Inuit falling through thin ice of climate change";
"Peoples Climate Alliance";
"‘Mind-boggling’ rain and wild winds slam Victoria, NSW";
"Faster disaster: climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms";
"Climate change is driving many amphibians toward extinction";
"The green energy surge still isn’t enough for 1.5 degrees. We’ll have to overshoot, adapt and soak up carbon dioxide";
"Bradfield’s pipedream: irrigating Australia’s deserts won’t increase rainfall, new modelling shows";
"Alan Kohler: The new bushfire warning system is in danger of ‘crying wolf’";
"People with Alzheimer’s disease face higher risks in heat waves";
"When is ‘naming and shaming’ effective as climate enforcement? And when isn’t it?";
"Tallinn: Cars were a status symbol after the Soviets. Now bike, bus and tram are overtaking";
"Global heat is now ‘gobsmackingly bananas’, but there’s hope humanity can limit the climate damage";
"On the rise: One in four cases of ESG risks linked to greenwashing";
"Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink";
"The United States has caused the most global warming.When will China pass it?";
"‘Absolutely perverse’: climate scheme could reward Australian coalmines whose emissions rise";
"Americans don’t hate living near solar and wind farms as much as you might think";
"Mandatory Composting Is Coming to New York City: What You Need to Know";
"In the Ambitious Bid to Reinvent South Baltimore, Justice Concerns Remain";
"COP28 Presidency launches new SME climate hub;"
"Claire Coutinho: Net-zero Minister welcomes ‘sensible adjustments’ to climate policies";
"Climate Crisis: Will we ever get to the heart of the challenge?";
"MTA falls short of climate change plan goals, audit says";
"‘They are not slowing down’: The rise of billion-dollar disasters";
"Why September’s record-warm temperatures have scientists so worried".
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Tony Gleeson (pictured), along with two other activists from Extinction Rebellion disrupted Friday's grand final parade organized by the Australian Football League.
Listen to Tony here talk about what they did and why they did it.
"Dianne Feinstein remembered as tireless advocate for California conservation";
"Victoria smashes heat records as state prepares for flash flooding and damaging winds";
"Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell";
"No water, roads or emergency services: How climate change left a rural neighborhood nearly uninhabitable";
"Extreme heat can be a death sentence in Texas prisons";
"Minority communities are edged out of the UK’s green spaces. I’m trying to change that";
"Fire and flooding rains as firefighters battle winds";
"Battling a Water Crisis: Bottles, Barges and Maybe a Quarter Billion-Dollar Pipe";
"WA to end commercial logging of native forests";
"Nation’s skills not match-fit for net zero, government agency warns";
"New York City’s Floods and Torrential Rainfall Explained";
"Glaciers can give us clues about when a volcano might erupt";
"Why electric cars are driving the auto strikes";
"Texas drought has deepened amid this year’s brutal heat";
"Fire authorities are better prepared for this summer. The question now is – are you?";
"Emperor penguins face a bleak future – but some colonies will do better than others in diverse sea-ice conditions";
"‘Watching extinction in real time’: conservationists losing hope for Australia’s swift parrot if logging continues";
"Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures";
"German police investigate Last Generation climate activists who blocked traffic";
"Fire emergency grips three states, as weather delivers fresh threat";
"Thousands of business leaders urge Government for greater climate action";
"Net-zero: it’s not just where you end up, but how you get there that matters";
"Protesters glue themselves to road during grand final day parade";
"Girl, 11, among six young people taking on 32 nations in historic climate case";
"Heavy rain dampens Gippsland fire risk, but flash flooding feared";
"Rishi Sunak accused of ‘cancelling the future’ with climbdown over HS2";
"Self-driving robot can run indefinitely on harvested power";
"Victoria smashes heat records as state prepares for flash flooding and damaging winds";
"Surviving the extreme heat this summer";'
"MPs call for updated Carbon Budget plans following Sunak’s net-zero policy changes";
"Grid batteries have never been more abundant — or more useful";
"England bans single-use plastic: What is and isn’t included in the new rules?";
"Autumn heat continues in Europe after record-breaking September";
"Climate disaster and adaptation";
"October heatwave expected in parts of Europe after countries record hottest ever September";
"Australian fires: residents of NSW towns urged to take shelter as Victorian warnings downgraded";
"‘End the licences’: Vanuatu oil rig registry sparks concern amid climate advocacy";
"Australia records driest September as fires rage in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania".
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John J. Berger has written a new book, "Solving the Climate Crisis" and he will soon feature in a new "Climate Conversations" episode.
An Emeritus Professor of Politics from La Trobe University, Judith Brett, has argued: "Too hard basket: why climate change is defeating our political system";
"Our mood usually lifts in spring. But after heatwaves and bushfires, this year may be different";
"What the world would look like without fossil fuels";
"‘No good reason for ongoing nuclear ban’: Holmes à Court";
"Floodwaters clear as New York emerges from historic rainfall";
"NZ cancels final 21.5m Kyoto-era carbon credits";
"Our mood usually lifts in spring. But after early heatwaves and bushfires, this year may be different";
"Here’s how to fix Australia’s approach to soil carbon credits so they really count towards our climate goals";
"‘Monster Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger. And Far Thirstier.";
"Three fires burn out of control in Gippsland, residents and campers flee";
"Mission Possible - achieving a sustainable future";
"In pictures: The 'crazy' floods that caused chaos in New York";
"National Grid starts using electric cars to help balance grid".
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Dr Ben Abbott (pictured) see what is happening as a "call to action, not a declaration of defeat" - "Renowned climate scientist Michael E. Mann on what ‘doomers’ get wrong";
"Video: See Flooding in Some of the Hardest-Hit Areas of New York";
"UK Government Is Ignoring Public Opinion on Climate Change";
"Step Aside California, the South Could Become America’s Green Hub";
"Electric Vehicle Sales in US Hit the Accelerator Pedal — Even Beyond California";
"Electric car sales break new records with momentum expected to continue through 2023";
"America’s War in Afghanistan Devastated the Country’s Environment in Ways That May Never Be Cleaned Up";
"Why New York City Keeps Flooding";
"With Climate Change, Smaller Storms Are Growing More Fearsome, More Often";
"Why One of the Nation’s Most Crucial Environmental Laws Is Being Modernized";
"On Its 15th Anniversary, Climate Week Is Still Rife With Corporate Greenwashing";
"Coal Dust Is Blowin’ in the Wind";
"Feeling anxious about climate change? Check out these strategies.";
"The ‘climate safe rooms’ keeping low-income Australians cool during heatwaves";
"EPA Approves Permit for Controversial Fracking Disposal Well in Pennsylvania";
"Call for national strategy to force Australian vaping industry to clean up waste";
"Why Maryland Is Struggling to Meet Its Own Aggressive Climate Goals";
"New York flooding: State of emergency declared as life-threatening storm hits";
"For Sanibel, the Recovery from Hurricane Ian Will Be Years in the Making";
"Sustainability Battle of Brands: Toyota vs. Tesla";
"A Drop in Emissions, and a Jobs Bonanza? Critics Question Benefits of a Proposed Hydrogen Hub for the Appalachian Region";
"The cruise industry says LNG is a climate solution. It’s no";
"A Known Risk: How Carbon Stored Underground Could Find Its Way Back Into the Atmosphere";
"Brazilian government eyes money from Amazon Fund for controversial road";
"U.S. Battery Storage Had a Record Quarter. Here’s Why It Could Have—and Should Have—Been Much Better";
"ADB set to launch first coal early retirement scheme in Indonesia";
"A new climate change report offers something unique: hope";
"Vietnamese climate activist jailed in ‘unjust’ government crackdown";
"Project Dandelion".
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Tony Gleeson, a recent guest on "Climate Conversations", and two others from Extinction Rebellion disrupted yesterday's Grand Final parade in Melbourne.
"Climate resiliency funding needs to scale threefold to at least $160bn annually";
"Floods, fires and heat: Multiple weather dangers for summer";
"How much does aviation contribute to climate change? How will this change in the future?";
"Smoke ‘n mirrors budget: forests and koalas are great but logging and money are better!";
"A Record Number of Billion-Dollar Disasters Show U.S. Isn't Ready for Climate Change";
"Our Fragile Earth: How Close Are We to Climate Catastrophe?";
"This company is at the cutting edge of solar panel efficiency";
"‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief";
"The world’s poorest people won’t be able to migrate to escape climate disasters";
"Traditional owner challenges Woodside's seismic testing";
"Major car brands accused of trying to write 'loopholes' into Australia's looming fuel efficiency laws";
"After summer’s extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows";
"I thought fossil fuel firms could change. I was wrong";
"Peak fossil fuel demand will happen this decade";
"The Tories’ huge new oilfield is a moral obscenity – but Rosebank can still be stopped";
"Guterres calls for phasing out fossil fuels to avoid climate ‘catastrophe’";
"How Are Heat Waves Affecting Wildlife?";
"Exclude fossil fuel firms from Cop28 if they only want to obstruct, says ex-UN chief";
"‘Triple whammy’ of extreme heat could make Earth uninhabitable for humans, climate models reveal";
"Ruapehu has had a great ski season – but we need to reimagine the future of NZ’s iconic volcano";
"California takes big first step toward floating offshore wind";
"China has put the world’s oil cartel into a death spiral";
"Critics of ‘degrowth’ economics say it’s unworkable – but from an ecologist’s perspective, it’s inevitable";
"Emperor Penguins forming colonies in diverse conditions";
"The Philippines is the most dangerous country in Asia to defend the environment, Global Witness report says";
"Muscle, wood, coal, oil: what earlier energy transitions tell us about renewables";
"Tree planting has the potential to increase carbon sequestration capacity of forests in the United States";
"I’m a Tory MP, but I know Rishi Sunak’s claims about the cost of net zero are false";
"‘An extreme record-breaking year’: Scientists see impact of climate change on Antarctic sea ice";
"Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold";
"Fremantle Dockers slammed for signing new sponsorship deal with Woodside Energy";
"Auto Strikes and Climate Change";
"The Power of Convening: Climate Week NYC";
"Citizen scientists collect more nature data than ever, showing us where common and threatened species live";
"Alan Kohler: Farmers beware, soil carbon cash is a trap";
"One of the most intense El Niños ever observed could be forming";
"These 25 utilities are united by one big goal: 80% less CO2 by 2030";
"How Long Can America’s Climate Hypocrisy Last?";
"One in six species at risk of extinction in Great Britain, say wildlife experts";
"Weather records smashed as spring heatwave arrives";
"Fireproofing your home can reduce insurance bills";
"‘Staggering’ green growth gives hope for 1.5C, says global energy chief";
"Who are the young climate activists taking 32 European countries to court today?";
"Phase out or phase down? Fight over fossil fuels heats up in run-up to COP28";
"Protesters glue themselves to road during grand final day parade";
"Where America is failing and why women need to step up: Mary Robinson on the climate crisis";
"Society Watch: Drive to make ecocide an international crime gains momentum";
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Tonié and Sandy help us better understand degrowth and tell us something about the Degrowth Spring Festival coming up on Sunday, October 8.
The festival is to be held at Melbourne's "CERES", an environmental education centre, community garden, urban farm and social enterprise hub that wants people to fall in love with the Earth again.
To that end, the work of CERES spans environmental, social, economic, spiritual and cultural dimensions and so has many similarities with the core values of the Degrowth Movement.
The festival, which is free and epitomises the non-transactional values of the degrowth movement, begins at midday and continues through to 6:30 pm.
You can learn more about Degrowthby watching this Youtube clip, "Degrowth Week Australia: Where to from here?".
The image of a snail affectionally represents degrowth.
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Bill Gates (pictured) doesn't plant trees as he is not into "brute force" solutions climate change.
"Black Saturday bushfires";
"Scientists found the most intense heat wave ever recorded — in Antarctica";
"Farmers are bracing for another drought. Here's what it might mean for food prices";
"Households boost renewable supply, but big projects dwindle";
"Antarctic winter sea ice hits 'extreme' record low";
"Hydrogen port gets funding deal as federal government spruiks Whyalla 'green steel' ";
"Don’t choose LEGO bricks made from recycled plastic Economy";
"Fishers fined for ignoring Mary River bans during endangered cod breeding season";
"Wooden Skyscrapers are Changing the Skyline and Our Environmental Future";
"Container deposit schemes reduce rubbish on our beaches. Here’s how we proved it";
"Analysis: Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?";
"Countries vowed to ramp up climate pledges in 2022. Very few have.";
"U.N. report warns nations have ‘rapidly narrowing window’ to cut emissions";
"China’s coal plant approvals highest in seven years, research finds";
"Let’s end the silence on this canary in the climate coal mine";
"We looked at 1,200 possibilities for the planet’s future. These are our best hope.";
"El Niño is back, and is poised to turbocharge extreme weather";
"How do we raise trillions of dollars to fight the climate crisis? The answer is staring us in the face";
"Even HS2’s defenders are abandoning it. Rishi Sunak, it’s time to follow suit";
"Aerosol emissions drive Atlantic hurricanes, Sahel rain";
"Heat-related deaths in 2022 hit highest level on record in England";
"The Carbon Cycle";
"What’s the difference between geologic and biologic carbon sequestration?";
"Climate forward";
"Ancient Arrow Is Among Artifacts to Emerge From Norway’s Melting Ice";
"Meet the Climate-Defying Fruits and Vegetables in Your Future";
"Wind farms generate significant tax revenue for Iowa counties";
"The Turtle Mothers Have Come Ashore to Ask About an Unpaid Debt";
"‘Solar garden’ allows city dwellers to buy ‘plots’ in regional solar farms".
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Listen to Melbourne's Dr Dimity Williams talk about her new book: "Nature our Medicine - How the natural world sustains us".
Dr Williams was guest on a webinar organized by the "Australian Earth Laws Alliance".
And Dr Williams is a member of "Doctors for the Environment".
"Rishi Sunak pushes to axe northern HS2 rail line ahead of Tory conference";
"Race is on for the world to reach net zero emissions";
"Community solar project shining a light on Australia's renewable energy transition";
"‘Imagine Westminster under water’: stricter tests needed to see how City copes with climate disasters";
"Hannah Ritchie";
"Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey";
"UK one of 32 countries facing European court action over climate stance";
"Rooftop solar meets all of South Australia demand in major new milestone";
"It’s official. An El Nino has been declared. What does that mean?";
"Northern NSW growers lead the way to 'climate-smart' rice amid concern over crop emissions";
"Foreign-owned Griffin coal mine a 'time bomb' as WA energy consumers brace for the fallout";
"Possible ‘compounding and cascading’ disasters looming";
"Canberra putting Australian states in the shade on electric cars";
"Carbon removal: why ambitious ‘no nonsense’ plans are vital to limit global heating to 2℃";
"Nuclear energy won’t solve Australia’s energy woes, but legislative ban ‘doesn’t make sense’";
"Alan Kohler: Move to renewables bundles false hope, bad policy and slow progress into giant mess";
"We need urban trees more than ever – here’s how to save them from extreme heat".
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Hannah Ritchie (pictured) says date will enable us to think differently about the world - "Are we the last generation -- or the first sustainable one?";
"‘Fossil fuel industry speaks with forked tongue’: Al Gore tells Big Oil ‘get out of the way’ in climate battle";
"In Doppelganger, Naomi Klein says the world is broken: conspiracy theorists ‘get the facts wrong but often get the feelings right’";
"California plans big insurance shifts as climate change hits home";
"Can the cotton industry protect its workforce in a changing climate?";
"Chart: The remarkable rise of California’s grid battery capacity";
"Amid expansion plans, Venture Global LNG plant faces compliance order after 100+ violations";
"US, UK and other major polluters sidelined at ‘no-nonsense’ UN climate ambition summit";
"Seven in 10 Brits don’t believe UK will reach 2050 net-zero target";
"Delivering the Paris Agreement ‘a $275trn investment opportunity’, asset owners tell policymakers";
"As El Niño Arrives, Australian Region Sees ‘Catastrophic’ Fire Conditions";
"The inequality of heat";
"A saltwater wedge climbing the Mississippi River threatens drinking water";
"Junking green policies, junking investment: scorched-earth Conservatism is all Sunak offers now";
"Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee’s Carbon Footprint";
""Living with water": Lessons from the New Orleans flood disaster";
"Climate Week Is Pointless. The Protests Inspired by It Aren’t.";
"Midwesterners Lament Lack of Transparency as Coalition Seeks Federal Aid for Proposed Hydrogen Hub";
"In Miami, It’s No Coincidence Marginalized Neighborhoods Are Hotter";
"Earth Systems Treaty: The emerging cross-cultural commitment";
"Twitter Ranked Dead Last on Climate Misinformation Scorecard";
"UK leader Rishi Sunak delays ban on new gas and diesel cars by 5 years in contentious climate shift";
"Window to reach climate goals ‘rapidly closing’, UN report warns";
"This Interactive Chart Shows Changes in the World's Top 10 Emitters";
"Dams Worldwide Are at Risk of Catastrophic Failure";
"Climate costs imperil unique, diverse Detroit neighborhood";
"Inundation and Injustice: Flooding presents a formidable threat to the Great Lakes region";
"In northern Minnesota, wild rice is being threatened by climate change and increased rainfall";
"Sharma v Minister for the Environment";
"Wong flags spring bushfire threat as UN head says ‘humanity has opened the gates of hell’";
"Only 22% of Britons trust Sunak on climate, finds Guardian poll".
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Anjali Sharma (pictured) played a lead role in arguing that the Federal Government owed all young Australians a duty to take reasonable care to protect them from climate change harm - they case initially fell in their favour, but then was lost on appeal.
Anjali and her contemporaries not disheartened by that "defeat", continued with preparation of their argument and now with the support of Australian Capital Territory Senator, David Pocock, a private members Bill calling for a duty of care is now before the Senate.
People can learn more about the BIll's proposals through the Duty of Care website.
Also, you can make a submission via this link: "Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023".
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England's PM Rishi Sunak (pictured) has backtracked on carbon emissions - "Sunak planning to drop net zero policies in pre-election challenge to Labour";
"Plibersek versus the environment";
"Tens of thousands in NYC march against fossil fuels as AOC hails powerful message";
"Well behind at halftime: here’s how to get the UN Sustainable Development Goals back on track";
"Spring heat records shattered as Australia warms towards a long, hot summer";
"It’s official. An El Nino has been declared. What does that mean?";
"E-bike manufacturers are fighting right-to-repair. That’s a problem";
"Australia now in El Niño climate pattern, increasing bushfire risk, BOM says";
"A subtropical storm could drench the East Coast this weekend";
"Double whammy: What El Niño and a positive IOD will mean for spring and summer in Australia";
"‘Missing half the equation’: scientists criticise Australia over approach to fossil fuels";
"Massive climate change protests in New York aim to turn up heat on Biden";
"Insurance 'under pressure' from extreme weather events";
"Tech, energy deals top the list for manufacturing fund’s first $5 billion";
"France used 10% less electricity last winter – three valuable lessons in fighting climate change";
"‘Delightfully British’ climate activism: Hundreds of business leaders to queue in London with green demands for MPs";
"Can We Put a Price on Climate Damages?";
"Al Gore leads international chorus of disapproval for Sunak’s climate U-turn";
"Earth’s Annual Average Temperatures Set to Breach 1.5°C for the First Time";
"Rate of climate-induced extinction is ‘shocking’";
"Addicted to cool";
"Business behemoths push shipping suppliers for zero-emission options";
"SDG funding gap swells to $137trn";
"Does the UK need a Regenerative Farming Task Force to boost biodiversity?";
"Electric cars will be cheaper to buy than fossil fuel vehicles within three years";
"California Sues Giant Oil Companies, Citing Decades of Deception";
"‘Worst risk since black summer’: NSW south coast fire danger upgraded to ‘catastrophic’";
"NSW behind on hazard reduction burns as NSW Premier Chris Minns warns of a “horror summer";
"The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim";
"Efforts to clean up power sector too slow: watchdog";
"UK backtracks on net zero environmental policies";
"Worried about climate change? You can make a difference — here’s how";
"Duty of Care";
"Thousands of California wells are at risk of drying up despite landmark water law";
"Column: The oil companies lied to us about climate change. California should sue them into the ground";
"El Nino announcement comes with grim climate warning";
"How climate change worsened the catastrophic flood in Libya";
"A Young Architect’s Designs for the Climate Apocalypse";
"The push for nuclear energy in Australia is driven by delay and denial, not evidence";
"Startup hits milestone in its bid to cut concrete’s dirtiest ingredient";
"Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike";
"See Sunak’s green retreat for what it is: a ruthless short-term electoral gamble";
"Queensland braces for high temperatures, threat of bushfires";
"‘Unacceptable costs’: Britain delays petrol car ban, weakens net-zero targets";
"Net zero by 2050? Too late. Australia must aim for 2035";
"Which of the World’s Hundreds of Thousands of Aging Dams Will Be the Next to Burst?";
"U.N. Chief’s Test: Shaming Without Naming the World’s Climate Delinquents";
"BoM declares El Nino, amid ‘catastrophic’ fire risk in NSW";
"‘Nature positive’ isn’t just planting a few trees – it’s actually stopping the damage we do";
"Here are all the climate and environment bills that California just passed";
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LA Times reporter, Rosanna Xia, writes news stories for the newspaper about where the ocean meets the shore and her new book, "California against the Sea: vision for our changing coastline" is about to be published.
Rosanna was a guest on an LA Times webinar "Ask a Reporter, Our Climate Change Challenge" and with her was energy reporter, Sammy Roth.
The book "California against the Sea" is the work of Rosanna and is about to arrive in the bookshops.
The webinar is more than an hour-long,but it is worth your time.
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Dr Katharine Hayhoe (pictured) was one of several speakers appearing on a Washington Post Live webinar: "This is Climate: women leading the charge".
Even the host was surprised by just how light-hearted the conversation was and to hear how the guests laughed and joked their way through what was a serious conversation; a conversation that even embraced existential threats.
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Samantha Power (pictured) is the 19th Administrator of USAID and was the first of several speakers on a webinar organized by the Washington Post.USAID is said to be the world’s premier international development agency and its global staff of more than 10,000 people focuses on helping the United States respond to four interconnected challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic and the development gains it has imperilled; climate change; conflict and humanitarian crises; and democratic backsliding.
The webinar was entitled "This is Climate: Women Leading the Charge".
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Tony Gleeson (pictured) is part of a three-strong team that produces Geelong's weekly program, "The Sustainable Hour".
This busy fellow was a key player in the recent staging at the Melbourne Town Hall of "Stepping Up Together" - an event conceived of by Robert Patterson, who was eager to see grassroots organizations combine their resources, produce a unifying statement and take a joint stance on the worsening climate crisis.
Tony shared the master of ceremony duties at the September 9 forum with Bryony Edwards.
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Jane Fonda (pictured) wowed many with her on-screen performances and now she's doing something similar as she tackles her concerns about the climate crisis through "Fire Drill Fridays";
"Biden says global warming topping 1.5 degrees in the next 10 to 20 years is scarier than nuclear war";
"About 1,000 protesters rally in Sydney against coal seam gas and water buybacks";
"United Nations special rapporteur warns NT Middle Arm project will raise cancer, heart disease risks";
"Meet the Oil Man in Charge of Leading the World Away From Oil";
"'A unicorn and a fantasy': Energy Minister slams nuclear energy";
"Logging ‘carnage’ in endangered greater glider habitat";
"AOC to headline rally at New York climate march ahead of UN summit";
"French-led proposal for Australia's second-biggest battery storage in Tasmania will 'reduce energy costs', company says";
"Electric vehicle fires are very rare. The risk for petrol and diesel vehicles is at least 20 times higher";
"Another day, another roadblock: how should NZ law deal with disruptive climate protests?";
"Climate minister Chris Bowen says replacing coal-fired power stations with nuclear would cost $387 billion";
"We are poised to pass 1.5℃ of global warming – world leaders offer 4 ways to manage this dangerous time";
"Replacing Australia’s retiring coal power stations with small nuclear reactors could cost $387bn, analysis suggests";
"A ‘green nudge’ cut single-use plastic waste in China, study suggests";
"Meet the Teenagers Helping to Plan the Biggest Climate March Since 2019";
"How I Went From Climate Fatigue to Climate Storytelling";
"New York’s New Anti-Pollution Law Is Here. Even Supporters Don’t Like It.";
"Breathing Wildfire Smoke Could Raise Dementia Risk, New Study Finds";
"California sues oil giants, claiming deception and climate harms";
"Libya flood: international aid arrives as authorities open investigation";
"Love from ancient to modern times";
"Like Canaries in a Coal Mine, Dragonflies Signal Threats to Freshwater Ecosystems";
"Dire Warnings About Libya Dams Went Unheeded";
"‘Towns were erased’: Libyan reporters on the ‘horrifying, harrowing’ aftermath of floods";
"Australia would be raising $70 billion a year from the carbon price if it wasn't dismantled, Ross Garnaut says";
"Potential El Niño inching closer, but the Bureau of Meteorology is not ready to declare it yet";
"Industrial Plants in Gary and Other Environmental Justice Communities Are Highlighted as Top Emitters";
"California sues five of the world's largest oil companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips and Chevron".
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Peter Kiekowsky talks about "Climate Restoration".
"Many people in flood-prone areas of Lagos, Nigeria, would like to relocate within the city";
"Don’t listen to Barnaby Joyce – New England loves renewable energy";
"California lawmakers approve the nation’s most sweeping emissions disclosure rules for big business";
"Is climate change contributing to mysterious gray whale deaths?";
"California moves toward banning new cars running only on gas by 2035";
"We Thought We Were Saving the Planet, but We Were Planting a Time Bomb";
"The Unimaginable Has Happened in Libya";
"Survival of Wild Rice Threatened by Climate Change, Increased Rainfall in Northern Minnesota";
"Climate Costs Imperil Unique, Diverse Detroit Neighborhood";
"Libya floods: How Storm Daniel caused a river ‘tsunami’ that killed thousands";
"More than 3,000 arrested as massive climate protests block major Netherlands motorway for fifth day";
"Decarbonisation in mining still a long way off";
"How close is Earth to becoming unlivable? Humans push planet to brink, study warns."'
"Hot, hotter, hottest: NOAA, NASA say Earth endured the most sizzling summer on record in 2023";
"Four Asian nations to lose $65bn this decade as heat and flooding shock clothing industry";
"Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal’, study warns";
"Are we causing more wildfires?";
"A gamer’s quest to prepare kids for climate change";
"When a storm dumped two feet of water on my city, I learned something gratifying about my neighbors.";
"More U.S. households now need AC due to climate change — but some can't afford it";
"Smart thermostats are helping Arizona’s grid ride out brutal heat";
"England’s rivers at risk as Michael Gove rips up rules on new housing";
"Bowen announces end to ‘remnants of climate wars’";
"New study reveals $90 billion needed to meet 2030 emissions goal in carbon credit projects";
"Humans Have Crossed 6 of 9 ‘Planetary Boundaries’";
"COP28 needs to show action not words for business, finance leaders";
"Hurricane Lee set to lash eastern New England and Atlantic Canada";
"Odds that 2023 will be Earth’s hottest year have doubled, NOAA reports";
"Maui Fire Death Toll Drops to 97 After Weeks of DNA Review";
"Mars unveils net-zero roadmap backed with $1bn three-year spending plan";
"Libyans call for inquiry as fury grows over death toll from catastrophic floods";
"Low Antarctic sea ice may be 'new abnormal'";
"‘Heat waves are the killer’: Tim Flannery warns of deadly risk over summer";
"Libyan deluge survivors hopped from rooftop to rooftop to escape";
"Fury over ‘avoidable’ deaths in Libya floods as thousands buried in mass graves with 11,000 confirmed killed";
"Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate";
"In Libya’s flood-shattered east, a disaster of ‘mythic proportions’";
"It looks like the Batmobile, works on solar energy, and could be the future of cars";
"Heat alert issued as high temperatures bring early taste of summer to eastern Australia";
"Climate crisis set to jeapordise major fashion production hubs, retailers warned";
"To fight climate change, environmentalists may have to give up a core belief";
"Mediterranean Sea hits highest-ever temperature";
"US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year'';
"Inflation headwinds for offshore wind";
"Leaders must listen to the people and end fossil fuels";
"Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find";
"Iron Dust Could Reverse the Course of Climate Change";
"Summer 2023 was hottest on record, scientists say";
"An Economic Case Against Environmental Doomsayers";
"Texas, the go-it-alone state, is rattled by the failure to keep the lights on";
"New files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science";
"Amazon launches seller sustainability hub and makes first direct air capture investments";
"How to be sort of vegan — and how it would help the planet".
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Anna Rose (pictured) told a 2013 forum in Shepparton how a warmer atmosphere can hold much more water and the evidence of that is all around the world.
"Thousands missing and feared dead after floods submerge eastern Libya";
"‘Catastrophe’ in Libya’s Derna as deadly floods engulf city";
Jane Fonda talks about her life as an activist on "Climate One";
"Why your perception of climate change threats might depend on where you live – new research";
"The heat is on";
"Their names appeared on letters urging fracking Ohio’s state parks. They don’t know how.";
"How back-to-back disasters strain community resources";
"How Fires, Floods and Hurricanes Create Deadly Pockets of Information Isolation";
"Faster disaster: climate change fuels ‘flash droughts’, intense downpours and storms";
"Heat Waves May Be Slow, but They Are Just as Destructive as Faster Disasters";
"Five cars destroyed at Sydney airport after luxury electric vehicle’s battery ignites";
"‘Disastrous beyond comprehension’: 10,000 missing after Libya floods";
"Half the World’s Population Faced Extreme Heat for at Least 30 Days This Summer";
"$85 for a cheap piece of plastic? Push to overhaul green government scheme";
"Antarctic sea ice levels entering 'new low state', climate researchers say, with action urged on emissions";
"‘Transform Australia’: Critical minerals key in calls for $100 billion green plan";
"To efficiently harvest water from air, consider the humble spider web";
"1.5°C: where the target came from – and why we’re losing sight of its importance";
"Update needed for 1872 mining law to boost clean energy, report says";
"Climate breakdown: even if we miss the 1.5°C target we must still fight to prevent every single increment of warming";
"Libya, Greece, Brazil: Climate-driven storms cause catastrophic flooding around the world";
"US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds";
"Guess What? More Plastic Trash.";
"The Fire This Time: Facing the Reality of Climate Change";
"You call this living? Dutch ‘cycling professor’ has some tough advice for Melbourne";
"Europe's climate activists face 'repressive tide,' rights watchdogs warn";
"Flood-hit homes uninsurable or unaffordable as climate change hikes premiums";
"Labor won't release climate report on national security threat";
"U.S. Sets Record for Billion-Dollar Disasters in a Single Year, With Almost Four Months to Go";
"“Complete habitat destruction” – scientists rally against NSW Forestry Corporation clear felling";
"It's Official: International Agency Marks 'Beginning of The End' of The Fossil Fuel Era";
"More Than 5,000 Dead in Libya as Collapsed Dams Worsen Flood Disaster";
"How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled";
"Renowned conductor allows climate activists to address crowd at Swiss music festival";
"Working in Extreme Heat Is Dangerous. We Must Make It Safer";
"U.S. has seen a record number of weather disasters this year. It’s only September.";
"Lethal Heat Is Spreading across the Planet";
"Murray measured the indoor temperature at home. The results were shocking";
"In Libya, 10,000 missing following devastating floods";
"We just blew past 1.5 degrees. Game over on climate? Not yet";
"Overwhelming Heat This Summer Could Kill Twice as Many People as Usual";
"How rising water vapour in the atmosphere is amplifying warming and making extreme weather worse";
"What El Niño means for the world’s perilous climate tipping points";
"The engineering brain drain facing Australia's renewable energy sector";
"We urgently need $100bn for renewable energy. But call it statecraft, not ‘industry policy’";
"Is Climate Change Causing More Record-Breaking Hail?";
"How Green is Burning Man?"
"Climate Science Is under Attack in Classrooms";
"Large Herbivores Can Help Prevent Massive Wildfires";
"Our unsung farm dams provide vital habitat to threatened species of frogs";
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Robert Patterson (pictured) dug deep into his own pocket to ensure the success of the September 9 "Stepping Up Together" forum at the Melbourne Town Hall driven by two things - first, the inaction of our decision makers (politicians) and the ever-growing concern he has for his grandchildren.
During our conversation, Robert mentioned climate action in Newcastle. This story will help people better understand what is happening at the New South Wales city - "Two climate activists cause havoc at ports in Newcastle and Melbourne in Blockade Australia's eighth demonstration this week".
Robert, and supporters from Geelong, have created and put to work the Letition idea, which they believe can change the conversation if people from throughout Australia follow guidelines set out on the "Letition.org" web page.
The Geelong group is "A Different Approach Community Climate Action in Australia - (ADAC)".
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Politicians were something of a rarity at the Saturday, September 9, "Stepping Up Together" forum at the Melbourne Town Hall, but the one who did show and delivered a powerful message was Victorian Greens Senator, Janet Rice (pictured).
Senator Rice described as "obscene" the Labor Party's constant justification of its push to open new coal mines and sink new gas wells, or back the gas fracking process.
About 70 people sat through and enjoyed the three-hour forum that attempted to pull together disparate environment groups in a bid to draw up a joint statement of intent and hopefully, both shift and advance the climate conversation.
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Elizabeth Boulton (pictured) has a military background and so understands and has a grasp of both existential threats and "vital ground" - she was one of the many speakers at the "Stepping Up Together" forum at the Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday, September 9.
And Elizabeth has a plan - it's known as "Plan E" and you can learn more about that from her website: "DestinationSafeEarth".
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"Upset at climate inaction, young people gird for European court battle"
"From Burning Man to Woodstock to Fyre Festival: what turns a festival into a disaster?";
"Farmers are famously self-reliant. Why not use farm dams as mini-hydro plants?";
"Arizona is so hot pavements are giving people third-degree burns, says doctor";
"Heat, humidity kill hundreds of US cattle during world's hottest month";
"First African Climate Summit in Kenya calls for ‘accountability’ for rich nations";
"What Do Climate Scientists Tell Their Kids about the Future?";
"Forests Are No Longer Our Climate Friends";
"A 90-plus percent cut in U.S. building emissions is possible";
"WA building the nation's longest EV charging network";
"Climate crisis: Australia must ready for ‘devastating’ regional disruption, MPs told";
"‘Marvels of engineering’: The wind turbines that can float";
"Assessment of methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas supply chain";
"Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria hit by fatal flash floods";
"Three big, bold ideas to douse the flames of a world on fire";
"Eco-anxiety looms as headspace survey reveals young people want climate change action";
"Govt pressed to invest $100bn in renewable energy";
"How can Australia compete in a clean energy world?";
"Environmentalists condemn Australia’s ‘woeful record’ after 48 plants and animals added to threatened species list";
"Queensland coalmines to rival electricity sector for climate pollution by 2030, report finds";
"Brazil, US, Greece, Turkey and China all hit by natural disasters as world records hottest summer";
"Electric vehicles are booming in Melbourne's outer suburbs, but cost is holding some back";
"Heatwaves can increase the risk of drowning in Australia. Here's how to stay safe";
"How Climate Change and Child Marriage Unfortunately Go Hand in Hand";
"Toyota, a Hybrid Pioneer, Struggles to Master Electric Vehicles";
"Drowning risk increases during heatwaves in unexpected ways – here’s how to stay safe this summer";
"3,200 deaths a year: 1 of many reasons air pollution in Australia demands urgent national action";
"How one student forced the government to admit the economic risks of climate change";
"Roofs torn off houses as wild winds slam Sydney";
"At Africa’s First Climate Summit, a Clear Call to the World: Invest in Us";
"Water could be key in cutting CO2 emissions";
"Watch: Restaurant chairs and tables swept away as flash floods hit Athens";
"Save Our Ice";
"Extreme rain in Hong Kong turns city streets into raging rivers";
"Warming Set the Stage for Canada’s Record Fires, Study Finds";
"Protest Stops U.S. Open Semifinal Match";
"The heat wave is shutting schools down just as kids return to class";
"‘Black storm’: Parts of Hong Kong submerged after heaviest rain in 140 years";
"This summer was hotter for almost everyone in the world, study says";
"U.N. report warns nations have ‘rapidly narrowing window’ to cut emissions";
"Climate Report Card Says Countries Are Trying, but Urgently Need Improvement";
"Earth experienced ‘hottest summer on record’ in 2023, UN says";
"How Climate Change is Fueling Stronger Hurricanes";
"Climate Science Denial Looms Large in GB News Linked ‘ARC’ Venture";
"Jordan Peterson Generates Millions of YouTube Hits for Climate Crisis Deniers";
"Agribusiness Giant Cargill Is in Activists’ Crosshairs for Its Connections to Deforestation in Bolivia";
"A Medical Toolkit for Climate Resiliency Is Built on the Latest Epidemiology and ER Best Practices";
"New Research Shows Direct Link Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Polar Bear Decline&quo
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Gilbert Rochecoiuste (pictured) is both a colourful and emotional fellow, among the many powerful guest speakers at the Saturday, September 9, "Stepping up Together" conference at the Melbourne Town Hall.
Gilbert is the founder and managing director of Village Well and is recognised locally and internationally as a leading voice in placemaking, regenerative practice and the creation of vibrant, resilient and loved places.
He had a moving and emotional message for those at the conference.
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Violet Coco and the 15-year-old schoolgirl, Charlotte (pictured), are obviously quite different people, but they are driven by the same concerns and passions.
Both, however, are desperately and urgently concerned about the state of the world's climate system, although they tackle the issue in slightly different ways - Violet through civil disobedience and Charlotte through School Stikes for Climate.
Charlotte also supports the "Make it 16" campaign.
Violet had been campaigning on the streets of Brisbane in August when she took time out to join those at The Green Institute conference, while Charlotte was one of the many speakers at the Saturday, September 9, conference, "Stepping up Together" organised by Robert Patterson.
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The Director of the Sydney Environmental Institute and a Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Sydney, David Schlosberg (pictured), talked about "hope with teeth" during a presentation at the August Green Institute conference in Brisbane.
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"The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation" represents something of a culmination of a life's work for Dr Mark Diesendorf.
In this episode, he talks about why he wrote the book, what it means to him and, hopefully, what it will mean to the broader society.
He co-authored the book with science writer and broadcaster, Canberra's Rod Taylor.
It's a beautiful, accessible book that should be read by as many people as possible, particularly those who stand in the way of creating what Mark and Rod see as a "sustainable civilisation".
Those eager to hear more from Mark can do so in two ways.
First, by attending the "Stepping up Together" event at the Melbourne Town Hall and second, by listening to Mark on Geelong's "The Sustainable Hour".
"The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation" can be secured from most bookstores, and I would urge you to find a copy read it and follow some of the advice.
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Chief scientist from the Australian CSIRO, Dr Andy Sheppard (pictured), talked about invasive species and climate change on the ABC's RN Breakfast show with host, Patricia Karvellas;
"How Hurricane Ida survivor Melissa Bright is helping to rebuild her community";
"Not burning, drowning: why outdoor festivals like Burning Man are reeling from extreme weather";
"America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow":
"Climate-linked ills threaten humanity";
"How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world";
"Storm warning as east coast braces for fire season";
"At least three dead as heavy rainfall triggers flash floods in Spain";
"Come to our Greening the Healthcare Sector Forum";
"Climate Change Has a Hitman: Responding to Extreme Heat";
"The World Today: The Crisis of Climate-Driven Extinction";
"Why electric car owners may be paid to plug into solar";
"Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 66% in August";
"Canada Is Burning";
"How Cities Are Adapting to Climate Change";
"10 Cities That Could Be Climate Havens in the U.S.";
"Hottest day of year arrives in Washington region";
"Global companies urge EU to raise its climate ambition in the run-up to 2040";
"The fight over California community solar: ‘It’s everyone vs. utilities’";
"Maui’s neglected grasslands caused Lahaina fire to grow with deadly speed";
"‘Adapt or die’: Nightmare weather coming for unprepared Australia";
"Climate crisis poses greatest risk to people with respiratory illnesses, experts warn";
"Health evidence against gas and oil is piling up, environment experts report";
"Invasive species lead driver of biodiversity loss in Australia – and feral cats have biggest impact, report finds";
"Betting against worst-case climate scenarios is risky business";
"Maina Talia says climate change for Tuvaluans is a matter of life and death";
"The illegal killing of 265 trees on Sydney’s North Shore is not just vandalism. It’s theft on a grand scale";
"Heat returns with a record-setting vengeance";
"Coalmine approvals in Australia this year could add 150m tonnes of CO2 to atmosphere";
"Every country can make a difference – but carbon reductions need to be realistic and fair";
"Scientists warn invasive pests are taking a staggering toll on society";
"Hawaii residents fear ‘the next catastrophe’";
"Sydney’s running out of water, and we haven’t been paying attention";
"For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age";
"Walloped by Hurricane Idalia, Steinhatchee rebuilds again";
"Short-termism and seeking silver bullets: Why businesses still aren’t preparing for environmental risks";
"Report: UK’s net-zero transition could bring £240bn economic boost";
"‘Walking billboard’ for Woodside: parents want end to fossil fuel company sponsorship of WA Nippers";
"Where dangerous heat is surging";
"Big Farms and Flawless Fries Are Gulping Water in the Land of 10,000 Lakes".
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Rod Bakes (pictured) sees the election of a minority government as the first and primary way for changes to be made to tackle the climate crisis.
Rod is among the many speakers assembled for the Saturday, September 9, meeting at the Melbourne Town Hall - an emergency climate action meeting entitled "Stepping Up Together".
The necessity of changing the government begins at the polling booth and so through the website "Vote Climate One", Rod and others on the committee, have established a "traffic light" system for all elections, including Local Government.
Get along to Saturday's meeting and you can hear, first hand, what Rod has to say and, of course, the thoughts and views of the impressive array of speakers.
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Robert Patterson is 74, a grandfather and yet has played a key role in pulling together a Melbourne Town Hall meeting for Saturday, September 9, which he hopes will prompt some grassroots climate action.
Mr Patterson has been deeply involved in the climate conversation for at least four years and with his group from Anakie, just north-west of Geelong, he helped set up the Letition idea.
Saturday's town hall meeting starts and one o'clock in the afternoon and will continue through to four - you can see the agenda and the fascinating array of powerful speakers on the attached "Stepping Up Together" meeting profile.
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The U.S.-based Climate One will soon be talking with Jane Fonda (pictured) about the many things she cares about, including the climate crisis: "Jane Fonda: A Lifetime of Activism".
"Stepping up together";
"The Climate Crisis Could Mean the Twilight of the American West";
"Home insurers cut natural disasters from policies as climate risks grow";
"El Nino not official, but prepare for a scorching summer";
"Fewer of us are cycling – here’s how we can reverse the decline";
"Letition - Coordinated Climate Advocacy";
"I tell my kids: If you see smoke coming from the forest, just go. Run.";
"After Maui, residents across Hawaii fear ‘the next catastrophe’"
"Climate activists let down this Toorak driver’s tyre. He sees their point";
"She was a teen when Katrina hit. Now she helps manage New Orleans’ water";
"Fairytales and Fear: Stories of Our Future";
"There Are No U.S. ‘Climate Havens’ from Heat and Disaster Risk";
"US denies rigging loss and damage fund’s board in rich nations’ favour";
"Long Read: Our renewable power struggle";
"EU nominates Wopke Hoekstra as top climate diplomat";
"A zero-carbon transport sector needs more than electric vehicles";
"The Summer Ahead by Joelle Gergis";
"The future of low-carbon heating is heat pumps";
"How sea level rise made Idalia’s storm surge worse";
"A new tool in the fight to save the planet? A 6th-century Roman doctrine.";
"Idalia rapidly intensified ahead of landfall. Expect more of the same in a warming world.";
"What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Primer on the Drive to Fast Track Energy Projects—Both Clean and Fossil Fuel";
"As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, ‘Is It Time to Remove Them?’";
"After the Maui fires took Carole, her people honored her on the water";
"Chart: Renewables are on track to keep getting cheaper and cheaper";
"‘Giant Methane Factories’: Hydropower Has Long Been Touted as Clean Energy. But Is It?";
"CO2 Emissions and the 🤗 Hub: Leading the Charge".
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Mark Diesendorf and Mark Taylor have co-authored “The Path to a Sustainable Civilisation” and it’s a must read for anyone concerned our future, the well-being of biodiversity, peace and sustainability.
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Grab a copy of this book and, most importantly, read it! I mentioned aphasia, you can learn more about it here - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/aphasia/symptoms-causes/syc-20369518. Also, Feeling’s Mik Aidt recently interviewed Mark and you can hear that here - https://climatesafety.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TheClimateRevolution005.mp3
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Violet Coco’s visit to Brisbane with the Bob Brown Foundation to hopefully alert the Federal Labor Party (it was in Brisbane for its annual conference) to the need to end the logging of old growth forests coincided with the The Green Institute conference at which Violet was a guest. While there she agreed to short interview with “Climate Conversations”
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Being away from my base, I’ve decided to attempt the posting of an episode using just my iPhone- it’s not great, but it’s a start and the beginning of a new era (at least for me.
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Climate protest critics miss the point - "The Drum";
"Sunak’s family firm signed a billion-dollar deal with BP before PM opened new North Sea licences";
"Boom to bust: Fallout of war and drought leaves Ethiopians mired in poverty";
"Do phrases like ‘global boiling’ help or hinder climate action?";
"Earth Emotions";
"My husband has farmed for 4 decades. Climate change might end his run.";
"U.S. Forest Service Plan to Plant More Than a Billion Trees Limited by Lack of Seedlings, Study Finds";
"This Summer Is Pointing Us Toward Uncharted Territory";
"Paying Attention to Critical Climate Messages from the Polar Regions";
"Research Links Climate Change to Lazier Jet Stream, Leading to Extreme Weather";
"GreenDrill project";
"Can Democracy Survive the Polycrisis?";
"All Hat and No Cattle" - George Monbiot;
"Our permafrost is thawing – and with it bacteria and viruses";
"World has first real taste of life at 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial times";
"Developers in California build all-electric homes";
"These places baked the most during Earth’s hottest month on record";
"When Climate Hits Your Pocketbook: How Much Is the Heat Costing You?";
"Is Azelio’s abrupt bankruptcy a bad omen for long-duration energy storage?';
"Youth Activists 15 Years Later";
"‘It’s not sustainable’: overcrowding is changing the soul of US national parks";
"The Australian Government refuses to say what it knows about climate-security threats, so we gave policymakers a helping hand";
"Accelerating Australia to a prosperous, zero-emissions future";
"After her farm flooded, this B.C. farmer went looking for solutions";
"Do phrases like ‘global boiling’ help or hinder climate action?";
"What Does It Mean to Die of Heat?";
"Parenting In An Era Of Climate Change";
"Climate Cafe";
"Engaging with climate change and eco-distress";
"“Landmark alliance:” Origin, Coles strike solar and battery deal to cut emissions, balance grid";
"Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide";
"Labor accused of propping up gas projects with carbon pollution permits";
"Activists elevate anti-oil message, spend hours on Rishi Sunak’s roof";
"How Florida let a top insurer abandon homeowners in their time of greatest need";
"Tackling Transitions: Community batteries";
"Is A Mega Ocean Current About to Shut Down?";
"‘Limitless’ energy: how floating solar panels near the equator could power future population hotspots";
"What This Year’s ‘Astonishing’ Ocean Heat Means for the Planet";
"Climate Change Indicators: Sea Surface Temperature";
"It’s midwinter, but it’s over 100 degrees in South America";
"As extreme heat hits South Korea and Japan, death toll rises sharply";
"Expert panel calls for urgent rethink on Great Barrier Reef management amid ‘unremitting’ climate crisis";
"Community solar programs can make green energy more accessible";
"As Guyana shows&
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The end of the world as we know it and how we can thrive in that changed world will be discussed at the Green Institute Conference in Brisbane on August 18 and 19.
Institute Executive Director, Tim Hollo, both an author and musician, sees the conference as a moment when people can step forward and initiate changes ensuring we not only survive but thrive in this somewhat different world.
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Mark Spencer lives shoulder deep in the audio world and being conscious of the difficulties and challenges faced by podcasters, he has been organizing special events at which those from the podcasting world get together to talk, compare notes, consider what is ahead in the podcasting world and, of course, laugh a lot.
The most recent of the gathering of those from the podcasting industry was at the Arbory Bar at Melbourne's Flinders St Station and among those at the "get-together" were the Strategy Director
"Wavelength Creative", Adam Jaffrey; the Executive Producer of podcast at "Adore", Chiara; and podcaster Sean Marsh, who now works with "Climate 200".
News stories associated with this episode are:
"July 2023 Is Hottest Month Ever Recorded on Earth";
"DIY climate retreat: the village that won’t wait on government";
"Climate crisis: Australia must ready for ‘devastating’ regional disruption, MPs told";
"Oil giants invest in exploration as profits trump climate";
"Over-Exposed";
"Avoiding China supply-chain risks, First Solar soars";
"China currently dominates global solar PV supply chains";
"Tracking Heat Across the World";
"Ahmedabad Heat Action Plan 2019";
"Cool Roofs";
"Cities100: Medellín’s interconnected green corridors";
"Heat Is Costing the U.S. Economy Billions in Lost Productivity";
"British Government Signals Support for Oil and Gas Industry";
"A Left-Right Alliance Puts Iowa’s CO2 Pipelines on the Presidential Agenda";
"Canada Is Ravaged by Fire. No One Has Paid More Dearly Than Indigenous People.";
"Phoenix’s Month in Hell: A 31-Day Streak of Record Heat Ends";
"How Farmers Used California’s Floods to Revive Undergound Aquifers";
"As Climate Shocks Multiply, Designers Seek Holy Grail: Disaster-Proof Homes";
"EPA’s ‘Secret Science’ Rule Meets with an Outpouring of Protest on Last Day for Public Comment";
"Republican Leaders Want to Reinvent the Party’s Climate Image. The Far Right Won’t Let Them";
"FERC takes a big step to get more clean energy on the US grid":
"Weak emissions targets spell disaster for Great Barrier Reef";
"‘Crying poor’: Senate showdown looms on gas tax";
"Antarctica is missing sea ice and scientists don’t know why";
"Why is Australia having such a warm winter? A climate expert explains";
"Phoenix Just Had Its Hottest July Ever. So What Now?";
"Monsters: Cars, Which Are Killing Us and the Planet";
"Endless-seeming heat wave to keep broiling the southern U.S. this week";
"Out of danger because the UN said so? Hardly – the Barrier Reef is still in hot water":
"What a future: Climate chaos, a life of renting and a crappy job. I’m truly sorry";
"Antarctica is missing a chunk of sea ice bigger than Greenland – what’s going on?";
"Rain pelts Beijing leaving 11 dead and 27 missing";
"Phoenix just posted the hottest month ever observed in a U.S. city";
"The Great Barrier Reef is in existential danger, whether or not the Albanese government chooses to accept it";
"Eleven Dead and 27 Missing, as Heavy Rains Batter Beijing";
"Coast Guard veteran is on a mission for solar";
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Tonight's issue of The Drum on the Australian Broadcasting Commission television's program devoted nearly 30 minutes to talking about a push by Australian Capital Territory Independent Senator David Pocock for a duty of care law to protect the young from carbon emissions arising from new fossil fuel projects.
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Darwin dad fears for his kids as Senator David Pocock pushes for climate changes: "Senator proposes climate duty of care law";
"Planet enters era of 'global boiling': UN";
"Syria’s northern coast ravaged by wildfires, months after devastating earthquake";
"Extreme weather linked to climate change the 'number one threat' to natural World Heritage sites, research finds";
"Alan Kohler: The great garbage go-slow that’s turbo-charging the climate crisis";
"ACT government proposes rethink of transport planning to promote safer cycling, walking options";
"Syria executes 24 people over deadly forest fires";
"Utopia-triggered bureaucrat lashes ‘institutional amnesia, ad-hockery’ in climate policy";
"Tesla Tesla Tesla: How Australia ended up at the back of world’s EV queue";
"Greens say Chalmers chose ‘watered-down’ gas super-profits tax";
"Victoria announces ban on gas connections to new homes from January 2024";
"‘Global boiling’: Confronting graph a warning for Australia";
"The famed Keeling Curve";
"Planet Partners with the UAE Space Agency to Build Satellite Data-driven Loss and Damage Atlas for Climate Resilience";
"Pocock seeks to impose duty of care on Australian government over climate harm";
"July set to be Earth's hottest month on record";
"‘Climate emergency’: Minns must stop dragging his heels in transition to renewables";
"The gas industry used to be unassailable in Australia. Not any more";
"Australian electric vehicle sales in first half of 2023 already higher than all of 2022, report says".
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The climate crisis is impacting on our sex lives - "What Climate Change Is Doing to Our Sex Lives";
"Stop dissembling: International Climate Emergency Mobilisation is essential – now";
"Does Australia recycle anything? And does it matter?";
"‘We can’t endure this’: Migrants suffer in extreme Tunisian heat";
"The Mediterranean island for the rich and famous at the forefront of the climate revolution";
"Global warning";
"Record-Breaking Rains in Chicago Underscore the Urgency of Flood Resiliency Projects, City Officials Say";
"COP28: Science-based roadmap to 1.5C promised for food systems at climate summit":
"In hot water: South Florida ocean tops 100 degrees";
"Scientists detect sign that a crucial ocean current is near collapse";
"Forked Tongues: heavy emitters exposed as hypocrites on climate action, new analysis shows";
"Bait and switch: How ESG investors get duped";
"Community leaders have expressed concern over the possible removal of socio-economic testing before water buybacks";
"Financial institutions ignoring research that shows economic damage of climate change";
"That makes the EX30 one of the lowest-priced EVs in the US — and it's from a premium brand.";
"Chicago’s downtown buildings are slowly sinking. The culprit? Underground climate change, study shows.";
"Vital Places of Refuge in the Bronx, Community Gardens Gain Recognition";
"Warming Could Push the Atlantic Past a ‘Tipping Point’ This Century";
"Increasing Power Outages Don’t Hit Everyone Equally";
"Extreme heat is covering more U.S. territory than it has all summer";
"Crucial global climatic system could face tipping point in two years";
"Interview with Barbara Schaffer, GANSW Principal Landscape Architect";
"Beloved grizzly Otis was again late for salmon season. Blame climate change.";
"EV Sales Continue to Soar, But a Surge in Production Could Lead to a Glut for Some Models";
"Heatwave and drought leave Tunisia farmers struggling to survive";
"New York, LA, Chicago and Houston, the Nation’s Four Largest Cities, Are Among Those Hardest Hit by Heat Islands";
"Tribe fights to preserve California coastline — and its own culture";
"Pressure grows on governments and banks to stop supporting Amazon oil and gas";
"Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests";
"We’re running out of time to stop Earth’s climate catastrophe";
"Global boiling: Sydney hasn’t done enough to prepare for lethal heat";
"Trees, cool rooms and air-con rights forecast as Melbourne tries to beat the expected heat";
"How We Can Adapt to Live with Extreme Heat";
"How to protect your dog from heatstroke";
"Forests Are Losing Their Ability to Hold Carbon";
"Infrastructure and green energy spending are powering the economy";
"Oil and gas industry earned $4 trillion last year, says IEA chief";
"Is cobalt the 'blood diamond of electric cars'? What can be done about it?";
"Military Exemptions: How One of the World’s Largest Polluters Gets a Free Pass";
"D.C. community center plans to serve neighbors during disasters";
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Michaela Loach (pictured) was one of several guests on a "War on Want" webinar, "Indivisible Justice Migration & the Climate Crisis";
"Families allege coal tar cleanup caused children's cancer";
"No new gas connections a huge win for Victoria";
"Gas connections to be banned from new homes in Victoria";
"As Florida ocean temperatures soar, a race to salvage imperiled corals";
"Climate litigation is on the rise around the world and Australia is at the head of the pack";
"Ancient pathogens released from melting ice could wreak havoc on the world, new analysis reveals";
"Call to combat costs with solar-powered social housing";
"Extreme weather linked to climate change the 'number one threat' to natural World Heritage sites, research finds";
"Is paradise being lost? Raging wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes gives southern Europe a terrifying glimpse into the future";
"‘Virtually certain’ July will be world’s hottest ever month";
"Climate Change Lawsuits More Than Double in 5 Years, UN Report Finds";
"Florida Waters Reach Hot Tub Temperatures of 101.19 Degrees Fahrenheit";
"Activist could face massive bill after stink gas 'prank' interrupts 2500 workers";
"Save the Planet, Put Down that Hamburger";
"From extreme heat to wildfire smoke, how summer camps are adapting to climate change";
"This Looks Like Earth’s Warmest Month. Hotter Ones Appear to Be in Store.";
"Greece wildfires: 1,200 children evacuated from summer camp as blaze nears";
"Dr Alan Finkel delivers Fairley Lecture";
"Record-breaking heat is the latest signal of a climate in crisis";
"When Climate Change Hits Home";
"Severe storms with high winds and flooding forecast to blast Northeast";
"Welcome to the Great Unraveling";
"This Looks Like Earth’s Warmest Month. Hotter Ones Appear to Be in Store.";
"The Monsoon Is Becoming More Extreme";
"Deadly Monsoon Flooding and Landslides Lash India";
"A Grim Climate Lesson From the Canadian Wildfires";
"No United States President can walk back on climate change commitments now: John Kerry";
"Activists with disabilities want to lead the climate fight despite barriers in their way";
"Where the most U.S. residents bake because of concrete and lack of trees";
"Groups Tell Biden to Stop Approving Fossil Fuel Projects If He Really Wants to Cut Methane";
"More money for EV charging software — ev.energy raises $33M";
"Is the biggest US public utility finally catching up on clean energy?";
"Senate 'greenwashing' submission from Climate Council";
"UPS and Teamsters reach agreement, averting Aug. 1 strike";
"Net-zero carbon emissions won’t be sustainable if social inequalities aren’t addressed";
"These thermal images show how Phoenix uses technology to keep cool";
"Why a serious climate strategy is almost impossible in the UK’s current political system";
"Why California and Florida Have Become Almost Uninsurable";
"Dear EarthTalk: What exactly is “climate migration” and is it already happenin
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Former Australian Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel (pictured), visited Shepparton on Wednesday, July 12, to deliver the annual Fairley Lecture organized by the Shepparton campus of La Trobe University.
This year's lecture was at the Shepparton Art Museum (SAM) with the venue being booked out by people eager to hear what Dr Finkel had to say.
He anchored his address around the inspiration, passion, spirit, and endeavour, commitment of one of the Goulburn Valley's great pioneers, Sir Andrews Fairley.
Dr Finkel has also recently released the book, "Powering Up: Unleashing the Clean Energy Supply Chain".
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MP Kate Chaney (pictured) appears on the ABC's Q&A and then on a Climate 200 webinar, where she champions a year of the independents in the Australian Federal Parliament.
"Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke";
"Summer fires a risk for domestic tourism, but they have not stopped travellers to Europe";
"This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows";
"Biden Administration Announces $120 Million for Tribes Dealing with the Impacts of Climate Change";
"Greta Thunberg Fined After Blocking Port Traffic";
"Hemp Lime Building Systems";
"Maybe Wooden Skyscrapers Aren’t As Climate-Friendly As We Think";
"The carbon costs of global wood harvests";
"‘Greenhushing’ is the hot new trend in corporate climate shenanigans";
"PM says government determined to get ahead of fire emergencies but can't 'defy science'";
"John Kerry steps into searing China heat as world’s two biggest polluters try to fix fractured ties";
"Victorian caravan parks being rebuilt to withstand increased flood risk";
"Tourists have acted as if the climate crisis isn't happening. This year will force change";
"The Government Is Basically Burning Trash to Pad Its Climate Stats";
"This week will be the summer’s hottest so far over the Lower 48";
"Keen to get off gas in your home, but struggling to make the switch? Research shows you’re not alone";
"Could the law of the sea be used to protect small island states from climate change?";
"The race to save baby birds in Phoenix’s record heat":
"Signature Biden Program Won’t Fix Racial Gap in Air Quality, Study Suggests";
"A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis";
"Heat waves in U.S., Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, study finds";
"Rio Tinto bets on bigger role for metal recycling in green power shift";
"Electric cars expected to outsell diesel ones in the UK next year";
"COP26: Countries promise coal phase-out and end to fossil fuel finance";
"Why aren’t Texans paid to help prevent blackouts during heat waves?";
"Scientists investigate the climate impact of airborne dust";
"Rising Heat Deaths Are Not Just About the Temperature";
"Conservation groups are abandoning direct action";
"To Feel Less Heat, We Need More Trees in Our Cities";
"The US Will Never Be A Climate Leader: Here’s Why";
"Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests";
"Once in 7.5 million year event in Antarctica could have 'major impact' on global weather";
"EVs will bring ‘unprecedented’ power demand, but their flexibility can improve grid reliability, utilities say";
"Fires blaze on island of Rhodes as dozens more start across Greece";
"Seafood Is Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change, Study Finds"';
"Backlash to climate policies is growing";
"New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says";
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"Wildfires on Greek island of Rhodes spark biggest evacuation in country's history";
"VIDEO: New research finds cold fronts drastically affect bushfires";
"Antarctic sea ice levels dive in 'five-sigma event', as experts flag worsening consequences for planet";
"Interview with Dr Sophie Scamps" - (pictured);
"Wildfire causes havoc in Greece";
"How El Niño could affect the economy and cost of living, with upward pressure on food prices";
"Calls for SUV drivers to pay higher parking fees to fight pollution";
"Pope urges world leaders to do more to tackle climate change";
"Wildfires ravage Greek island of Rhodes, forcing 19,000 to flee";
"The missing factor preventing the BoM from declaring an El Nino event";
"Small-town GOP officials are torn over Biden’s clean energy cash";
"Thoughts from a scalding Athens in a climate in crisis";
"VIDEO: Pacific nations fight to take climate harm to highest court";
"Scorched by burning questions, our answer should not be inaction";
"NSW communities warned to prepare for bushfires, after crews battle more than 800 blazes this month";
"The weighty issue of electric cars [Part 2]";
"'Excessive' power costs for consumers questioned as wholesale prices tumble";
"How to save globalisation from itself? Chalmers has some ideas";
"Wildfire smoke brings hazy days to summer camps of covid generation".
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"How Arizona is quenching animals’ thirst during historic heat wave";
"‘Impossible to insure a property’: How climate change will impact your suburb or town";
"Heatwaves in Europe, Asia and US give a scary taste of what’s to come";
"We need an Earth System Treaty to save civilisation. And we need it now";
"How California’s weather catastrophe turned into a miracle";
"America’s Deadly Heat Isn’t (Officially) a Major Disaster";
"Getting off gas: What you need to know before going electric";
"The hottest July in 120,000 years. What’s in store for Australia this summer?";
"The World Is Reeling From Record Heat and Flooding. Scientists Say It’s the Cost of Climate Inaction";
"Groundswell Journal" - stories of people, climate, action and hope;
"In the sizzling-hot heart of Texas, river tubing offers cool relief";
"Security for NZ should focus on climate, not military";
"How El Niño is set to change";
"Gas-fired generation accounted for 70% of unplanned outages in Winter Storm Elliott: PJM";
"Killer Heat: Confronting Disproportionate Impacts on Women and Girls";
"Australia will update the ‘fantasy’ net zero plan it inherited";
"Birds clarify evolutionary ‘dance’ between size and temp";
"Working in the Heat: The US Chamber of Commerce Wants Bosses to Decide If You Live or Die";
"The scorching summer of 2023 reaches ‘mind-blowing’ high temperatures";
"Collapse is not a dirty word";
"ICYMI: Condor Convention, Multiplying Heat Domes, Shark-Hunting Drones & Tioga Road Finally Opens";
"New Federal Report on Research Into Sun-Dimming Technologies Delivers More Questions Than Answers";
"Experts Study Using Waste Plastic in Roads and More, but Find the Practice Isn’t Ready for Prime Time";
"AP PHOTOS: Canada's wildfires blacken thousands of square miles, upend lives";
"Tornado, hail storms hit northern Italy as the south swelters";
"Typhoon Talim hammers China leaving flooded streets and uprooted trees";
"Business lobby warns Australia risks falling behind as US mounts green revolution";
"So much for the summer holidays: Map shows how Britain faces a MONTH'S worth of rain this weekend as school break season gets off to a damp start";
"Wellbeing Statement doesn’t address this century’s biggest health burden: climate change";
"Victorian government accused of 'hoarding' funds for Melbourne's sprawling areas struggling without basic ammenities";
"How persistent heat can lead to chronic health problems";
"We are living through Earth’s hottest month on record, scientists say";
"Inside the most extreme heat wave the Southern U.S. has faced";
"Nonprofit plants thousands of ‘super trees’ along Houston’s shipping channel";
"A climate expert explains the Northern Hemisphere’s weird, wild summer – and what it means for Australia";
"Extreme temperatures around the world";
"Is green growth the future?";
"How the monarchy cashes in on our seabed";
"Labor’s environment movement at odds with Plibersek over conservation";
"NZ’s laggard politicians see the climate crisis as a burden to be tackled";
"EU-NZ trade pact could propel us to climate action";
"Climate change is changing the ocean’s color — and fast, scientists say"
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"Humans can't endure temperatures and humidities as high as previously thought";
"The impact of climate change on the Pacific Nations";
"U.S. Investigating Why Delta Passengers Were Kept on Plane in Extreme Heat";
"Fossil fuel giants “gaslighting” on emissions, Climate Council calls for greenwash ban";
"Green Banks Spring Up in States, Spurred by $27 Billion Fund";
"Big Oil's Real Agenda on Climate Change 2022";
"Fossil fuel booster speaks to Senate Republicans";
"Lakes will ‘die’ without urgent action";
"She’s on a Mission From God: Suing Big Oil for Climate Damages";
"6 women leading the fight against climate change";
"The World Bank Is Failing on Climate Change";
"Cracking the Code: Finding “Economic Growth” in Federal Law";
"Youth at Angola held in extreme heat, solitary confinement, court filings say";
"Green groups demand US end talks on natural gas certification";
"All-Consuming" - George Monbiot;"
"A Vast Lake Has Captivated California Where Farms Stood a Year Ago";
"Heat Affects Older People More. Here’s How to Stay Safe.";
"Ancient soil shows part of Greenland was ice-free — and could soon melt again, scientists say";
"Protesters facing more charges over Woodside evacuation";
"Shire of Collie rejects proposal to install EV charging stations in town, citing 'extremely low' usage";
"Rich lode of EV metals could boost Taliban and its new Chinese partners";
"Want to slash your winter heating costs by 75 per cent? Ditch gas and go electric";
"This new factory will turn CO2 into sustainable jet fuel";
"Seniors are migrating to states that face America’s most extreme heat";
"Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace";
"Prosecco grapes under threat due to climate change: study";
"How Biden's climate law will — and won’t — transform America";
"Man found dead in Death Valley as temperatures soared to 121 degrees";
"Where Are We Going, Really?";
"What’s causing this summer’s extreme heat waves?";
"Airlines could ditch flights to Australia to meet future emissions promises, parliament told";
"ONLINE FARM BUSINESS RESILIENCE SHORT COURSE";
"The heat index reached 152 degrees in the Middle East — nearly at the limit for human survival";
"88 million people in the U.S. may be exposed to dangerous heat today";
"Some of Europe’s Most Popular Wines at Risk From Climate Crisis";
"Carbon Sequestration 101: Everything You Need to Know";
"China’s Xi Rebuffs Kerry’s Call for Faster Climate Action";
"Energy bills could drop by 75pc if Victorians from gas to electricity, report says";
"Flotation Energy starts Gippsland offshore wind work – before getting a licence";
"How to Protect Yourself from Smoky Wildfire Air";
"‘It’s unbearable’: Phoenix roasts at 110-plus degrees, with no end in sight";
"Charon heatwave: Why is it so hot in Europe and how long will it last?";
"In pictures: Europe scorched by blistering temperatures as second heatwave hits";
"Hottest temperatures ever: How do countries in Europe compare?";
"House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial";
"‘Things Don’t Always Change in a Nice, Gradual Way’";
"She’s on a Mission From God: Suing Big Oil for Climate Damages";
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William Ellis (pictured) is the Director of External Affairs for Pepco and was full of praise for consumers on the Zpryme webinar, "The Off-Road to Net Zero".
Vice president of Client and Thought Leadership Strategy at Zpryme chaired this webinar and reminded those attending that a complete recording could be found on the Zpryme website.
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Gaia Vince (picture) talks about "Climate chaos, migration" with Andrew Marr;"
"Phoenix hits record for 19th day of 110+ degrees in a row — with more ahead";
"Here’s what to know about the heat around the world.";
"Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast";
"In 128-degree Death Valley, a man dressed as Darth Vader ran a mile";
"How Aussie dad slashed hundreds off his energy bills: 'Easy'";
"“If you’re not Paris aligned, you’re anti-humanity:” Garnaut slams Australia’s disorderly transition";
"BOM still not calling El Niño as Northern Hemisphere swelters through intense heatwaves";
"Traditional owners win court case to stop nuclear waste dump in South Australia";
"A climate expert explains the Northern Hemisphere’s weird, wild summer - and what it means for Australia";
"Phoenix Breaks Record With 19 Consecutive Days 110 Degrees or Higher";
"Phoenix breaks heat record with 19th day of temperatures at 110F or higher";
"Research Reveals Warmer Brazilian Coast and Increasing Extreme Temperature Events";
"Bowen to develop decarbonisation plans, but still no industry plan";
"Five things to know about the brutal U.S. heat wave";
"Phoenix Breaks Record With 19 Consecutive Days 110 Degrees or Higher";
"The quest to produce less trash";
"Bowen unveils sector by sector decarbonisation plan, but says no to 2035 net zero target";
"Taxpayer-funded finance groups hit with Federal Court law suit over support for fossil fuel industry projects";
"Australia’s biggest coal plant can close in 2025 and lights won’t go out. Here’s how";
"Electric vehicle demand revs up as companies eye future";
"Sales of Japanese carmakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda sink in China as they fall behind in EV race";
"Did the Anthropocene start in 1950 – or much earlier? Here’s why debate over our world-changing impact matters";
"Heatwaves in Europe, Asia and US give a scary taste of what’s to come";
"The World Is Reeling From Record Heat and Flooding. Scientists Say Its the Cost of Climate Inaction";
"Italy warns ‘peak of the heat is coming,’ issues red alert for 16 cities as temperatures soar";
"Climate change is fueling an insurance crisis. There’s no easy fix.";
"US climate envoy meets Chinese counterpart on hottest ever day in China";
"Climate Change-Fueled Floods and Wildfires Bring Death and Misery Across the Globe";
"In photos: How the world is dealing with extreme heat";
"Severe heat wave in southern U.S. remains entrenched as records mount";
"Extreme temperatures recorded across northern hemisphere";
"Methane Pollution in Focus at COP";
"‘Urgent call to action’ as Victorian areas most at risk from rising seas identified";
"New group helps financial institutions support investments in nature recovery in the UK";
"Heat storms turn Southern Europe into ‘giant pizza oven’";
"Volunteers help identify heat-vulnerable neighborhoods in San Francisco";
"Climate Change-Fueled Floods and Wildfires Bring Death and Misery Across the Globe";
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Texas author and self-declared interpreter of climate science, Jeff Goodell was a guest on a webinar organized by the Australian group "Sweltering Cities".
Founder and Executive Director of Sweltering Cities, Emma Bacon, was in conversation with the author for nearly an hour as they explored Goodell's latest book, "Heat: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet".
Goodell's work is of particular interest to Sweltering Cities as it concentrates on many issues which preoccupy its members.
You can watch/listen to the discussion between Emma Bacon and Jeff Goodell on the Sweltering Cities website.
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"Monique Ryan - the first year; climate wins and challenges";
"Climate talks chief (pictured), who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’";
"Research on Emissions from U.S. Reservoirs";
"European heatwave: what’s causing it and is climate change to blame?";
"Relentless heat wave reaching maximum strength: Weather updates";
"Earth sets its hottest day record for third time in a week";
"Burning pavement, scalding water hoses: Perils of a Phoenix heat wave";
"Friday essay: from angry gods and fertile myths to battleships and new technologies – how the wind shapes our world";
"Kerry rejects “climate reparations” but praises loss and damage fund";
"What it’s like to road-trip cross-country in an electric car";
"Jolly boating weather! Thunderstorms sweep Britain as attractions and events close after Met Office warned of floods and lightning strikes";
"Geoengineering Is Not a Quick Fix for the Climate Crisis, New Analysis Shows";
"Brits fly into Cerberus heatwave hell: Greece closes the Acropolis as baking visitors collapse - but tourists flock to European beaches despite warnings of record breaking 48.8C temperatures";
"Dangerous Heat Wave Continues to Batter the South and West";
"Heat Wave Hits Europe, and It’s Only Going to Get Hotter";
"Extreme weather threatens the best-kept art of the ancient Silk Road";
"For Florida’s Hurricane Ian survivors, extreme heat is a ‘second disaster’";
"FEMA Has So Far Paid Out Less Than 1% of What Congress Allocated for Victims of New Mexico Wildfire";
"Maps: Tracking Air Quality and Smoke From Wildfires";
"Forcing people to work in deadly heat is mostly legal in the U.S.";
"More than 113 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as relentless temperatures continue";
"Earth sets its hottest day record for third time in a week";
"Coast-to-coast heat dome sends temperatures soaring, threatens all-time records";
"Climate change could swamp this island. Home sales are surging.";
"Climate change’s dangerous new fires";
"Why Extreme Heat Is So Deadly";
"As Budget Talks Heat Up in Congress, Republicans Ramp Up Attacks on Climate Spending";
"Hundreds killed as monsoon rain causes flooding and landslides across Asia";
"Australia’s love of big cars is undoing the benefits of the shift to EVs";
"Japanese study shows drop in fish numbers one year on from two-hour seabed mining trial";
"Sunny Corner mine was abandoned a century ago. It’s still a toxic ‘deadly’ mess";
"Great Southern Reef's kelp forests an underwater 'Amazon' that could help tackle climate change";
"Landholders sign over private property for perpetual conservation in NSW";
"Weather extremes are thrashing the world, and it’s just a taste of what’s to come";
"Severe and prolonged heat wave nears peak: Live weather updates";
"Heatwave: Thousands forced from Spanish island";
"New Research Rooted in Behavioral Science Shows How to Dramatically Increase Reach of Low-Income Solar Programs";
"What extreme heat does to the human body";
"European heat wave sparks multiple warnings, shuts Greece’s Acropolis";
"Can sharing clothes reduce airline carbon emissions? One expert says it's a 'silly' idea";
"‘Giant Methane Factories’: Hydropower Has Long Been Touted as Clean Energy. But Is It?";
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Bill Chandler (pictured) was a beautiful gentleman who attracted, people of similar ilk and it was along with a few others that in 1986 he set up the Melbourne-based Urban Design Forum (UDF).
The group had serious intent in ensuring Australia was creating towns and cities focussing on people rather than machines. Yet, it went about its work in an understated and informal manner.
Bill was vitally implicated in major projects throughout Melbourne and never stepped back from the UDF's guiding philosophy that people rather than machines needed to be given priority at every stage of design.
He was known to architecture and urban people throughout Victoria, and Australia, and in later years, distressed by the collapse of the newspaper industry, or at least the disappearance of the suburban newspaper, Bill, along with a few others, set up the digital newspaper, the "Eastsider News"
Check out the "Urban Design Forum Australia".
Here are some quotes about Bill:
One of our true civic-minded planning champions, his legacy will be remembered by our future generations.
Gareth Hately
Bill was a giant in the world of Planning. If you were ever stuck with a problem, you could always go to Bill to test ideas or even just shoot the breeze.
Kate Stapleton
In his passing I’ve come to appreciate Bill as the unofficial coach of planning in Victoria; not the belligerent, carping type but rather inspiring his players with his crystal clarity on what planning stands for.
Marcus Spiller
Bill would never let a prospective Planning News contributor escape his grasp; with a twinkle in his eye and a cheeky smile: “So I’ll expect an article on your latest research by Friday next week – okay?” Bill’s commitment to planning, and keeping planners up-to-date with the latest research was legendary.
Billie Giles-Corti
I’ll never forget the advice Bill gave me during my term as PIA VIC President - to have confidence in speaking up on behalf of PIA members and “don’t sit on the fence”!
Laura Murray
Bill was a great planning mate, particularly during my time as the Victorian Division President. Bill has always been there to challenge and guide me with a smile. He will be sadly missed at all PIA events.
Jason Black
Bill was arguably the pioneer of lifting Urban Design onto the national consciousness. We and the nation are all indebted.
Gordon Holden
Bill’s leadership, positivity and sustained energy have paid a national dividend.
Peter Dungey
Addressing a conference workshop in the early 90’s, Bill announced: “For every complex problem, there’s always a simple solution ...” As he paused for dramatic effect I thought I was about to hear a great revelation. “… and it’s almost always wrong!” How right he was!
Nathan Alexander
Bill was an indefatigable champion of better cities; cities that are not just well-designed and managed but, as he always reminded us, are fundamentally about and for, people.
Malcolm Snow
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Shepparton ABC radio host, NIc Healey, talks with Australia's former Chief Scientist, Alan Finkel (pictured) - "Former chief scientist of Australia outlines effects climate change will have on regional communities";
"Hornsea Four: UK’s second largest offshore wind farm gets greenlight";
"Health impacts of household gas with Dr Genevieve Cowie";
"Doctors for the Environment";
"Cement warms the planet. This green version just got a key nod of approval.";
Event: "Climate change and paths to a sustainable future: Steven Chu";
Event: "Agriculture and Climate Action : Success stories and challenges";
"Fossil fuel giants “gaslighting” on emissions, Climate Council calls for greenwash ban";
"Woodside LNG: Australia’s ‘biggest’ contribution to climate crisis a step closer to 50-year extension";
"Why this little digger’s return to Sydney is so important";
"Sydney’s driest start to winter in 85 years is a blessing for snow season";
"Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them";
"Good news for climate comes from the world’s greatest user of coal";
"Renewables are saving Texas. Again. So give them their due.";
"Use these tips to save energy during summer heat";
"Six Ways to Think Long-term: A Cognitive Toolkit for Good Ancestors";
Event: "Celebrating a year of impact";
"Toyota has promised an EV revolution, but experts have reservations".
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"Global heat in ‘uncharted territory’ as scientists warn 2023 could be the hottest year on record";
"Even ‘Safe’ Places Are Experiencing Climate Chaos in America";
"Floods, fires and deadly heat are the alarm bells of a planet on the brink";
"Extreme heat wave reaches Arizona and swelters southern U.S.: Live weather updates";
"A Major Heat Wave Arrives in California";
"Coast-to-coast heat dome sends temperatures soaring, threatens all-time records";
"Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns";
"Uganda oil pipeline has ‘devastated’ livelihoods, says HRW";
"Coping With Extreme Heat";
"Global temperature rises in steps – here’s why we can expect a steep climb this year and next";
"What happens when things get too hot to handle?";
"UK and US join forces to help developing countries mitigate climate change";
"Crawford Lake shows humans started a new chapter in geologic time, scientists say";
"Summer heat waves killed 61,000 in Europe last year, study says";
"The places in the U.S. most at risk for extreme rainfall";
"What this year’s El Niño means for wheat and global food supply";
"Waste and Floods – a perfect storm in the Pacific!";
"Leaks Can Make Natural Gas as Bad for the Climate as Coal, a Study Says";
"Mountain Valley Pipeline Developer Weighs Supreme Court Appeal";
"‘Humanity’s signature’: study finds plastic pollution in the world’s lakes can be worse than in oceans";
"Getting Off Gas: Planning Your Electrification Journey";
"When Climate Change Hits Home";
"How far to the next electric vehicle charging station – and will I be able to use it? Here’s how to create a reliable network";
"We Have Underestimated The Impact Of Climate Change";
"Australian Mayors urge greater support for Local Government Climate action";
"Five key factors that spurred the historic floods in Vermont, New York";\
"Together We Rise: How Social Movements Succeed";
"In Phoenix, Heat Becomes a Brutal Test of Endurance";
"Did Planet Earth Just Have Its Hottest-Ever Week?";
"Slag Heap of History — coal is definitely not a ‘critical mineral’, no matter what Big Mining says";
"Yes in Our Backyards";
"It Sure Was Hot Yesterday";
"Gas sector weighs reviving shelved drilling plans in test for new code";
"More than 100 rescued in Vermont floods as search efforts continue";
"Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common".
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Independent economist and councillor with the Climate Council, Nicki Hutley (pictured) talks with Patricia Karvelas on the ABC: "Australia joins Germany's 'Climate Club'";
"Australia joins G7-backed 'climate club' and promises to drive down greenhouse gas emissions";
"Protest calls on Plibersek to save 400-year-old trees";
"What it’s like to road-trip cross-country in an electric car";
"El Nino brings deadly heatwaves to the northern hemisphere";
"As some US cities confront the climate crisis, their lobbyists work for big oil";
"Earth is at its hottest in thousands of years. Here’s how we know.";
"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: Records Smashed in Hottest Days Ever";
"More than 100 migrants died from heat near U.S.-Mexico border this year";
"Climate impacts of plastic consumption in Australia";
"Some of Australia’s Military raise alarm over climate emergency in new climate change short film Home Front";
"Alan Kohler: For failing ‘carbon farms’, money grows on trees";
"Sortition Foundation";
"Coalition of Everyone";
"Antarctic ice deficit grows to size of Western Australia as 2023 shatters more climate records";
"Larrakia traditional owners pause land clearing at Lee Point on cultural grounds";
"The Post Growth Institute";
"Hexham Wind Farm EES Project Draft Scoping Requirements";
"Green manifesto pledges new climate ministry";
"‘What are we willing to sacrifice?’ A journey down America’s most endangered river";
"‘Lose-lose situation’: irrigators and environmental groups criticise plan for 2,500ha almond farm";
"Anxiety grows across Asia Pacific nations ahead of planned Fukushima wastewater release";
"Twenty years after Save Ningaloo, WA’s next cultural reckoning is here";
"Daily 2-meter Air Temperature";
"Cargo ships now have a net-zero goal — but critics say it’s not enough";
"Planes, Trains, and Decarbonization";
"How El Niño is set to change";
"‘Shockingly clear’: Plastics worsen climate crisis";
"National Tree Day";
"Indigenous rangers eye carbon market to tackle 'worst' problem of feral buffalo in Arnhem Land";
"Sacré Vert" - George Monbiot;
"Australia signs up to the Climate Club alliance, Albanese announces in Berlin";
"‘Relentless‘ advertising is reportedly behind Australia's gas guzzling";
"Australia’s annual plastic consumption produces emissions equivalent to 5.7m cars, analysis shows";
"Victorian dams are full. Towns devastated by flooding are again on edge";
"After mammoth negotiations, the world adopts a plan to cut shipping emissions";
"China is pumping out carbon emissions as if COVID never happened. That’s bad news for the climate crisis";
"New Australian laws for ‘engineering’ the ocean must balance environment protection and responsible research";
"Developers aren’t paying enough to offset impacts on koalas and other endangered species";
"Going broke and sinking, Nauru wants to mine the ocean floor".
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Jeff Goodell writes about heat - "Extreme Heat Will Change the World As We Know It";
"No New Coal and Gas Public Forum";
"Federal Money Begins Flowing to Lake Erie for Projects With an Eye on Future Climate Impacts";
"Earth’s record high temperature maintained for second day";
"Rural Communities Will Decide Our Climate Future";
"Good Jobs Will Come From a Cleaner Economy";
"Midwest States, Often Billed as Climate Havens, Suffer Summer of Smoke, Drought, Heat";
"Considering Dairy Cattle Susceptibilities to Extreme Heat and Assessment of Plausible Adaptive Strategies for Resilient Dairy Operations on a Warmer Planet";
"The Melting Glaciers of Svalbard Offer an Ominous Glimpse of More Warming to Come";
"Plug-in hybrids once dominated EV sales. Now their market share is tanking";
"Report claims Aussies could save $10K with an EV";
"Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Report Says";
"Three teenagers, all aged 17, and three women arrested by NSW Police over unauthorised protests near Coffs Harbour";
"Little Publicized but Treacherous, Methane From Coal Mines Upends the Lives of West Virginia Families";
"Queensland clean energy set to boom with new support for landholders negotiating with renewable companies";
"Researchers: We've Underestimated The Risk of Simultaneous Crop Failures Worldwide";
"Thunderstorm ‘waves’ and jet streams: Why flights are getting bumpier";
"Humankind has received a diagnosis as severe as that of a grave cancer diagnosis";
"Australia’s fossil fuel methane emissions are nearly twice as bad as industry reports";
"Capturing carbon emissions on moving vehicles";
"Federal government launches review of transmission line planning to ease community opposition";
"The media covers only a narrow slice of climate research—one that inspires fear over action";
"It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Niño. Here’s what that means for our flammable continent";
"US considers 'sun blocking' to cool the Earth: What is it and does it really work?";
"Decades of less rainfall have cut replenishing of groundwater to 800-year low in WA";
"'I’m here for my grandchildren': Two pensioners storm Wimbledon court to demand climate action";
"E-bikes Are Going to Keep Exploding".
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The planet saw its hottest day on record this week. It’s a record that will be broken again and again";
"Law and Oil: Taking Climate Offenders to Court";
"Great Australians - Anika Molesworth";
"Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?";
"Heat Records Are Broken Around the Globe as Earth Warms, Fast";
"Climate Activists Want to See More Constitutions Like Montana’s";
"Climate change, cyclones and a critical skills shortage";
"Yes, Airline Flights Are Getting Bumpier: Here’s Why";
"Hello From COP27";
"Coping With Extreme Heat";
"Victorian dams are full. Towns devastated by flooding are again on edge";
"Tuesday was Earth’s hottest day on record -- here’s what it means for the Lehigh Valley";
"Pacific “mixed feelings” after compromise on shipping’s climate goals";
"Extreme Heat Is Here to Stay. Why Are We Not More Afraid?";
"Canada Offers Lesson in the Economic Toll of Climate Change";
"The population question";
"Electric vehicles could significantly increase demand on the power grid, trials underway to change energy use behaviour";
"Why vertical farming just doesn’t work";
"More Than 90% of Global Aquatic Food Supplies at Risk From Climate Change, Study Says";
"ClimateWatch";
"Considering Dairy Cattle Susceptibilities to Extreme Heat and Assessment of Plausible Adaptive Strategies for Resilient Dairy Operations on a Warmer Planet";
"Your stories: Generational differences".
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology gives some hints about what's ahead: "‘Set for a bad year’: Grim outlook amid El Nino threat";
"Birds Produce Fewer Young as Early Spring Arrives in Warming World";
"June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points";
"The environmental impacts of artificial turf worth considering before rolling it out in your backyard";
"Saving Humanity and Planet Earth (SHAPE)";
"Australians should ‘brace themselves’ for coming bushfire season";
"Keir Starmer will have to break a few eggs if he’s to achieve a green economy";
"Climate grief is real – and I cannot keep watching images of our dying planet";
"The earth might hold huge stores of natural hydrogen – and prospectors are already scouring South Australia for it";
"‘Absolute scandal’: UAE state oil firm able to read Cop28 climate summit emails";
"Monday was hottest day for global average temperature on record, as climate crisis bites";
"Green light for pioneering regional hydrogen project";
"Canada learnt from its Black Summer moment. Why haven’t we?";
"Report: The future of hot water is electric";
"Building resilience to the mental health impacts of climate change in rural Australia";
"Sustainability, Climate and Health Collaboration Annual Forum";
"South Australia hopes to be “hydrogen superpower” with 118GW of wind and solar";
"Growing Up in a Warming World: Heightened Temperatures Pose Significant Risk to Child Health";
"BlackRock raises $500m to build Australia’s biggest battery";
"Wildfire Smoke and High Heat Have Something in Common. Guess What";
"ER visits spike in Texas as 13 people die in US South from extreme heat";
"Australia sides with China, Russia in bid to sink Pacific nations’ climate plan";
"New Zealand becomes first country to ban thin plastic bags for fresh produce from supermarkets";
"As Queensland strives to lower emissions, what does it mean for all that coal?";
"Activists fear Wombat Forest will be logged when native logging ban starts";
"Canadian wildfire update: it’s already a record year";
"Your next BBQ could feature an electric grill";
"Electric Vehicle Charging Safety Tips";
"Buyout programs aren’t serving everyone who needs help after a flood, planner warns";
"Too big, too heavy and too slow to change: road transport is way off track for net zero";
"MBIE watching for insurance cowboys blowing in on the storms";
"Will El Niño on top of global heating create the perfect climate storm?";
"UN Warns of Impending Famine Crisis: RT World Reports";
"Tasmania expands native logging harvest area as other states wind back";
"Ecological Restoration and Deforestation Control: Implications for Colombia’s Agriculture and Climate Goals";
"Radically transparent fashion and reusable packaging at Wimbledon: The sustainability success stories of the week";
"June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points";
"Zac Goldsmith steps down, says PM Is ‘uninterested’ in tackling climate crisis".
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"Consumers clamour for EVs, but supply issues hamper sales";
"Petrol-powered cars are an environmental catastrophe. I’ll miss them anyway";
"Widodo pushes for deal with Australia on electric vehicles";
"Hannah Boman, Co-Founder & Head of Operations, The New Division from the American garden in Almedalen";
"The Murray-Darling Basin shows why the ‘social cost of water’ concept won’t work";
"‘Profit Over the Public’s Health’: Study Details Efforts by Makers of Forever Chemicals to Hide Their Harms";
"The Ferguson Report: Teals attack climate change with pointy end of planes";
"Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them";
"Hottest year on record? The five charts showing unprecedented global warmth";
"Prepare for More Smoky Summers in the Midwest and Northeast";
"The Great Climate Migration";
"Labor’s nature repair market must ban offsets and will need initial funding injection, scientists say";
"As emissions soar, cargo shipping faces a critical climate crossroads";
"Antarctic tourism is booming – but can the continent cope?";
"‘A war on nature’: rangers build mountain out of wildlife traps found in Uganda park";
"Weather tracker: sea surface temperatures at record levels in north Atlantic";
"Alarming Discovery by Citizen Scientists Sparks Concerns of Continued Illegal Logging";
"An ironic twist of the circular economy could imperil this bird";
"80 Million People in U.S. Under Air Quality Alerts as Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Swings South Again";
"Home batteries will help bolster Puerto Rico’s grid in emergencies".
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Wiley Publishing the UK has generously given me a copy of "History of Climate Change: from Earth's origins to the Anthropocene" (pictured) to read and review.
"To tackle climate change, we need peace – and also an accountable Defence department";
"Extreme Heat Is Already Straining the Mexican Power Grid";
"Gippsland's renewable energy transformation";
"How close are the Canadian wildfires that are causing the smoke in West Michigan?";
"Smoke From Canada Wildfires Reaches Spain";
"‘Heat dome’ means Texas can’t escape scorching hot temperatures";
"Canada sees record CO2 emissions from fires so far this year";
"Forest Pulse: The Latest on the World’s Forests";
"UK has ‘lost’ its status as a global climate leader, official report warns";
"Electric ferries the $60m winners in Auckland Transport budget";
"Armed militias in Brazil hold enormous sway over fate of Amazon – and the global climate";
"80 Million People in U.S. Under Air Quality Alerts as Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Swings South Again";
"Wildfire Emissions in Canada for First Half of 2023 Are Already Worse Than Any Full Year on Record";
"The real cost of your chocolate habit: new research reveals the bittersweet truth of cocoa farming in Africa’s forests";
"Push to save southern cassowary, Australia's 'living dinosaur', in federal draft recovery plan";
"We could need 6 times more of the minerals used for renewables and batteries. How can we avoid a huge increase in mining impacts?";
"Current heatwave across US south made five times more likely by climate crisis";
"Heat Pumps Key Weapon In Climate Fight";"
"Contrary to popular belief, the cost of ditching fossil fuels may fall on those who can most afford it";
"You call that a winter? Sydney has driest June since Crocodile Dundee debuted";
"Why the Heat Dome Sizzling Texas Won’t Budge";
"We’re Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer Live In";
"‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency".
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Dr Jeannet Kessels (pictured) founded "Vets for Climate Action (VfCA)" and chairs the Australia-wide organization and is working, along with those from the VfCA, to ensure Australia's veterinary profession and broader animal care community tackles the climate crisis within and beyond the sector.
VfCA recently organized the webinar "How our changing climate is impacting animals and their carers: adaptive responses for the veterinary profession" and a recording of that event will soon be posted on the VfCA website.
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Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie (pictured) in call for cash - "Climate Council builds an unstoppable wave of momentum for climate ambition";
"79% of Plants Remaining on Earth Must Be Saved to Meet UN Climate Goals, Study Says";
"Uber backs pollution caps to slash electric car costs in Australia";
"Australia has introduced a new bill that will allow us to ship carbon emissions overseas. Here’s why that’s not a great idea";
"Severe weather update | Bureau of Meteorology";
"As a bushfire bore down on his home, Ed ignored crucial advice. It's come at a cost";
"Earth's Jet Streams Look as Chaotic as a Van Gogh Right Now, And That's a Big Problem";
"BHP chief warns race for green metals needs more than subsidy ‘sugar hit’";
"There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled";
"Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka's battle with plastic pollution";
"West Texas Oil Country Is Revealing a Sky Full of Stars";
"79% of Plants Remaining on Earth Must Be Saved to Meet UN Climate Goals, Study Says";
"3M to Pay $10.3 Billion to Settle Water Pollution Suit Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’";
"Ecological Collapse Could Happen Much Sooner Than Expected, Study Finds";
"Artificial Light Is Another Way Human Activity Threatens Coral Reefs";
"Freak weather soaks Australian outback, dumping months of rain in two days";
"Food Waste 101: The Facts and Solutions";
"Dramatic youth-led US climate trial spurs Kiwi campaigners";
"Global reservoirs are getting emptier";
"Nature's Frontiers: Achieving Sustainability, Efficiency, and Prosperity with Natural Capital";
"Every City Needs a Chief Heat Officer";
"UK Government announces the funding of £200 million into R&D aerospace project";
"Former chief scientist Alan Finkel in conversation with Ken Baldwin";
"Snow, waterfalls and flood warnings as rain engulfs central Australia";
"Are carbon offsets unscalable, unjust, and unfixable—and a threat to the Paris Climate Agreement?";
"PwC walks back report used to claim Australia’s nature repair market could be worth $137bn";
"Scientists researching cloud brightening in bid to cool Great Barrier Reef to present findings";
"Authorities investigate spill that left birds covered in oil south of Perth";
"Synergy to pay $30 million market fine to its customers".
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It was Canadian author and thinker, Naomi Klein who said that to change everything, we need everyone, and in being so right, we need everyone to get on board, right now!
"Football pitch of tropical forest lost every 5 seconds";
"Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge";
"Fort Liberty installs floating solar panels";
"Why 2023 is shaping up to be the hottest year on record";
"Steam made by heat pumps can help clean up industry and manufacturing";
"Cartoonists tackling climate change through webcomics";
"How Daniel Ellsberg Opened the Door to One of the Most Consequential Climate Stories of Our Time";
"International Lenders Continue Pouring Money Into Meat and Dairy, Despite Climate Promises";
"Australia to miss climate target without bold action on EVs":
"Extreme Floods and Heat in China Ravage Farms and Kill Animals";
"Meteorologist Who Was Threatened Over Climate Coverage to Leave Job";
"A Fight to Improve London’s Air Quality, One Vehicle at a Time";
"Zali Steggall hosts Climate Action Now Community Forum";
"New global climate finance pact: What was (and wasn’t) agreed in Paris?":
"Climate Essentials August 2023";
"Virtual Power Plants Are Coming to Save the Grid, Sooner Than You Might Think";
"Intensifying Rains Pose Hidden Flood Risks Across the U.S.";
"Climate Change Made the Texas Heat Wave More Intense. Renewables Softened the Blow";
"Many consumers find food labels confusing, contributing to food waste";
"Maryland Urged to Cut Emissions By Swiftly Adopting Rules Electrifying Cars and Trucks";
"Chart: Here’s how the US could get heat pumps in every home by 2050";
"Methane Activists in Richmond Detect Potentially Dangerous Gas Leaks";
"Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s hero burns the world down when he doesn’t get his way. Her fans run the world – should we worry?";
"Q&A: Heather McTeer Toney Reflects on the Ongoing Struggle for Environmental Justice in America";
"The Black Summer bushfires put an enormous strain on families with young children. We can’t make the same mistakes again";
"Are Legally Acceptable Levels of Pollution Harming Children’s Brain Development?";
"Fractured foundations: how Antarctica’s ‘landfast’ ice is dwindling and why that’s bad news";
"‘Extraordinary’ sea temperatures spark summer drought, fire warnings";
"Bush kinder has given my four-year-old daughter resilience and readiness for life";
"Saving Humanity and Planet Earth (SHAPE)".
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Jamie Alexander (pictured) has studied the climate crisis and capitalism - "Capitalism and Climate Change: Moving Toward Solutions";
"No matter where we work, every job is a climate job now";
"How to transform apocalypse fatigue into action on global warming";
"Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined";
"Climate change journalism in South Africa misses the mark by ignoring people’s daily experiences";
"Our planet is imploding: when will we act to save ourselves?";
"Germany’s great escape";
"45% of Brits say UK is ‘not at all prepared’ for changing climate";
"In Iran, Some Are Chasing the Last Drops of Water";
"Texas Officials Blame Renewables for Heatwave Blackout Risk. Experts Say That’s Misleading";
"Joe Rogan Is Fueling Climate Misinformation on TikTok, Watchdogs Warn";
"Texas Power Podcast";
"World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis";
"How Climate Change and the Polar Vortex Influenced This Week’s Harsh Winter Storms";
"Groundbreaking youth-led climate trial comes to an end in Montana";
"Greta Thunberg voices support for climate group shut down by France";
"Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage";
"Tesla has pulled ahead on EV charging. Now, the hard part begins";
"Rightwing war on ‘woke capitalism’ partly driven by fossil fuel interests and allies";
"Shop and Sell Your Clothes Sustainably With These 13 Buyback and Resale Programs";
"Global average sea and air temperatures are spiking in 2023, before El Niño has fully arrived. We should be very concerned";
"Some homeowners pick higher flood risk over diverse neighborhood";
"World Bank to suspend debt repayments for disaster-hit countries";
"Rich nations pledge $2.7 billion for Senegal’s renewable rollout";
"Development banks can boost lending by $200 billion, Paris summit statement says";
"Fossil fuels, planes, ships and shares – What will be taxed for climate funds?";
"Corn-based ethanol is not as good for the climate as once thought";
"UK and Ireland’s coastal waters experience ‘unheard of’ heatwave";
"Vector-Borne Disease Risk Increase";
"Power Our Planet";
"Summit for a new global financing pact takes place in Paris";
"Women-focused investments are crucial for community adaptation";
"Texas cities set temperature records amid relentless heat wave";
"A brief introduction to climate change and torrential rainstorms";
"What Is the Heat Index? Is it the Heat, the Humidity, or Both?";
"Gas stoves are even worse for our health than previously known, new study finds";
"How Extreme Heat Causes Cascading Crises";
"The Cooling Problem";
"Texas Heat Wave Shows No Signs of Letting Up";
"Countries on Front Lines of Climate Change Seek New Lifeline in Paris";
"Push for more 'resilient' houses to cope with future climate, as 'we're all footing the bill' anyway";
"Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the solution";
"Are our possessions costing the Earth?".
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"Rihanna (pictured) calls for financial reform to help climate-struck communities. Here’s why she can talk";
"Sydney Cycling Hits Record Highs as Moore Park Cycleway Retained";
"Three climate interventions: Reduce, remove, repair";
"Extreme Heat Is Deadlier Than Hurricanes, Floods and Tornadoes Combined";
"Rampant Groundwater Pumping Has Changed the Tilt of Earth’s Axis";
"Billionaire Cannon-Brookes keeps heat on AGL to hasten coal exit";
"COP27’s ‘loss and damage’ fund for developing countries could be a breakthrough – or another empty climate promise";
"Energy for Everyone";
"Path to Zero";
"Potential changes to federal electoral laws and what this means for civil society";
"Australian Progress";
"Appeal from Psychology for a Safe Climate";
"African cities and climate change: the real debate is who should pay to fix the problem";
"Why is it so damn cold right now? A weather researcher explains";
"Wallaby joeys and platypus puggles are tiny and undeveloped when born. But their mother’s milk is near-magical";
"Melbourne EV Show 2023 is your one-stop shop for everything EV";
"The Amazon might not have a ‘tipping point.’ But it’s still in trouble";
"PwC breach 'completely unacceptable': Treasurer";
"With ocean power in abundance, could wave energy technology lower Tonga's crippling electricity costs?";
"Loss of fossil fuel assets would not impoverish general public, study finds";
"NSW push to stop climate protesters livestreaming on Facebook labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic’";
"Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds";
"Cadia Gold Mine, near Orange, ordered to comply with clean-air laws";
"Power and Water Corp plans to buy, on-sell Beetaloo gas as Blacktip issues continue";
"World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis";
"“We must move quickly:” CEFC gets $20bn to put renewable transition back on track";
"Queensland Police's first electric car will smoke your Commodore";
"Saving Forests with Carbon Offset Rewards for Not Cutting, Let Forests Grow Old";
"My Turn: Gasping climate change contrarians";
"World Leaders, Activists Gather in Paris to Seek Financial Response to Climate Crisis, Poverty";
"China Is Ready for a World of Disorder, America Is Not";
"Seagrass Meadows Decline in Every Climate Scenario in Stanford Study";
"Battery storage takes another giant leap over fossil fuels in heart of coal country";
"Climate impact of shipping under growing scrutiny ahead of key meeting";
"Greenwashing complaint against NeuRizer (Leigh Creek Energy) lodged with corporate watchdog";
"Art to save the planet: the #CreateCOP prize returns";
"‘Tas disappears’ as band of flooding rain moves in";
"Texas Cities Set Temperature Records in Unremitting Heat Wave";
"A Fifth of the World Could Live With Dangerous Heat by 2100, New Study Warns".
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Catherine Porter (pictured) journeys along the D-Day coasts and see evidence of another assault - "D-Day’s Historic Beaches Face a New Onslaught: Rising Seas";
"Is climate change outpacing our ability to predict extreme heatwaves?";
"After “difficult experience” at Cop27, Mexico leads anti-harassment push in Bonn";
"Blockade Australia climate protests cause traffic chaos in Brisbane and Melbourne";
"Peacock in the Pacific: Inside Australia’s bid to host COP31";
"Video: Canary hits the airwaves to chat about hydrogen fuel-cell buses";
"A profitable fuel-cell company finally emerges amid industrywide losses";
"‘Unheard of’ marine heatwave off UK and Irish coasts poses serious threat";
"Vertical take-off: Energy grid to get $16 billion renewables upgrade";
"1 killed and almost 2 dozen injured in overnight storms in Mississippi, officials say";
"Climate protesters suspend themselves above major roads in two capital cities";
"Woodside presses go on $10b Trion Mexican oil project";
"‘Call to action’: One thing Aussies not prepared for";
"Australians far less aware of biodiversity loss than climate crisis, research finds";
"7 of the Greenest Small Towns in America";
"Wildfires 101: Everything You Need to Know";
"Himalayan Glacier Loss Speeding Up, New Report Finds";
"Managing pine plantations in a climate crisis";
"Global average sea and air temperatures are spiking in 2023, before El Niño has fully arrived. We should be very concerned";
"Dutton’s climate ‘stunt’ sacrifices tax cut promise: Labor";
"‘Unprecedented’: Experts raise alarm over record temperatures";
"Trillions in Oil and Farm Subsidies Are Causing “Environmental Havoc”";
"Southern Green Hydrogen poses $12b+ cost to society - report";
"‘Bullshit ambush’: Gas levy urgently passed on Budget night";
"Wind Power’s Explosive Growth Is Blowing Past Green Energy Goals";
"Reviving the Lost Waterways of India’s ‘City of Lakes’";
"‘A Cultural Shift Toward Living With Fire’";
"Global Forest Watch goes to India";
NGT restrains PMC from cutting trees for riverfront work till July 31";
"There’s No Uber or Lyft. There Is a Communal Tesla.";
"Vertical take-off: Energy grid to get $16 billion renewables upgrade";
‘Just the start’: Andrew Forrest aims to take on Chinese battery producers with UK investment";
The government can’t explain how net zero will change your life, so I will".
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Geelong's Mik Aidt (pictured) has long campaigned through "The Sustainable Hour" to have people better understand the climate crisis, and he is still relentlessly banging the drum, making as much noise as he can.
"All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas;
"The Climate Parables: Reporting from the Future";
"‘No time to waste’: getting Australian homes off gas crucial for meeting net zero targets, report says";
"How to Exercise When It’s Humid";
"How Sydney's most toxic river is fighting back";
"I've broken the law to protect animals, but I worry it's getting harder to protest";
"Climate change: UN to unmask fossil fuel lobbyists at climate talks";
"New environment group aims to shift dial on climate";
"Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time, IEA says";
"Billion-dollar battle for Australian energy prize as global giants put ego before 'logic'";
"As Switzerland's glaciers melt, Alpine nation backs climate bill with net zero target for 2050";
"‘Countries are drowning’: climate expert calls for urgent rethink on scale of aid for developing world";
"AGL adds three more big batteries, concedes gas demand will fall even with coal exit";
"Deadline needed for gas appliance ban if Australia to reach net zero: Grattan";
"‘What the Hell Happened to the California of the ’50s and ’60s?";
"Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True";
"After a Winter Deluge, California Rivers Are Too Dangerous to Enjoy";
"Flood warnings in place across Britain with commuters facing travel chaos after country is battered by torrential rain and thunder in stormy 24 hours";
"UN chief slams ‘pitiful’ progress at Bonn climate talks";
"Nearly 100 die as India struggles with sweltering heatwave";
"Sudden Heat Increase in North Atlantic Seas Could Have Devastating Effects";
"Humans Have Pumped Enough Groundwater to Shift Earth’s Rotational Pole, Study Says";
"Environmental Justice: Everything You Need to Know";
"World UNITY Week - a new Earth rising";
"97% of Australians want more action to stop extinctions and 72% want extra spending on the environment";
"Supermarket shelves were empty for months after the Lismore floods. Here’s how to make supply chains more resilient";
"Only One State in America Includes the Study of Climate Change for All Grades";
"Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition";
"Hydrogen — Fantasy or fuel of the future?";
"Inside Charm Industrial’s multimillion-dollar bid to remove CO2 with plants";
"Chart: How much would US air quality improve if it shifted to EVs?";
"Solar trade group helps minority- and women-owned firms grow in the solar industry";
"Inside the unexpectedly wild landmark Montana youth climate trial";
"Ann Arbor, Michigan, community aims to become one of the first carbon-neutral neighborhoods in the U.S";
"Australia digs deep to break China’s dominance in critical minerals";
"These Cities’ Car-Free Streets Are Here to Stay";
"8 artists who are grappling with climate change and imagining a better world";
"Greenhouse By Joost - Official Trailer";
"Climate Council";
"Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the solution".
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Professor David Karoly (pictured) has a reputation as being the scariest professor from the University of Melbourne, but as he points out it is not he who is scary but rather the information he shares.
Prof Karoly had been with the University of Melbourne before joining the CSIRO, from which he moved into retirement only about 18 months ago.
However, he may be retired, at least in name, but it seems he is busier than ever as he is still involved with the university, has joined the Climate Council and regularly speaks at events such as the recent film festival.
His presentation revolved around a series of slides and they will soon be available on the website of the Benalla Sustainable Futures Group.
The June 17 festival attracted 150 people, which the lead organizer, Mr Ian Herbert, said was perfect as that was the maximum number planned for and fitted comfortably at the Swanpool Cinema.
The festival was supported by "Swanpool Landcare"; "Save our Strathbogie Forest"; "Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority"; "Benalla City Council"; "Gecko Clan"; and "Winton Wetlands".
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Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick hands out the cash and spells out an obvious truth about coal: "QLD delivers largest surplus of any state government in history";
"Socialism 2023 Conference";
"Electrify our homes with Tim Forcey and Dr Genevieve Cowie"
"My efficient electric home";
"Not just Greta Thunberg: New book celebrates women who are driving climate action";
"The social media for climate solutions - We don't have time";
"Drawdown’s Neighborhood";
"Drawdown at The Great Northern Festival: Climate Solutions in Color";
"California is getting its biggest electric truck charging station yet";
"'Why are we the victims?: Moment furious white van man confronts Just Stop Oil protesters as eco-clowns cause more misery in new London slow-march";
"Scientists are baffled why the oceans are warming so fast";
"The students are revolting – good!";
"UN head Guterres contradicts Cop28 host on fossil fuel phaseout";
"Small islands “disappointed” as talking about emissions cuts proves too controversial for climate negotiators";
"The Overshoot Commission is talking about solar geoengineering. Not everyone thinks it should";
"As the Colorado River Declines, Water Scarcity and the Hunt for New Sources Drive up Rates";
"Despite sanctions, Iranian oil quietly floods global market again";
"A Pennsylvania Community Wins a Reprieve on Toxic Fracking Wastewater";
"Inside Indiana’s ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Plant: Dangerous Vapors, Oil Spills and Life-Threatening Fires";
"Private capital, super to fund green transformation: Combet";
"Fears of hottest year on record as global temperatures spike";
"Edinburgh book festival hoping Greta Thunberg will bring back audiences";
"How poetry can help us understand the urgency of the climate crisis";
"Battle Lines Harden Over Big Oil’s Role at Climate Talks in Dubai";
"Safety vests and helmets make cyclists look ‘less human’ to other road users";
"Wildfire Haze Adds To New York’s Climate Change Planning Needs";
"Historic First U.S. Youth Climate Change Trial Starts in Montana";
"As Wildfire Smoke Recedes, Parents of Young Children Worry About the Next Time";
"In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S.";
"Death Toll in India From Cyclone Biparjoy Climbs to 5";
"Are tree-changers bad at managing their rural properties? A new study wades into the weeds to find the answer";
"Love of the Land and Community Inspired the Montana Youths Whose Climate Lawsuit Against the State Goes to Court This Week";
"Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires Interfered With Solar Power Generation";
"Activist Group ‘Names and Shames’ Cargill and Its Heirs to Keep Deforestation Promises";
"Global climate records tumble at rapid rate as 2023 could become the warmest year on record";
"Many urban waterways were once waste dumps. Restoration efforts have made great strides – but there’s more to do to bring nature back";
"Toyota shareholders back board, reject climate change resolution";
"Shell drops target to cut oil production as CEO aims for higher profits",
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Natasha Mitchell (pictured) recorded a new episode of "Big Ideas" at the May Climate Summit in Bendigo organized by the Greater Bendigo Climate Collaboration - "On ya bike or not? Global movers, shakers, and city shapers reimagining car culture".
"Killer Heat: Confronting Disproportionate Impacts on Women and Girls";
"What Wildfire Smoke Does to the Human Body";
"Corporations Determine Our Future";
"Historic First U.S. Youth Climate Change Trial Starts in Montana";
"Anthropogenic climate change impacts exacerbate summer forest fires in California";
"Alarm at rightwing push to reverse clean-energy success in Texas and beyond";
"90 million homes in the EU have pets. How can we reduce their carbon footprint?";
"What are the dangers of wildfire smoke?";
"How should we teach climate change in schools? It starts with ‘turbo charging’ teacher education";
"To prepare climate strikers for the future, we need to rewrite the history books";
"Climate change: young people striking from school see it for the life-threatening issue it is";
"Five ways the new sustainability and climate change strategy for schools in England doesn’t match up to what young people actually want";
"Wildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire";
"Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever – report";
"Americans and their cars";
"Climate change and net zero";
"‘Not a chance in heaven’ to save Great Barrier Reef, but botanic garden will keep corals";
"Climate change is a global problem. Climate action is a local solution.";
"Baby got back(up): Australia embraces the big battery";
"Waste flushed down toilets to begin fuelling gas network";
"‘We are gambling with the future of our planet for the sake of hamburgers’: Peter Singer on climate change";
"As Wildfire Smoke Recedes, Parents of Young Children Worry About the Next Time";
"Only 5% of global emissions are covered by on-track targets, new Tracker from CDP finds";
"Paediatricians sign joint letter urging NT government to withdraw Beetaloo Basin fracking support";
"The government should pay people for driving electric cars, not for buying them";
"An ambitious mapping project identifies the overlap between crops and biodiversity threats";
"A first detailed glimpse of the world without us. Wildlife during COVID lockdowns."
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Lesley Hodges (pictured) worked as an environmental scientist and needed little or no nudging to understand or recognise the quickly evolving dangers arising from the human-caused damage to the Earth's atmosphere and the increasingly dangerous weather system.
Unsure what to do to help people better understand and identify with the quickly unfolding climate crisis, Lesley settled on storytelling, using poetry and songs as the primary way in which to connect with people.
Subsequently, she developed and set up the website, "Climate Poems and Songs" and says, she would love people to take her work and share it.
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The contradictions within the Australian Government and governments around the world frustrate, confuse and irritate me - they say one thing and then dance to the tune of the fossil fuel corporations.
"WEBINAR: One Year On: From the ‘Climate Election’ to Climate action" - special guest Senator David Pocock (pictured);
"The Drum" - task force tackles climate protestors and fascists roaming free;
"Record Pollution and Heat Herald a Season of Climate Extremes";
"What caused the wildfires in Canada?";
"Greenhouse gas emissions are at an all-time high and Earth is warming faster than ever – report";
"Why the U.S. Is Backsliding on Clean Air";
"As Smoke Darkens the Sky, the Future Becomes Clear";
"The Climate Crisis Was Always Real. Now It’s in Your Lungs";
"Shifting gear: the path to cleaner transport";
"Calls for landlords to face mandatory solar installation for tenants as energy divide widens";
"The resort town set to be the world’s first carbon-zero tourist destination";
"Paul Hawken talks about 'Drawdown'";
"Greta is graduating: Swedish climate activist stages final school strike for the climate";
"Has time been called on the native forest logging deals of the 1990s? Here’s what the Albanese government can do";
"‘What’s going to happen to all those cars?’: We asked an expert if it’s time to switch to an EV";
"Rich world’s leaders fail to commit to Paris global financing summit";
"North America's new wildfire reality";
"New York City Could Be in for a Smoky Summer as Wildfires Rage";
"Confusion surrounds China’s pledged climate finance towards the Global South";
"New report finds that wind and solar have overtaken fossil generation in the EU";
"It's officially the hottest day of the year! Soldiers faint during final Trooping the Colour rehearsal in front of Prince William as Britain bakes in 30C heat and sun worshippers flock to beaches and parks... but thunderstorms are on the way";
"The Climate Solution That’s Horrible for the Climate";
"Tiger protection in India also saved 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions – new study";
"The vast majority of Melburnians want more nature in their city, despite a puzzling north-south divide";
"Weird weather keeps butterflies aflutter longer";
"Fifa misled fans over ‘carbon-neutral Qatar World Cup’, regulator finds".
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The climate crisis has undoubtedly contributed to the Canadian "wildfires" (bushfires) and Americans, along with their northern neighbours, are also feeling the pain as smoke drifts south shrouding places such as New York City - "Hazy New York Skyline From Canadian Wildfire Smoke";
"The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it";
"Canadian wildfire smoke jars New York with ‘movie of the future’";
"New Melbourne Bus Contracts - The Long Road to Reform";
"Europe’s richest country made public transport free: Could other countries do the same?";
"The Drum";
"Contract changes welcome but better bus services needed now";
"Investors pull back support for green and social measures amid US political pressure";
"Adapt or Perish: Preparing for the Inescapable Effects of Climate Change";
"The Climate Crisis Was Always Real. Now It’s in Your Lungs";
"Mayor Adams' Statement on Deteriorating Air Quality in New York City";
"Uber Eats sets dates to ban petrol cars, plastic waste from deliveries";
"Note from Washington DC: ‘End of days’ haze blankets America’s northeast";
"As Smoke Darkens the Sky, the Future Becomes Clear";
"‘Is there life on Mars?’ Americans react as cities choke in smoke haze";
"More than 60 billion leaf litter invertebrates died in the Black Summer fires. Here’s what that did to ecosystems";
"Forest elephants are our allies in the fight against climate change, finds research";
"Blue carbon: could a solution to the climate challenge be buried in the depths of fiords?";
"Car use zooms back, risking Australia’s climate targets";
"An El Niño looms over Australia’s stressed electricity system – and we must plan for the worst";
"Rising power costs worsening solar panel e-waste crisis as people replace panels prematurely";
"Warm is the new norm for the Great Barrier Reef – and a likely El Niño raises red flags".
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Alex Mungall (pictured) is both a "Flight Free" pledger and a member of the "NoThirdRunway Coalition" and was among those at a meeting of Melbourne's NxNW campaigns group where he talked about how a proposed third runway at the city's Tullamarine Airport would seriously compromise Australia's carbon dioxide emissions goals.
The NxNW campaigns group is affiliated with the Australian Conservation Foundation.
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Ian McBurney has been shoulder deep in environmental/climate matters for decades. He is now pivotal in helping the northern Victorian city of Bendigo fulfil its climate responsibilities.
Ian has worked with many municipalities, but now as the Convenor of the Greater Bendigo Climate Collaboration, he played a key part in organizing the May 27 Greater Bendigo Climate Summit.
Ian was the MC for the one-day summit at Bendigo's Ulumbarra Theatre, which is a part of the wonderfully refurbished old Sandhurst Goal in the heart of the city.
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Australian climate scientist, Joëlle Gergis (pictured) understands rain and the country's conditions and writes about the in Australian Geographic "Australia is a land of flooding rains. But climate change could be making it worse";
"Fungi Conference – Fungal connections to flora and fauna";
"The Swanpool Environmental Film Festival";
"James Hansen’s new climate bomb: Are today’s greenhouse gas levels enough to raise sea levels by 60+ metres?";
"What Birdo is that?";
"Fact check: Is Europe the only part of the world that has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions?";
"Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 – probably our first above 1.5°C limit";
"France bans short-haul flights in effort to fight climate change";
"US wind manufacturing makes a comeback thanks to Inflation Reduction Act";
"If we all cycled like the Dutch, CO2 emissions would drop by 690 million tonnes";
"Can desalination help combat Europe’s water crisis? Drought-struck Barcelona is banking on it":
"Environmental Justice: Everything You Need to Know";
"Power Grids Struggle Under ‘Relentless’ Heat Waves in China";
"Hidden carbon: Fungi and their ‘necromass’ absorb one-third of the carbon emitted by burning fossil fuels every year";
"Treated wastewater in Victoria is still contaminated, study finds. So are we and the environment safe?";
"Whale of a tale? The stories about whales helping tackle climate change are overblown".
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"Economic growth is fuelling climate change – a new book proposes ‘degrowth communism’ as the solution";
"The role of carbon dioxide removal in climate action";
"ClimateCast with Tom Heap";
"Assessing the Viability of Using Autorickshaws for Urban Freight Delivery in India";
"Compostable turbine blades made from mushroom roots could solve waste problem";
"‘Farming good, factory bad’, we think. When it comes to the global food crisis, it isn’t so simple";
"Scientists Again Call for Civil Disobedience To Spur Climate Action, Saying ‘Time is Short’";
"This World Environment Day join us in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution";
"More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court";
"Drier, warmer winter seen for parts of Australia as El Nino threat grows";
"Ten environmental books to inspire your kids";
"Global temperatures likely to rise beyond 1.5C limit within next five years";
"‘Don’t F&*! The Planet’: Atlassian issues net zero guide for companies cutting climate impact";
"Melbourne community group looking for home after winning funds for inner city battery";
"Victoria falls in line on dynamic rooftop solar exports, to make homes ready for electrification";
"Paying people a guaranteed income could protect biodiversity. For a very high price";
"Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study";
"A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean’s Surface";
"U.S. Military Sees Growing Threat in Thawing Permafrost";
"German police conduct raids to investigate climate activists";
"Australia’s ‘first carbon-neutral telco’: do Telstra’s environmental claims about Belong stack up?";
"‘Damning’ govt report lays out freshwater failures";
"Turning off the gas and switching to induction: What you need to know";
"James Hansen Warns of a Short-Term Climate Shock Bringing 2 Degrees of Warming by 2050";
"Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought, Even as Drilling and Oil Production Fell";
"Not Winging It: Birders Hope Hard Data Will Help Save the Species They Love—and the Ecosystems Birds Depend On";
"A Fifth of the World Could Live With Dangerous Heat by 2100, New Study Warns";
"What’s ‘Climate Colonialism?’ Typhoon Mawar’s Carnage in Guam Offers Insight";
"Preserving the Cowboy Way of Life";
"Hoboken Lodges First State-Level Racketeering Charge in Big Oil Climate Lawsuit";
"America’s ‘Neoliberal’ Consensus Might Finally Be Dead";
"Crude justice: the Nigerians taking Shell to court";
"Plagued by Daily Blackouts, Puerto Ricans Are Calling for an Energy Revolution. Will the Biden Administration Listen?";
"Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the Costs of Global Warming";
"Naomi Oreskes, David Gelles and The Myth of Free Markets";
"Strange, unpredictable, and energizing: Dark comedy as climate solution";
"Three little-known reasons why plastic recycling could actually make things worse";
"Cautious Optimism on the Energy Transition";
"Woodside and other polluters littering our oceans";
"Austrade forum to promote links with oil giant Saudi Aramco condemned by activists".
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Emy Kane (pictured), the managing director of Lonely Whale, a non-profit organization that develops data-driven campaigns and program to prevent plastic from entering the ocean was a guest on one the many panels in the Economist's Impact event, the third annual Sustainability Week in the U.S.
"‘It’s actually a human person, undergoing real emotions’: how podcasts can impact attitudes around mental health";
"Climate Change Is Causing The Upper Atmosphere To Cool, And The Side Effects Are Terrifying";
"Three Australian regions that will become unlivable within a lifetime due to climate change";
"This World Environment Day join us in the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution";
"World set to add ‘record-breaking’ levels of renewables this year";
"Australia Tries to Break Its Dependence on China for Lithium Mining";
"By century-end, farm numbers will halve and farm size will double. How will biodiversity fare?";
"Curbside recycling turns out to be a surprisingly good climate investment";
"Fossil fuel industry sees the future in hard-to-recycle plastic";
"No 'sweetheart deals' for sports-loving energy giants";
"It’s not just climate – we’ve already breached most of the Earth’s limits. A safer, fairer future means treading lightly";
"Columbia Climate School Leadership Announcement";
"Charges laid after ‘fake gas leak’ forces evacuation of Woodside’s Perth headquarters";
"ACT unveils state-of-the-art electric fire truck – first of its kind in southern hemisphere";
"Health report card for the planet: These are the boundaries scientists say we need to watch";
"With El Niño looming, urgent environmental action is needed to protect sites like the Coorong, experts warn";
"Why all businesses should embrace sustainability";
"Inspired Climate Conscious Leadership alum takes initiative to change WA state law";
"Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles";
"Warmer and drier winter conditions for much of Australia";
"Woolworths charges ahead as home delivery fleet goes electric";
"What next for NZ’s big emitters?";
"Why every new garden should be a ‘carbon garden’";
"Yarra Council Considers Expanded 30kmh Neighbourhood";
"Food: Abundant for How Long?"
"The Ocean Is Looking More Menacing";
"How Commerce Can Save the Climate";
"4 Shifts Needed to Create a Carbon-free Power System";
"Orica backs Europe’s carbon tariffs, says Australia needs some";
"What Does "Net-Zero Emissions" Mean? 8 Common Questions, Answered";
"Congress Is Turning Climate Gaslighting Into Law";
"How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests";
"California’s Snow Is Melting, and It’s a Beautiful Thing";
"In India, New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot or Uplift Landless Workers";
"DeSantis accused of ‘catastrophic’ climate approach after campaign launch";
"Charging Up: A chat with Katie Rae, CEO of The Engine";
"Up to 70% of California beaches could disappear by end of the century";
"Heat pumps: more than 80% of households in Great Britain ‘satisfied with system’".
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"Electrify everything" guru, Saul Griffith (pictured), was the keynote speaker at the recent Greater Bendigo Climate Summit organized by the Greater Bendigo Climate Collaboration.
"The public history, climate change present, and possible future of Australia’s botanic gardens";
"Electric vehicle incentives for ‘gasoline superusers’ would have outsized benefits for the climate";
"What should happen to native forests when logging ends? Ask Victoria’s First Peoples";
"A new trade deal delivers cheaper Australian beef and British sweets – but does little to avert dangerous global warming";
"Victorian government changes preferred transmission line route for VNI West project";
"Greens accuse Labor of ‘sweetheart deal for Woodside’ in petroleum resource rent tax changes";
"Antarctic alarm bells: observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted";
"Do people think ‘plant-based yoghurt’ comes from a cow, or are lobby groups crying over spilt milk?";
"The rich and powerful are using their superyachts for secret meetings far from prying eyes";
"Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, New Analysis Says";
"Cop28 moots oil and gas initiative despite greenwash accusations";
"Montana Repeals State Energy Policy as Climate Trial Nears";
"Climate change to blame for up to 17 deaths on Mount Everest, experts say";
"The icy waters off the coast of Antarctica are in a state of constant change";
"Electric cars could dominate sales by 2030, study finds";
"Radical climate activists pushing to ‘inconvenience SUV owners’ by deflating 4x4 tyres in major cities";
"Protesters rally against proposed new fines as SA Premier Peter Malinauskas slammed for working with opposition";
"Landfill of Unused Fast Fashion Clothes Has Grown Large Enough to Be Seen From Space";
"Bottom-Dwelling Marine Animals Thriving on Offshore Wind Farm Foundations";
"Inside the car industry’s climate lobbying push";
"Laws targeting protesters are being rushed through state parliaments. But they are often poorly designed and sometimes, unconstitutional";
"Austrade forum to promote links with oil giant Saudi Aramco condemned by activists";
""No safe level of air pollution": Health advocates join calls for a strong Fuel Efficiency Standard";
"With Green Prescriptions, Getting Healthier Is a Walk in the Park";
"Capturing carbon with machines if a failure, so why are we subsidizing it?";
"Tesla Model Y is the first EV to become the world’s bestselling car":
"Flood-Battered Italian Region May See More Violent and Frequent Storms";
"Ugly Fight Over Climate Bill Exposes Cracks in German Coalition";
"Testing New York Apartments: How Dirty Is That Gas Stove, Really?";
"Can snow resorts survive climate change? It depends how much money you have";
"Could climate change make Darwin unliveable in 50 years?";
"Fossil fuel firms owe climate reparations of $209bn a year, says study".
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A message from the Deputy Executive Director at Friends of the Earth Japan, Ayumi Fukakusa (pictured) was read out to those at a Bourke St, Melbourne protest staged out the front of the Japanese Embassy.
The Melbourne protest was organised by that city's Friends of the Earth.
Ms Fukakusa's message, delivered at similar protests all around the world said:
"Japan is one of the top financier of fossil fuel projects. Japan uses public money to support destructive projects. Back in April, the G7 Ministers’ Meeting on Climate, Energy and Environment was held in Sapporo. The joint communiqué included a commitment to achieving a decarbonized power sector by 2035, as in the previous year. It also noted that accelerating the transition to “clean energy" is the key to energy security, and that the phase-out of unabated fossil fuels must be accelerated. This statement is an indication of the international community’s strong sense of urgency regarding the need to strengthen measures in the face of the accelerating climate crisis. On the other hand, Japan’s backward-looking stance was conspicuous among the G7 members, as it opposed the inclusion of a deadline for phase-out of coal-fired power generation and insisted that gas be maintained as a “bridge fuel” in the shift to clean energy.
"The promotion of an international “Green Transformation" was clearly stated in the Ministers’ Meeting’s Joint Communique. It needs to be emphasised that Japan’s “Green Transformation” is full of “misguided climate change measures" that have uncertain carbon reduction effects and are not consistent with the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement, such as building or extending the operation of nuclear power plants, extending the life of thermal power generation through co-firing of hydrogen, ammonia, and biomass or CCS. Fuel sources and technologies such as hydrogen, ammonia, and CCS, have yet to be proven for practical application and commercialization, and their emission reduction effects and economics are questionable, which will delay real measures from being implemented, and these technologies will not be ready in time for 2035. Although hydrogen and ammonia are mentioned in the joint statement as low-carbon technologies, various conditions are attached to their development and use, including the need to be able to demonstrate emission-reducing effects and consistency with the 1.5°C target.
"It is very important for us that you all from Australia to put pressure on the Japanese government and Japanese corporations that are still running fossil fuel projects in Asia and Australia by holding a protest and showing solidarity during the G7 summit. We need to strengthen our international cooperation to make Japan completely withdraw from all of their fossil fuel projects and financial supports. Not only during the G7 summit, let’s continue to focus on amplifying the voices of people throughout the world, especially from Asia where many Japanese fossil fuel projects are ongoing despite the severe impacts of climate change in the region, against the Japanese government and Japanese corporations."
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Rick Wayman (pictured) had been leading the Foundation for Climate Restoration, but significant changes to its funding arrangements forced it to become a pure volunteer organisation and so he has now stepped away from his Chief Executive Officer role, and the group itself, allowing it to become what it needs to be under its new regime.
Contact was first made with Rick as he sat through the group's recent annual forum, which he knew would be his last.
It was the foundation's Fifth Annual Climate Restoration Forum and you can learn more about the foundation and its work by watching these YouTube videos.
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Listen to the CEO of the Climateworks Centre, Anna Skarbek (pictured), talks on ABC's Carbon Counter about Australia's new Net-Zero Authority.
"Global heating will push billions outside ‘human climate niche’";
"Shifting gear: The path to cleaner transport";
"'Gobsmacking': Antarctic sea ice shrinks";
"Victoria gives SEC $1 billion to fast-track wind and solar";
"Good vibrations: how listening to the sounds of soil helps us monitor and restore forest health";
"Coffee, brought to you by bees: a case study in how restoring habitat is a win-win for forests and farmers";
"NZ’s gas problem: phasing out natural gas in homes demands affordable alternatives first";
"Drinking fountains in every town won’t fix all our water issues – but it’s a healthy start";
"After the chainsaws, the quiet: Victoria’s rapid exit from native forest logging is welcome – and long overdue";
"Angus Taylor and the doctored document mystery: ‘It took us about 30 seconds to realise it was a fake’";
"End of native logging in Victoria ‘a monumental win for forests’, say conservationists";
"Are electric vehicles too quiet? The government wants to know what you think";
"It’s Time for California to Step Up for Public Transit: Here’s How to Help":
"Half of humanity eats it.";
"New report finds limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate";
"A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now";
"How Climate Change and 'Heat Islands' are Killing Black People";
"Auckland’s anti-flooding plan now ‘on steroids’";
"Documents reveal how fossil fuel industry created, pushed anti-ESG campaign";
"Lifelines VS Deadlines";
"Quantifying the human cost of global warming";
"What Is The Human Cost Of Global Warming?";
"Heat Will Likely Soar to Record Levels in Next 5 Years, New Analysis Says";
"The Ancient ‘Wonder Material’ Sucking CO2 Out of the Atmosphere";
"Could Low-Carbon Trains Cure Europe’s Flying Addiction?";
"Allied for Climate Transformation By 2025 (ACT2025)";
"Clearing the Air on Emissions from Propane-Burning School Buses";
"Where Global Leadership Drives Climate Action";
"Climate Check - stories and solutions";
"Is lab-made meat worse for climate than the real thing?";
"How do induction stoves actually work?";
"Antarctic ice melt may be reversible due to rising land beneath";
"Breaching 1.5°C of global warming by 2027 is increasingly likely";
"Thinking beyond EVs to decarbonise Australia’s transport sector";
"Why the 15-Minute City was a spectacular PR fail";
"Your home is your doona";
"Australia can still meet climate targets if it ‘spends billions more’";
"Axe falls on Victorian native forest logging";
"Baltimore residents get career training in urban forestry".
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A corporate lawyer, Robert Brinkley, will be in Geelong on Thursday evening talking about "Taming corporations to relieve the climate emergency". He has written a book with a similar theme - "Time to Change Corporations - Closing the Citizen Gap".
"Call on the Australian Government to adopt The Code for Corporate Citizenship";
"February 2023 was Earth’s 4th-warmest February on record";
"5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond";
"G7 leaders must fulfil their promise to stop funding fossil fuels";
"Warming and Drying Climate Puts Many of the World’s Biggest Lakes in Peril";
"Chart: Carbon capture and removal projects hit a record high in 2022";
"Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping of Fracking Wastewater";
"Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay Trillions in ‘Climate Reparations,’ New Study Argues";
"As the Harms of Hydropower Dams Become Clearer, Some Activists Ask, ‘Is It Time to Remove Them?’";
"Two States Are Ramping Up Clean Energy Incentives. That Was the Inflation Reduction Act’s Point";
"Judith Curry - credentials";
"Kenyan Campaigner ‘Locked Out’ Of African Oil And Gas Event In London";
"Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change";
"Climate breakdown, extinction and ‘The Most Stupid Boast’";
"The crooked timber of an unhappy, dangerous American Empire";
"Biden apologises to Albanese, thanks him for strong leadership";
"Extinction Rebellion Eastside - Melbourne";
"Coral reefs are dying. Desperate scientists are turning to high-risk strategies";
"Black Summer bushfire smoke likely triggered record flooding";
"NT approves Beetaloo gas fracking despite climate fears";
"Gas could make up one-third of Victoria’s climate pollution by 2035: report";
"We have everything we need to fix the climate crisis. But we need to do it now";
"Yes, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek approved a coal mine. But save the angst for decisions that matter more";
"A botanical detective story: shedding light on the journey out of Africa for one of Australia’s worst weeds";
"There won’t be a Saudi Arabia of the green hydrogen age";
"Western Victorian wind farm plans fail to mention brolga nests, say Brewster residents";
"Ed Husic on the role of gas in the energy transition";
"The unexpected force that may make us get less sleep";
"How is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?";
"Biden, Australian PM Albanese sign clean energy, climate change pact";
‘Painting with fire’: how northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programs";
"Climate change will cut land for coffee by more than 50%, report says";
"New York 'will sink if more skyscrapers are built'";
"The U.S. Needs Minerals for Electric Cars. Everyone Else Wants Them Too.";
"ICYMI: Tarantulas’ Pets, Flirting With 1.5°C & Vaccines for Condors and Koalas";
"C4NET | Community Energy Transformer Forum";
"Climate Acton Network Australia (CANA)";
"Public Interest Sold Out for Private Profit";
"Whitney Terrill: Mobilizing an Interfaith Movement for Climate Solutions";
"What are you working in service of?".
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About 15 people gathered on the steps of the Japanese Consulate to protest that country's continued investment in and support of the fossil fuel industry, and its use of its presidency of the annual Group of Seven conference at Hiroshima to ensure the sustenance of that issue.
The protest, coordinated by the Melbourne office of Friends of the Earth, attracted just 15 people, but that was sufficient to see the Japanese authorities close the consulate for the day and cause an administrative ripple that would find its way to government officials in Tokyo, via the Canberra consulate.
A Behind the News video gives us something of a satirical look at the G7.
Attempts to record the whole event went somewhat awry and so this episode has only a few words from the Friends of the Earth's Elyse Cunningham who works on the "Sustainable Cities" project.
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Freja Leonard (pictured) from Friends of the Earth in Melbourne was a surprise guest at a recent monthly meeting of Zero Cabon Tatura and told members about the group's "Community Gas Retirement Roadmap".
In talking about the need for people to get off gas and go all-electric, Freja mentioned what she said was a rather special Facebook page organized by Tim Forcey - "My Efficient Electric Home - switching off fossil fuels" - encouraging everyone to access the page and take note of the included advice.
At this point, Freja will launch the report for northern Victoria in Shepparton on Saturday, July 29, at a free barbecue organized by the Shepparton-based group, "Slap Tomorrow". The barbecue will see the sausages and onion cooked on an induction hotplate, powered by an electric car.
Beyond that, Freja will again be in northern Victoria promoting the idea of getting off gas and going all-electric at the Tatura Transition Towns annual film festival on Saturday, August 26, which has been formatted to illustrate the benefits of cooking on electric appliances.
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Mónica Guzmán, the author of "I Never Thought of It That Way" helps us better understand how we can talk about the climate crisis with those who think differently about the dilemma;
"Emails reveal Melbourne Water ignored conflict advice before flood inquiry scandal";
"Loss and damage finance: where the rubber hits the road for climate justice";
"‘Significant rain’: Flood warning for northern NSW, SE Qld";
"Fifth Annual Climate Restoration Forum";
"The impacts of climate change on regional Australia"
"Braver Angels";
"Eco-Anxiety and Hope for the Future";
"Girl Up";
"The Foundation for Climate Restoration";
"Water rights and energy top Indigenous talks agenda";
"New York City buildings turn to carbon capture";
"Gas 'open for business' during global energy transition";
"North West NSW Drivers Can Save $71M, Report Finds";
"Plibersek's pledge for no new extinctions under threat as researchers issue dire warning on Tasmanian maugean skate";
"Labor wants to help gas giants ‘scale up’ carbon capture potential";
"Santos strikes deals to bury carbon dioxide under the Timor Sea";
"Gas chiefs plead for investment certainty as energy talks loom";
"Three things I’ve learnt on the road to help us break the climate logjam";
"A new source of fire records, hidden in the sands, gives us a bigger picture of the risks";
"Program to plant 20 million trees prioritised cost-saving over gains for nature, research finds";
"IMD issues 4th heatwave alert in Konkan region, other Maharashtra districts";
"Met Office verdict on 35C 'African plume' heatwave heading to the UK";
"Exhaustion sets in as cost of record flood reaches 'millions' for Eugowra residents";
"What is hydrogen and how is it key to Australia's green future?";
"National Renewables in Conference and Expo 2023";
"Meteorologists are the new targets in global social media misinformation";
"Four charts on the unstoppable growth of solar – our best hope against climate change";
"Can Australia reach its climate targets?";
"US climate agency declares chance of El Niño now above 90 per cent in 2023".
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Magistrate commends Violet Coco (pictured) but says she went too far: "Magistrate commends activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco for ‘noble’ beliefs but says she went too far";
Go to the Slap Tomorrow "Zoom files" and you will find and recording of an event with Violet Cococ;
"COMMUNITY ACTION: Stop Japan's Dirty Energy Plan";
"Building resilience: How to adapt to escalating climate impacts";
"Plibersek greenlights new coal mine for first time, sparking fossil fuel backlash";
"‘Grain deal or not’, humanitarians call for more as hunger soars";
"Budget 2023-24: the good, the bad and the timid";
"How and why to get off gas in Victoria";
"The Drum" - ABC television;
"We thought we’d saved the whales. Were we wrong?";
"Australia is facing a 450,000-tonne mountain of used solar panels. Here’s how to turn it into a valuable asset";
"What Australia’s new gas tax will mean for new projects, the economy and the climate";
"Dangerous and dirty – but cheap – used cars exported from the US and Europe are filling roads in Africa";
"Blue hydrogen has ‘every right to sit alongside green’: Finkel";
"Aerial images show climate change's effect on Snowy Mountains";
"Minister stops bid to kill Hunter coal mine expansion";
"Half of US West out of drought, but not fully recovered";
"Why You’re Probably Hearing Less About Corporate Climate Initiatives";
"Italy’s First Climate Lawsuit Targets Major Oil Company Eni";
"EPA Proposes First Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rules for Power Plants";
"More public companies are making climate commitments but deadline to limit warming to 1.5°C shrinks";
"The EPA has a controversial new plan to clean up power plants";
"Will Texas Blow Up Its Energy Miracle to Bolster Fossil Fuels?";
"E.P.A. Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution From Existing Power Plants";
"Biden administration allocating $830 million for energy efficiency in low-income housing";
"Climate change not 'serious risk' to financial stability, Fed's Waller says";
"The Department of Energy wants to help 5 million homes connect to community solar by 2025".
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"Crazy Town: Episode 72. Sucking CO2 and Electrifying Everything: The Climate Movement’s Desperate Dependence on Tenuous Technologies";
"We Make Tomorrow Conference";
"Ethiopia’s vulnerable tropical forests are key to securing future of wild coffee";
"Come pests, frost or fire: How the Swiss are arming their wines against climate change";
"Coffee: 60% of wild species are at risk of extinction due to climate change";
"Climate change threatens coffee – but we’ve found a delicious wild species that could help save your morning brew";
"Can sunny Sicily become a clean energy hub for Europe? Some residents need convincing";
"Responsible chocolate is about protecting both forests and cocoa farmers’ livelihoods";
"Here’s what local climate action looks like in small-town USA";
"Norway, Germany, UK: Which European countries have the biggest share of electric cars?";
"Stronger paper bags could be the answer to throwaway plastic";
"How faith-based groups are helping Arizonans survive brutal heat waves";
"The power of love in the fight against climate change";
"Italian oil firm Eni faces lawsuit alleging early knowledge of climate crisis";
"‘Mind-boggling’ methane emissions from Turkmenistan revealed";
"EPA can't dodge regulating toxic chemical in drinking water - appeals court";
"26 Empire State Buildings Could Fit Into New York’s Empty Office Space. That’s a Sign.";
"Fortescue, BP back Australia’s $2b bid to become hydrogen superpower";
"There’s a massive multi-billion dollar ecosystem just beneath the waves";
"Which European countries allow oil and gas operations in protected areas?";
"Solar-powered airships could help climate-friendly air travel get off the ground";
"Which European countries allow oil and gas operations in protected areas?";
"Smoke from the Black Summer fires could have made the triple La Niña more likely";
"Fear and Wonder podcast: the solutions needed to address climate change already exist";
"Budget’s energy bill relief and home retrofit funding is a good start, but dwarfed by the scale of the task";
"Most US Dealers Don't Have Any EVs & Almost Half Refuse To Sell EVs: Report";
"Blue Whale Study observes 'quite thin' animals as warming ocean puts pressure on food source";
"The State of 24/7 Carbon-free Energy: Recent Progress and What to Watch";
"EIA: Power generation from renewables outpaced coal in 2022";
"EVs Could Create Thousands of Jobs in Michigan and Revitalize Its Auto Industry";
"Mine near NSW national park cops dual EPA fines as investigations into black sludge in pristine river continue";
"Tim Winton on the challenges of making ABC's documentary, Ningaloo Nyinggulu, when Mother Nature doesn't stick to the script";
"Care workers, climate change, and personal data. The budget says they're steering our economy";
"McDonald’s Lobbies Against New Packaging Waste Reduction Laws in UK";
"How Urban Planners Disenfranchised Black Communities in West Oakland";
"‘Bad News’: Unexpected Melting of Greenland Glacier Could Double Sea-Level Rise Projections".
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The Ugandian climate justice advocate, Vanessa Nakate (pictured) responds to winning an award on this Time magazine story: "There Needs to Be a Climate Tax for Frequent Fliers";
"Where We'll End Up Living as the Planet Burns";
"Why Extreme Heat Is So Bad for the Human Body";
"How to Build Up Your Heat Tolerance to Prepare for a Hotter World";
"Asia’s Record-Setting Heat Wave Demonstrates Dangers of Warming World";
"Extreme heat, well into triple digits, smashes records in Asia";
"Italian firm pushes ‘carbon bomb’ gas export project in the Territory";
"‘Catastrophic’ Congo Flooding Kills More Than 400 People";
"Congo flood survivors mourn lost relatives as death toll rises above 400";
"How Alone Australia can help us understand and appreciate our place in nature";
"‘Regenerative agriculture’ is all the rage - but it’s not going to fix our food system";
"HECS for farmers? Nature repair loans could help biodiversity recover – and boost farm productivity";
"Coal-to-hydrogen project could create new operation";
"Big batteries charge on to centre stage with new tricks for the grid";
"Labor creates $2bn renewable hydrogen fund as part of $4bn green energy package";
"Households offered $1bn help in budget to install energy saving measures";
"Tax shake-up for gas producers, $4 billion for Australia to 'power the world'";
"West Australian government reveals massive scale of going green — but who’s going to pay is yet to be worked out";
"Almost Half The Planet Predicted to Enter New Climate Zones by 2100";
"Met Office issues Scotland heatwave update as hot temperatures forecast across UK";
"Scottish energy could power Canary Wharf Group green power deal";
"Chinese Resort Island at Center of Alleged Green Fuel Fraud".
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The idea that we need to be constantly planting trees came at an Agriculture Victoria webinar - "Farmer perspectives - taking action to reduce emissions";
"‘They can survive just fine’: Bernie Sanders says income over $1bn should be taxed at 100%";
"More and more Americans don't want electric cars";
"From the Frontlines of the Climate Movement, A Message of Hope";
"Q&A: Linda Villarosa Took on the Perils of Medical Racism. She Found Black Americans ‘Live Sicker and Die Quicker’";
"Carbon Removal Projects Leap Forward With New Offset Deal. Will They Actually Help the Climate?";
"Frustrated by Outdated Grids, Consumers Are Lobbying for Control of Their Electricity";
"Ambitious Climate Proposition Faces Fossil Fuel Backlash in El Paso";
"Amid Continuing Drought, Arizona Is Coming up With New Sources of Water—if Cities Can Afford Them";
"Eleven Chemical Plants in China and One in the U.S. Emit a Climate Super-Pollutant Called Nitrous Oxide That’s 273 Times More Potent Than Carbon Dioxide";
"Apocalyptic Rise in Sea Surface Temperatures Leaves Scientists Terrified About our Future";
"Who can veto a Beetaloo Basin gas project? It's an issue vexing Indigenous people, pastoralists";
"COP28 Chair Urges Tripling of Renewables Capacity by 2030";
"Cop28 urges tripling of renewables capacity by 2030 - news report";
"UN scientists warn drastic steps needed to prevent climate change catastrophe";
"Australia finally has a Net Zero Authority - here’s what should top its agenda";
"Electric cars are the new solar: people will underestimate how quickly they will take off";
"Meet the two climate-impacted Knitting Nannas using the law to protect our democratic freedoms in NSW";
"Building Urban Resilience to Extreme Heat";
"What Australia’s new gas tax will mean for new projects, the economy and the climate";
"The end of offshore oil and gas exploration in NZ was hard won – but it remains politically fragile";
"Our tropical fruits are vulnerable to climate change. Can we make them resilient in time?";
"Bold and innovative planning is delivering Australia’s newest city. But it will be hot – and can we ditch the colonial name?".
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The late Will Steffen (pictured) was a kind and thoughtful man, an one of the world's climate champions - listen to him here as champions science and encourages us to also embrace the climate realities of the science he live.
Also you can listen to Climate Council CEO, Amanda McKenzie’s, speak at Professor Will Steffen’s memorial: "Remembering Will";
And don't forget you can attend the "Swanpool Environmental Film Festival" on June 17;
"Maximising Benefits of Recycled Water in the Climate Risk Era";
"Trucking industry calls for national zero emission strategy";
"Labor warns NSW facing a ‘momentous task’ in transition to renewables";
"13 lessons from a climate change diplomat with months left to live";
"Are climate–security risks too hot to handle for the Albanese government?";
"Humanity’s tipping point? How the Queen’s death stole a climate warning’s thunder";
"Get Up, Stand Up: What Actions Move the Needle?";
"Rights of Nature Timeline";
"‘A New Spike’ in Global Temperatures in the Forecast";
"Climate Change Powered the Mediterranean’s Unusual Heat Wave";
"Private Jet Travel Is Booming. And Shameful. And We’re All Paying for It.";
"Danish Wind Pioneer Keeps Battling Climate Change";
"Virginia middle schoolers learn how city design influences extreme heat in their community";
"15 million people at risk globally from glacial lake dam bursts, study finds";
"Six essentials for mainstream EV adoption";
"United Airlines to triple sustainable aviation fuel use in 2023";
"Go big or start small: Picking the right scale for green hydrogen";
"World’s largest-of-its-kind power line to deliver clean power to 1.8m UK homes";
"Energy Minister Chris Bowen announces new Net Zero Authority to help transition from coal-fired generation";
"In autumn, sea temperatures fall. Not this year";
"The US is stealing Australia’s ‘core’. Gym Chalmers needs the energy to stop it";
"Tackling transitions: offshore wind takes off";
"In autumn, sea temperatures fall. Not this year";
"Budget will grab $2.4 billion from LNG super profits";
"Melbourne council tinkering at the edges of transport fix".
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Independent MP, Kylea Tink (pictured) convened a "Clean Energy Community Fair";
"Why do climate change activists do disruptive protests?"
"How wine is wrestling with climate change";
"Climate change: multi-country media analysis shows scepticism of the basic science is dying out";
"Just adaptation and the role of social capital";
"Environmentalists Seek End to Plastic Industry “Hoax”";
"40% of Life in Ocean’s Biodiverse ‘Twilight Zone’ Could Disappear Amid Warming Seas";
"Increase in Urban Beekeeping Could Be Harming Wild Bees";
"Debris From SpaceX Explosion Coated Texas Town and Smashed Into Wildlife Refuge";
"Engie plans to fill Hazelwood coal mine with water in billion-dollar rehabilitation project";
"Kicking the gas can down the road: why a gas price cap is the worst way to protect energy consumers.";
"Low wind and solar prices and long duration batteries: Where now for pumped hydro?";
"Rooftop solar economics “outstanding” in Australia, even as module prices creep up";
"Rural insurance premiums soar after climate disasters with contractors, farmers paying the price";
"Rod Oram: Anxiety into action";
"What Climate Change Could Mean for the Coffee You Drink";
"Meet the climate hackers of Malawi."
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Alex N. Halliday (pictured) is in charge of Columbia University’s Earth Institute and his calm and knowledgeable demeanor inspires me to double down on my efforts to do more to about countering the climate crisis.
You can hear Mr Halliday talk about "The Hard Truths about Climate Change" during an interview on the Bob Herbert Op-Ed TV show.
Mr Halliday is the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He joined the Earth Institute in April 2018, after spending more than a decade at the University of Oxford, during which time he was dean of science and engineering.With about 400 published research papers, Mr Halliday has been a pioneer in developing mass spectrometry to measure small isotopic variations in everything from meteorites to seawater to living organisms, helping to shed light on the birth and early development of our solar system, the interior workings of the Earth, and the processes that affect Earth’s surface environment.His scientific achievements have been recognized through numerous awards, including the Murchison Medal of the Geological Society, the Bowen Award and Hess Medal of the American Geophysical Union, the Urey Medal of the European Association of Geochemistry, and the Oxburgh Medal of the Institute of Measurement and Control. He is a Fellow of the UK’s Royal Society and Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences. His contributions to science and innovation have been recognized with the award of a knighthood in the UK. Mr Halliday has also helped to lead a variety of distinguished scientific societies and advisory panels. He is the former Vice President of the Royal Society and former President of the Geochemical Society. He has served as an external board member for Britain’s Natural Environment Research Council, the Max Planck Society, London’s Natural History Museum, the American Geophysical Union, and more.As a professor in Columbia’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Halliday divides his time between Columbia’s Morningside campus and his geochemistry lab at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
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Australia's roads have suffered badly under pressure from extreme weather event, listen as Geraldine Doogue talks about the issue on Radio National: "Better roads to withstand floods and extreme weather";
"This tool helps communities identify areas lacking trees — and advocate for more";
"Occupy for climate Melbourne 2023";
"The cold truths for a warming world: what’s stopping us from ‘Getting It Done’?";
"Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures";
"U.S. Senate votes to overturn heavy duty truck emissions rules";
"Top US banks face little investor pressure on fossil-fuel financing";
"Peter Gleick and the Three Ages of Water";
"Hollywood’s Climate Adviser";
"New Rules for Power Plants Could Give Carbon Capture a Boost. Here’s How.";
"Eastsider News";
"Microplastics 101: Everything You Need to Know";
"What is the global stocktake of climate action and why does it matter?";
"Australia Eyes a Fraught Pivot from Coal Power to Renewables";
"‘It’s gotten really ugly.’ A community of freedom-lovers squares off against climate change in the Arizona desert";
"‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded";
"Understanding transition pathways to net zero: an in-depth look at three key economic sectors";
"Exxon scrambles to save investments before Colombia bans fracking";
"A mystery in the Pacific is complicating climate projections";
"Comment: The world cannot afford banks to step back from their net-zero commitments";
"Reporting on climate adaptation is a mess – here’s how to fix it".
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Kate McBride (pictured) considered to be an accidental activist: "Call of the River";
"Banks Say They’re Acting on Climate, But Continue to Finance Fossil Fuel Expansion";
"As Germany Falls Back on Fossil Fuels, Activists Demand Adherence to Its Ambitious Climate Goals";
"Last Earth Day, Wynn Bruce Set Himself on Fire Outside the Supreme Court. I Tried to Understand Why";
"Tory MPs Accept £20,000 from Director of Climate Science Denial Group";
"The IPCC’s calls for emissions cuts have gone unheeded for too long – should it change the way it reports on climate change?";
"Most people already think climate change is ‘here and now’, despite what we’ve been told";
"Why Western Sydney is feeling the heat from climate change more than the rest of the city";
"How and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather – the insurance industry can help";
"Roll the Dice, Save Gotham From Climate Catastrophe!";
"Sustainable Aviation Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be";
"Majority of Australians keen to switch from gas to electric to lower emissions, survey finds";
"As automakers announce record profits, is it time to disincentivise car travel to reach net-zero?";
"There’s no greater feminist cause than the climate fight – and saving each other";
"Glaciers ‘already lost’: Extreme melt has contributed to 10cm rise in ocean levels";
"‘Totally pristine’: Scientists discover Galapagos coral reef that survived El Nino";
"Liver cancer rates are surging in Australia – and climate change could be to blame";
"Hybrid to hell: How Toyota went from green darling to activist target";
"Fossil fuel firms lobbied Scottish ministers 'over 200 times under Nicola Sturgeon'".
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Listen as Patricia Karvelas talks with the former President of Kirabati, Anote Tong (pictured): "Push for Australia act on climate change to protect the Pacific";
"Works to commence on Australia’s largest wind farm";
"Scientists save ancient Arctic ice in race to preserve climate history";
"No rain in Spain pushes olive oil prices to record levels";
"Which tool best coaxes climate-friendly habits: Information, money, or social signals?";
"Why EV conversions could become more mainstream for classic cars through to 4WD utes";
"Remember that record $443m of funding for the Great Barrier Reef? This is what happened to it";
"UK hotter than Rome as Easter weekend brings brief temperature highs";
"Global warming can aggravate multiple sclerosis symptoms. Here’s what you can do.";
"E.P.A. Is Said to Propose Rules Meant to Drive Up Electric Car Sales Tenfold";
"A Composer’s Prayers for the Earth, and Humanity, in the Age of Climate Change";
"This Dime-Sized Battery Is a Step Toward an EV With a 1,000-Mile Range";
"Why Kentucky Is Dead Last for Wind and Solar Production";
"Earth Could Warm 3 Degrees if Nations Keep Building Coal Plants, New Research Warns";
"A University of Maryland Health Researcher Probes the Climate Threat to Those With Chronic Diseases";
"Global Warming Could Drive Pulses of Ice Sheet Retreat Reaching 2,000 Feet Per Day";
"‘Off the charts’: UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown";
"The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil";
"Australia’s adoption of electric vehicles has been maddeningly slow, but we’re well placed to catch up fast";
"Climate isn’t a distraction from the military’s job of war fighting. It’s front and centre";
"Intensifying Cycle of Extreme Heat And Drought Grips Europe".
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Health Workers for a Healthy ClimateRebecca Solnit and her co-author, Thelma Young Lutunatabua, have pulled together a remarkable book and you can hear about it on the webinar: "Why There’s No “Too Late” for Climate Action";
"Health Workers for a Healthy Climate";
"Net Zero or Carbon Neutral? What’s the difference?";
"TikTok to crack down on climate disinformation";
"Ikea to launch hundreds of EV chargers to power last-mile fleet";
"Green weapon: China looks to tighten its grip on the future";
"Beetaloo Basin inquiry calls for national plan to offset vast emissions expected from gas projects";
"In the wake of historic storms, Māori leaders call for disaster relief and rights";
"Biden to Create White House Office of Environmental Justice";
"Are wind droughts a threat to the booming North Sea wind power industry?";
"Fuel efficiency standards will get EV sales on track";
"Australia finally has an electric vehicle strategy. How does it stack up?";
"Cheaper loans announced for green renovations";
"Can a song really help to save the planet? These six artists hope so";
"Floods of nutrients from fertilisers and wastewater trash our rivers. Could offsetting help?";
"Net ZeroAustralia".
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Ruby Bron (pictured) feels “helpless” and “anxiety-ridden” when she thinks about the future - "‘They are despairing’: climate crisis weighs heavy on mental health of young Australians";
"ACT turns focus to old houses as it seeks to kick gas out of national capital";
"First sod turned at Australia’s biggest wind and battery project";
"Woodside’s carbon bill from new gas fields could hit $63bn by 2050, report says";
"El Niño is forecast to return in 2023. Here’s what it means for extreme weather and global warming";
"Barcelona is heading for a ‘drought emergency’ as water shortages worsen";
"Why it’s so hard to consent a wind farm";
"India overtakes China as the world’s most populated country. What does it mean for the climate?";
"How Nature-based Solutions Can Protect Businesses from Water Risks";
"Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures";
"4 Sustainable Ocean Strategies that Yield Economic Benefits";
"Investing in Local Communities and Entrepreneurs Offers New Hope for Africa’s Degraded Lands";
"Pressing Questions About Ecosystem Restoration, Answered";
"The Fiery Gas Stove Wars";
"The Age of Energy Insecurity";
"Climate change: multi-country media analysis shows scepticism of the basic science is dying out";
"Climate denial hasn’t gone away – here’s how to spot arguments for delaying climate action";
"Saving The Planet With Refurbished Electronics"
"Climate advocacy: how you can take action!".
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Flash droughts increase as world warms - "As World Warms, Droughts Come On Faster, Study Finds";
"G-7 officials haggle on climate change";
"Albanese government to impose mandatory pollution caps on cars to drive electric vehicle uptake";
"The dream coming to life";
"Are the climate wars finally over?";
"Greens to back Labor's safeguard mechanism";
"The environmental impact of Russia’s invasion goes beyond Ukraine – how do we deal with ‘problems without passports’?";
"What good corporate action looks like";
"Black gold";
"Droughts are coming on faster".
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Filmmaker, Oliver Stone, has made a documentary emphasising reason why the world should back nuclear energy - "‘Nuclear Now’ Trailer: Oliver Stone’s Documentary Makes Case For Atomic Energy To Solve Climate Change";
"Labor is just pretending to be tough on climate change";
"Anne Salmond: Greenwashing and the forestry industry in NZ";
"How and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather – the insurance industry can help";
"Navigating the risks and rewards of electric mobility vehicles";
"Fishing for data: commercial fishers help monitor rising temperatures in coastal seas";
"Australia has just lost its best energy minister, lets hope Labor doesn’t trash his legacy";
"Live Updates: Southern States Brace for Another Assault by Dangerous Storms";
"IPCC highlights rich nations’ failure to help developing world adapt to climate change";
"The IPCC’s climate scientists have done their job – now we must do ours";
"UN tells governments to ‘fast forward’ net zero targets";
"Fear and Wonder podcast";
"Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021";
"New IPCC Report Shows the ‘Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking,’ Says UN Secretary-General António Guterres";
"Fossil Fuel Executives See a ‘Golden Age’ for Gas, If They Can Brand It as ‘Clean’";
"Fossil Fuel Firms Use Permitting Loopholes to Fast-Track LNG Export Projects Near Black Communities";
"The IPCC Report, Climate Litigation Wins and More";
"160km trail of damage and deaths in Mississippi";
"Green jobs are vital for Scotland’s net-zero future".
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Amanda McKenzie (pictured) speaks up for the Climate Council - "Submission to: Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water – Consultation on proposed design of Safeguard Mechanism reform";
"While you fight climate wars, we lose the climate battle";
"Saul Griffith's Rewiring Australia pushes for budget boost to electrify 500,000 homes";
"The Malthusians Are Back";
"Scientists deliver ‘final warning’ on climate crisis: act now or it’s too late";
"The world’s richest country made public transport free: Here’s what happened next";
"UN Water Conference Needs to See More Game-changing Commitments";
"Reclaiming “Climate Emergency”:
"Report finds 'unrecognised' fracturing under Sydney, Illawarra drinking water catchment";
"Climate change science pioneer Claude Lorius dies aged 91";
"Post Covid-19 recovery plan ignores climate change funding, says report";
"Hawaii building huge new battery, bidding farewell to coal";
"UK weather: Travel chaos as fierce winds and rain deluge sweeps the nation";
"Mountain-Dwelling Species Losing Habitats Rapidly, Study Finds";
"FTI: Emphasise climate-lined areas";
"Etihad Airways accused of climate greenwashing in complaint to ACCC";
"How Joe Biden’s surprisingly ambitious climate plan came together";
"Report: Most farmers don’t understand carbon market";
"Scottish ports ‘need £4bn transformation to secure nation’s growing offshore wind industry’".
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The Australia Institute wants our support to create a TV advert telling everyone about the dangers of fossil fuels - "Fuelling a Net Zero Fraud";
"Bob Brown renounces Australian Conservation Foundation life membership over Labor’s climate policy";
"Fires west of Alice Springs spread, burning an estimated 100,000 hectares";
"Safeguard negotiations likely to head into next week";
"Government urges crossbench to support Safeguard Mechanism";
"Bandt: Everyone has to 'shift a bit' on Safeguard Mechanism";
"Bob Brown pressures Greens to dismiss Safeguard Mechanism";
"Traditional Owners suspected they wouldn't benefit from fracking. A secret govt report has confirmed it";
"No new fossil fuels? Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline";
"Electric car batteries could fuel a $17 billion boost";
"New York must chart new course for gas utilities to hit climate targets";
"IPCC: If we act now, we can still secure a liveable sustainable future for all";
"What to expect when you’re expecting an El Nino";
"U.S. EIA Is Sending Mixed Messages On Fossil Fuels & Emissions";
"OK, Boomer, Your Turn. Older Americans Blockade Banks to Protest Fossil Fuel Financing";
"UN calls for rapid, ambitious action to tackle climate crisis";
"James Lovelock: 'Enjoy life while you can: in 20 years global warming will hit the fan'".
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Russell Klose (pictured) lived a life embedded in internal combustion engine cars, which he said "I loved", but now, eager to do something positive for the planet, he has shifted to importing and selling second-hand electric cars.
Along with his son, Cam, and Yakandandah solicitor, Matt Grogan, he is now importing and selling used electric Nissan Leafs through the Yackandandah business, "Kilowatt Cars".
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued what some say is humanity's "final warning".
And here is the IPCC "AR6 Synthesis Report".
"We have everything we need to fix the climate crisis. But we need to do it now";
"Our last climate chance: Act now on ‘everything, everywhere, all at once’";
"Schott fires at Bandt over climate policy as Greens double down";
"‘Australia is way behind’: Recycling targets fall out of reach";
"IPCC climate scientists issue 'a survival guide for humanity', warning window closing to reduce emissions";
"Earth to Hit Critical Warming Threshold by Early 2030s, Climate Panel Says";
"Five things we've learned from UN climate report";
"'Rapidly closing window': New UN report calls for urgent action on climate change";
"‘It can be done. It must be done’: IPCC delivers definitive report on climate change, and where to now";
"Introducing Fear and Wonder: The Conversation’s new climate podcast".
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Founder and CEO of Common Ground, Liana Downey (pictured), invites us to join her on Common Ground.
"What can we expect from the final UN climate report? And what is the IPCC anyway?";
"How on-demand buses can transform travel and daily life for people with disabilities";
"The Innovators: Alan Kohler on Australia’s green entrepreneurs and the hidden cost of AUKUS";
"‘Aim higher, act faster, or risk losing it all’: Climate change report offers ‘final warning’";
"Farming: The next steps";
"Samoa PM urges world to save Pacific people from climate crisis obliteration";
"Biden warns people 'can't deny' climate change, 'wrath' of Mother Nature: 'Whole generation is damned'";
"Australian fossil fuel subsidies hit $10.3 billion in 2020-21";
"Sydney breaks 165yo milestone after hottest four consecutive days in March on record";
"Mountain forests disappearing at alarming rate: study";
"Home, business buyers should be advised of climate risk";
"Good heavens: North Yorkshire village switches to dark sky-friendly lighting";
"To protect downwind states from smog, EPA cracks down on coal power pollution";
"Story of cities #29: Los Angeles and the 'great American streetcar scandal'".
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A severe winter drought impacts on France's Lake Montbel (image) - "Farming and tourism under threat as winter drought dries up France's Lake Montbel".
The refusal to accept the realities/evidence of the climate crisis and the collapse of Nazi German have similarities.
"‘Irresponsible’: Labor won’t buckle on Greens’ demand to ban new coal and gas projects";
"Greenpeace files ACCC greenwashing complaint against Toyota";
"Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond";
"Net-Zero Industry Act: European Commission unveils new vision for clean energy revolution";
"Alerts up and down the eastern coast as unseasonable heat hikes bushfire risk";
"Heat pumps work in NY. Don't believe misinformation — climate change is real | Opinion";
"Conservative MP Set to Pocket £153,600 from Fossil Fuel-Linked Firms";
"What Happened to All the Snow?";
"Yellen warns climate change could trigger asset value losses, harming US economy";
"Mafalda Duarte named as next chief of UN climate fund";
"This Hollywood star and his daughter took the subway to the Oscars to prove a point. Did it work?";
"Fueling the community" - public transit facts.
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Kevin Anderson (pictured) says rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 - "Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034 for a fair 1.5°C transition";
"Angry shareholders target Woodside directors over climate change";
"Does your gas stove produce pollutants? Dr Brigid Lynch was surprised at her results";
"As Melbourne gets hotter, some suburbs suffer more than others";
"You can help track the impacts of climate change in your yard";
"How Big of a Climate Betrayal Is the Willow Oil Project?";
"Texas Weakens Climate Science Education Guidelines";
"Chinese coal boom a ‘direct threat’ to 1.5C goal, analysts warn".
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Violet Coco (pictured) walks free - "Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco’s 15-month jail sentence quashed on appeal";
"US lawsuit filed to stop Willow oil drilling project in Alaska";
"Floods, cyclones, thunderstorms: is climate change to blame for New Zealand’s summer of extreme weather?";
"‘Dead’ Electric Car Batteries Find a Second Life Powering Cities";
"Deadly cyclone Freddy has become Earth’s longest-lived tropical storm";
"Parts of California face ‘flooding emergency’ as storm kills at least 2";
"Battery breakthrough could put fossil fuels out in the cold";
"People in Paris are being asked to vote on whether electric scooters should be banned";
"Australia’s five biggest super funds failing on key climate promises";
"Fire, Then Ice: Are the Mountains Around My California Town Going to Collapse?";
"Track the Latest Atmospheric River to Hit California";
"Simple solutions could reduce heat inequities in Phoenix";
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Global collapse of the climate world demands total attention, but Australia has been distracted by an expensive nuclear - "Details of AUKUS deal unveiled".
And former Australian Treasurer, Joe Hockey (pictured), says: "There is no option".
"How GDP Fetishism Drives Climate Crisis and Inequality";
"Whole Food Systems: Jessica Fanzo Looks at How Food Connects With Everything Else";
"How to live an ethical life and change the world";
"A tonne of fossil carbon isn’t the same as a tonne of new trees: why offsets can’t save us";
"Greenland temperatures surge up to 50 degrees above normal, setting records";
"Future warming from global food consumption";
"The Greens aren’t grandstanding on a new coal and gas ban – they’re negotiating well";
"Our Response to Climate Change Is Missing Something Big, Scientists Say";
"The Shell Game Behind Carbon Credits with Nick Feik";
"The great stock ’n’ coal swindle".
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Clare Hymer (pictured) took to Twitter to explode the conspiracies around the 15 minute city and talked with George Monbiot about his then new book, "Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis".
"People Live in Cities: An Analysis of Urban Planning’s Role in Loneliness";
"Administration to Approve Huge Alaska Oil Project on Monday, Two Officials Say";
"What is the '15-minute city' conspiracy theory?";
"'We're afraid of walkable distances now?' — conspiracies and the '15-minute city'";
"Our electric future";
"Putting trees back into the urban jungle";
"Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom";
"How to protect your homes from ice and snow";
"Aramco: Saudi state-owned oil giant sees record profit of $161bn";
"Forget the conspiracies, 15-minute cities will free us to improve our mental health and wellbeing".
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Humanity's efforts to avoid the worst of the climate crisis hinge on bold, charismatic, innovative and farseeing leadership and it fell to Miriam Mohammed (pictured) o explain something about leadership when she appeared on ABC's "The Drum", although she was talking about Australia's indigenous Voice to Parliament, rather than climate change. Good leadership is, however, interchangeable and not necessarily topic dependent.
One who understands leadership is the author of "The End of Nature", Bill McKibben, in conversation here with "Ezra Klein".
"A desperate race to avoid locking in the pathway to human extinction";
"Degrowth in a Green-Growth World";
"A Blanket of Snow for California";
"The first great energy transition: how humanity gave up whaling";
"‘Move people to rooftops’: Worst-ever Qld rain forces Burketown evacuation as power and sewers fail";
"At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels";
"The Trouble With "Market-Based" Climate Solutions."
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Economic anthropologist, Dr. Jason Hickel (pictured), takes us on a journey through degrowth and exposes the failures of our existing economic system - hear him in conversation with neoclassical economist, Barbara Baarsma.
Read Jason Hickel's latest book "Less is More".
"China strengthens role of courts in meeting carbon targets";
"Meet the Teenage Private Jet Detective";
"Australia’s biggest electric vehicle show roars to life";
"Met Office issues FIVE new snow warnings as UK braces for overnight blizzards";
"Minns pledges $25 million to train hydrogen plumbers";
"A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming";
"EU agrees diplomatic push for fossil fuel phase out ahead of Cop28";
"CCC: Decarbonised power system by 2035 is possible but not at this pace of delivery".
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About 50 people gathered at Shepparton's "Woolshed" on Tuesday, March 7, to acknowledge and celebrate the launch of the City of Greater Shepparton's "Climate Action Emergency Plan".
The speakers included a member of Australia's "Climate Council", Professor David Karoly, a representative of the Waranga Landcare Management Collective, Ms Lou Costa, and the Director of La Trobe University's Carbon Neutral Strategy, Andrew Jennings (pictured).
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Zali Steggall (pictured) was elected as an Independent Member for the Federal Seat of Warringah with the mandate to take action on climate change and here you can see, hear and read the message that Ms Steggall took to parliament - "Zali Steggall MP calls government to regulate methane emissions".
Also, Greens leader Adam Brandt has called on the Albanese Labor Government to end its coal and gas exploitation, while the government's Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen told RN Breakfast that a "Blanket ban" on coal and gas would be "irresponsible".
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Zoe Richards (pictured) discussed coral reefs and hope on Ockham's Razor - "The coral reef you didn't know you needed to know about";
"60 Scientists Call for Accelerated Research Into ‘Solar Radiation Management’ That Could Temporarily Mask Global Warming';
"NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050";
"Alan Kohler: To defeat climate change, Australia must do the impossible";
"David Pocock wants urgent action on carbon credits before vote on key climate policy";
"Heatwave warnings for NSW as Sydney expecting hottest day in two years";
"‘Let’s get real’: scientists discover a new way climate change threatens cold-blooded animals";
"To Reduce Mortality From High Heat in Cities, a New Study Recommends Trees";
"Rivian tells staff EV output may be 24% more than forecast";
"Al Gore Talks Climate Progress, Setbacks and the First Rule of Holes: Stop Digging";
"Fossil Fibs: how the gas lobby gets away with cooking the planet, rooking its customers".
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Rushworth's Lou Costa (pictured) joined those who gather Beneath the Wisteria in Shepparton (imagined only as the wisteria that was once the group's home a fallen prey to so-called progress) to talk about the personal and global challenges of having children in the face of a quickly unfolding climate crisis.
During her presentation, Lou mentioned that Wales had a "Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015" and so a Commissioner for Future Generations, and referred to a story on "The Conversation" written by a PhD candidate from Monash University, Craig Stanbury, entitled "Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself 5 big ethical questions".
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Brynn Fuller-Becker explains the goals and ambitions of People versus Fossil Fuels.
"US backs Ajay Banga to lead World Bank in climate fight";
"Thinking of having a baby as the planet collapses? First, ask yourself 5 big ethical questions";
"$26.7 Million Injection as Arcimoto Resumes Production";
"To Shift Away from Oil and Gas, Developing Countries Need a ‘Just Transition’ to Protect Workers and Communities";
"Apocalypse then: lessons from history in tackling climate shocks";
"A history of Zambia’s green policies shows why environment and development must go hand in hand";
"India braces for another heatwave amid concerns over wheat exports":
"The Cop City Battle Is A Climate Fight";
"The Promise and Peril of Biden’s Climate Policy".
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People need to acknowledge that we are in the midst of humanity's most profound moment and that, according to climate scientist and author, Joëlle Gergis (pictured), is the most immediate thing people do regarding the climate crisis.
The Australian National University doctor was in conversation with the deputy director of Psychology for a Safe Climate, Dr Charles Le Feuvre, discussing her latest book, "Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope".
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Love letters to Mother Earth - "Ten Love Letters to the Earth";
"Hundreds airlifted as flooding hits remote NT communities";
"Climate change as a global amplifier of human–wildlife conflict";
"Do people yet to be born have climate change rights?";
"Tornadoes Injure at Least a Dozen in Oklahoma";
"5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond";
"Electric vehicle rebates and tax credits often favor higher-income people";
"Why El Niño doesn’t mean certain drought";
"Traditional owners want more assurances on Jabiluka uranium deposit";
"How To Stop Lying To Our Kids About Climate Change";
"15-minute cities: How a plan to make your life more convenient became a full-blown conspiracy".
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Cecilia Sorensen (pictured), who is the director of the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education at Columbia University and is an Emergency Medicine physician-investigator in the area of climate change and health, told a Columbia University Climate School webinar of a hospital emergency department which had no other way of cooling heat stroke victims outside putting them in a body bag packed with ice.
The doctor was one of three panellists on a webinar, hosted by the Founding Dean of the Columbia Climate School and the Director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, Professor Alex N. Halliday.
The webinar was entitled: "Blazing Temperatures, Broken Records: Responding to the Global Heat Crisis".
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Performer Neil Young is still searching for a "Heart of Gold" and the choir-like unison he encourages is what the world needs if it is going to genuinely, and honestly, tackle the climate crisis.
Entrepreneur and engineer, Saul Griffith, is back in Australia after about 20 years in the U.S. where he had pretty much convinced the country it urgently needed to electrify everything and now he has brought that story home to Australia as it was explained on "Australian Story - The Transformer, Saul Griffith";
And Insiders host, David Spears got to talk about "Superannuation Changes analysis, and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen";
Radio National's Breakfast program, hosted by Patricia Karvelas, featured an interview today, February 28, with Climate Council Research Director, Simon Bradshaw, who said mental health services are ill-equipped to meet the demand, especially in regional and rural areas where climate events are more frequent.
Bradshaw talked about "The toll of climate emergencies on Australians".
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Melbourne-based sociologist, author and podcaster, Terry Leahy (pictured), was one of three speakers at the Sunday, February 26, launch of Degrowth Network Australia (DNA) at Northcote's Black Spark Cultural Centre.
The two other speakers were Earthworker board member and a Victorian Trades Hall Council Just Transitions Organiser, Colin Long, and activist-scholar, Anitra Nelson, an honorary principal fellow at the Informal Urbanism Research Hub at the University of Melbourne.
Terry's podcast is "System Change Made Simple".
The DNA launch was an official event on the program for the annual National Sustainable Living Festival.
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Anitra Nelson (pictured) has long been a key player in Australia's degrowth conversation, even talking about the issue before it had been formally described as such. She is also known throughout the world for her work on advancing the degrowth philosophy.
The activist-scholar affiliated with the Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr-) at the University of Melbourne, Australia, was one of three speakers who addressed about 40 people at what was, on Sunday, February 26, the formal launch of the Degrowth Network Australia.
Also speaking at the launch was the Just Transition Officer from the Victorian Trades Hall Council, Colin Long, who is also a board member at Earthworker and a long-term environmental and union activist, and Melbourne-based author, sociologist and podcaster, Terry Leahy.
The launch, officially a part of the National Sustainable Living Festival, was held at the Black Spark Cultural Centre in Melbourne's Doncaster.
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Colin Long (pictured) was one of three speakers at the Sunday, February 26, launch of the Degrowth Network Australia (DNA) at Northcote's Black Spark Cultural Centre.
The board member from Earthworker, environmental activist and Just Transitions Organizer from the Victorian Trades Hall Council was joined as a speaker by activist/scholar and an honourary principal fellow at the Informal Urbanism Research Hub at the University of Melbourne, Anitra Nelson, and Melbourne sociologist and author, Terry Leahy, who publishes the podcast, "System Change Made Simple".
About 40 people joined the launch/celebration, which was a part of Melbourne's National Sustainable Living Festival.
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Rethinking capitalism and climate and taking the advice of Tim Dunlop - "How the Reserve Bank is undermining democracy".
"Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022 - Part 3";
"Australia to Triple Size of Macquarie Island Protection Zone to Shield ‘Remote Wildlife Wonderland’ in Southern Ocean";
"Despite Oil Company Ties, COP28 President-Designate Vows to Uphold 1.5°C Temperature Goal";
"‘He baked’: Heat waves are killing more L.A. homeless people who can’t escape broiling sun";
"Book review: Greta Thunberg tells it like it is in “The Climate Book";
"Polar Vortex: How the Jet Stream and Climate Change Bring on Cold Snaps";
"'The Great Displacement' looks at communities forever altered by climate change";
"Traffic pollution could be far more dangerous than previously thought, researchers say";
"Corporations push “insetting” as new offsetting but report claims it is even worse".
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The book by Oreskes and Conway illustrates that it is an ideology, not facts that matter.
"Wild week of extreme weather ahead in the Lower 48: 5 things to know";
"France, Italy, Belgium: The European regions most at risk from floods and sea level rise";
"Why Tasmania and Victoria dominate the list of Australia’s largest trees – and why these majestic giants are under threat";
"Warming winters put Indigenous moose hunting traditions in jeopardy";
"‘A bloody accident’: Farmer apologises for inadvertently sparking Flowerdale fire";
"The Australian animals back from the brink of extinction";
"Teal independents join farmers in Liverpool Plains to oppose Santos gas development";
"Extreme droughts change how forests behave";
"Narwhals' Hungry Summers As Climate Warms".
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Melbourne's David Spratt is back with the second part of "Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022";
"Wild storms spark hundreds of call for help";
"As La Nina wanes, what follows could be even worse";
"Great Lakes ice cover plummets to record mid-February low";
"Increasingly extreme heat could cost Phoenix $2 billion every year";
"IEA: Global energy crisis pushed fossil fuel consumption subsidies to an all-time high in 2022";
"Shell’s actual spending on renewables is fraction of what it claims, group alleges";
"Heat from an Amazon Data Center Is Warming Dublin’s Buildings";
"Dutch airline KLM sued over 'greenwashing' ads".
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Melbourne's David Spratt looks back at the 2022 climate and sees the dominoes falling - "Faster, higher, hotter: What we learned about the climate system in 2022";
"Climate Integrity is on the line";
"‘Much more work’ needed to plug electricity shortfalls";
"Snowy delays add supply tensions to grid, but new big batteries ease short-term worries";
"Coal giant Glencore pushes for law change to prevent 'legal challenges' to carbon project";
"Australian states among world’s most at risk from climate change, extreme weather";
"Climate sensitivity, sea level and atmospheric carbon dioxide";
"Emissions slashed today won’t slow warming until mid-century".
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"The Merchants of Doubt" by Naomi Oreskes and Eric M. Conway was one of the standard bearers in climate literature and now they have turned their attention to "The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market" (pictured).
"One in five developments threatening koala habitat are renewable energy projects";
"Beyond roads, rates and rubbish: Australians now expect local councils to act on bigger issues, including climate change";
"'Engaging constructively': David Pocock calls for climate law assurance as negotiations continue";
"Economic growth will continue to provoke climate change";
"Smart growth can help achieve a good life for all without killing the planet";
"January 2023: Earth’s seventh-warmest January on record";
"Exclusive: UAE's Jaber says keeping 1.5 Celsius goal 'alive' is top priority for COP28";
"Lake Powell Drops to a New Record Low as Feds Scramble to Prop it Up".
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Federal Member for Nicholls, Sam BIrrell (pictured), with the aid of Environmental Leadership Australia, is staging an invite-only meeting this week in Shepparton to talk about growth and economic survival during the rigours of the climate crisis, while in Melbourne on Sunday, February 26, a group of enthusiasts from the Degrowth Network Australia (DNA) will be talking about taking the opposite approach - reducing production and consumption.
"Climate change may have encouraged the Huns to invade Europe";
"David Speers interviews Greens Leader Adam Bandt";
"Myth-buster: Why two degrees of global warming is worse than it sounds";
"Al Gore calls the World Bank chief a ‘climate denier.’";
"World Bank chief to step down early after climate controversy";
"America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it?";
"‘King Coal’ is back: Miners post record profits on bumper demand".
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Kate McBride (pictured) was one of four young people who presented on a Farmers for Climate Action webinar - "Harvesting Hope - How young people can shape the future of agriculture".
"Cyclone Gabrielle: Survival, resilience and losing everything in Hawkes Bay";
"At COP27, Activists Say Europe Wants Africa to Become Its ‘Gas Station’";
"1.5°C – dead or alive? The risks to transformational change from reaching and breaching the Paris Agreement goal";
"Weather tracker: world braces for sudden stratospheric warming event";
"Down to Earth: The Arizona teen whose death in extreme heat is a warning of tragic things to come";
"‘We have to turn the Titanic around’ on environment: Plibersek";
"GV Biz: Birrell business summit to discuss climate change chances";
"Rising seas threaten ‘mass exodus on a biblical scale’, UN chief warns".
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Emily Jones (pictured) will be among the hosts when Farmers for Climate Action bring an electric utility to Shepparton, illustrating that the future for farmers is electric.
“Brazenly co-opted”: experts confront CSIRO for gas industry infiltration, greenwashing fossil fuels";
"Emissions divide now greater within countries than between them – study";
"Private Jet Emissions in 2022";
"Wind Turbine Giant Proposes New York Factory That Would Create 420 Jobs and $500M in Local Investments";
"Nature is too often the victim when we exercise our right to roam";
"Urgent Call For Corporate Climate Leadership: Report Highlights Threat To Businesses, Communities";
"Considering the Environmental Effects of Solar Panels".
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Lyla June (pictured) uses both song and word via TEDx to help us both see and understand that the solutions of her people can still be applied to modern day problems.
Her TEDx presentation is entitled: "3000-year-old solutions to modern problems".
In this profoundly hopeful talk, Diné musician, scholar, and cultural historian Lyla June outlines a series of timeless human success stories focusing on Native American food and land management techniques and strategies. Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her dynamic, multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective and ecological healing. She blends studies in Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions. Her current doctoral research focuses on Indigenous food systems revitalization.
Listen to, and watch, "All Nations Rise" as performed by Lyla June.
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Chris Vanderstock has challenged the Victorian Government over costs against his electric car and was interviewed on ABC radio by Patricia Karvelas (pictured).
"Electric utes can now power the weekend – and the work week";
"Stopping native forest logging could deliver billions in climate benefits, study says";
"‘Real threat to lives’: Cyclone wreaks havoc across NZ";
"Can clouds of Moon dust combat climate change?";
"Dust from the moon could help slow climate change, study finds";
"Study Documents a Halt to Deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest After Indigenous Communities Gain Title to Their Territories";
"UK urged to sack Tony Abbott as trade adviser for joining climate sceptic group";
"Female solar workers can face prejudice. This woman wants that to change."
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U.N. Secretary-General, António Guterres (pictured) hands out searing climate language - "The U.N. Secretary-General’s Searing Message for the Fossil-Fuel Industry";
"Twice as Much Land in Developing Nations Will be Swamped by Rising Seas than Previously Projected, New Research Shows";
"Why a shift to basing vehicle registration fees on emissions matters for Australia";
"Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand – for people and the climate";
"Cooking oil, hydrogen, and corn: how much sustainable fuel do we need for net-zero flights";
"Bureau of Meteorology considering change to El Niño and La Niña definitions";
"Aviation sector takes on its biggest challenge: going green";
"Clothing industry put on notice as fast fashion and unwanted clothing takes environmental toll".
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Staying abreast of global heating events, physically and virtually, is difficult, in fact, it is hopeless, but here at Climate Conversations we continue to try.
"Circuses have evolved and so must UN climate summits";
"China warns of more floods and heatwaves in 2023";
"BP profits double to record £23bn after spike in oil and gas prices";
"Shell’s Profit Soared to $42 Billion Last Year";
"Companies recognising need for climate transition plans but are not moving fast enough, says CDP";
"US suffered 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2022";
"A conversation with Robert Bullard, ‘father of environmental justice’".
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Australia's Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek (pictured), has blocked a Queensland coal mine - "Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocks Clive Palmer's Central Queensland coal mine":
"Tanya Plibersek killed off Clive Palmer’s coal mine. It’s an Australian first – but it may never happen again";
"Why helping whales to flourish can help fight climate change";
"Hanging Out With the German Activists Who Glue Themselves to Things";
"Increasing tree cover may be like a ‘superfood’ for community mental health";
"Planting more trees could reduce premature heat-related deaths in European cities by a third – new research";
"Looking into the Future";
"In Spain, storks' trash diet driven by climate change".
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Professor Mark Howden (picrtured) from the Australian National University was one of the keynote speakers at an event organized on Monday, February 6, entitled "Climate Update 2023".
The ANU website lists the impressive array of speakers who appeared at the event.
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Australia's Ambassador for Climate Change, Kristin Tilley (pictured), delivered the opening address on Monday, February 6, at the Australia National University's "Climate Update 2023".
The event summarised the latest climate research, including a snapshot of newly released data on how our climate changed in 2022, both in Australia and around the world.
Beyond the Ambassador, other speakers included:
- Professor Mark Howden, Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions; Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Chair, ACT Climate Council - Global Climate Overview 2022
- Professor Penny King, ANU Research School of Earth Sciences; Associate Dean (Research), ANU College of Science, who was the moderator.
And considering "How can we sequester carbon whilst supporting other societal goals?" were:
- Professor Deanna D'Alessandro, Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Sydney - Negative emissions agenda
- Professor Andrew Macintosh, ANU College of Law - Carbon Sequestration & Integrity
- Dr Sarah Milne, Senior Lecturer, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy - Co-benefits
- Caitlyn Baljak, Emissions Removal Manager, ANU Below Zero, who was the Moderator
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Saul Griffith wants us to electrify everything and he may talk about that at the Tatura Transition Towns annual film festival in August.
"Induction v gas: Which cooktop comes out on top in our road test?";
"Power play: Can the Andrews government make the all-new SEC work?";
"First Thing: Crackdown on environmental defenders at ‘alarming level’";
"New Wind and Solar Are Cheaper Than the Costs to Operate All But One Coal-Fired Power Plant in the United States";
"Victoria’s biggest wind farm lures major new investor, with billions earmarked for renewables";
"Win-win: how solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife";
"Heat pumps";
"2022 water report: global warming changing the water cycle";
"Nearly 14,000 Nigerians take Shell to court over devastating impact of pollution".
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Dr Kate Wylie questions the Santos sponsorship of the Tour Down Under - "As Santos sponsors the Tour Down Under, it's time to ban fossil fuel advertising";
"Can induction stoves convince home cooks to give up gas?";
"2022 was a remarkable year for the climate. Here’s what to expect in 2023";
"Despite Rain Storms, California Is Still in Drought";
"Thunberg says Davos elite 'fuelling destruction of planet'";
"The Deluge" is a climate nightmare — and it’s based on reality";
"ANU pays tribute to Emeritus Professor Will Steffen";
"Tribute to Emeritus Professor Will Steffen";
"Will Steffen fought passionately for our planet. To honour him we must follow his lead".
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Professor Mark Jacobson has just released a new book, "No Miracles Needed" - an idea discussed nearly a decade ago on the Letterman show.
"India announces $4.3 billion investment in clean energy";
"Explaining the First “Global Stocktake” of Climate Action";
"Calls for bigger windfall tax after Shell makes ‘obscene’ $40bn profit";
"Snow and sweat as extreme weather divides Australia";
"Calculating the Carbon Cost of Coffee";
"Scott Morrison’s decision to stop controversial NSW gas field to be overturned";
"World’s biggest investment fund warns directors to tackle climate crisis or face sack";
"GM and Netflix join forces to promote EVs on screen";
"This chart shows the impact rising urbanization will have on the world":
And Professor Mark Jacobson's new book: "No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air".
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Lillian Richardson (pictured) - "I thought if I don't take action, then who will? If I don't learn about it, then who will? I sort of made it my mission, or I've tried to learn about it as much as I can, so that I can make a contribution to tackle climate change";
"The Utility of White-Hot Rage";
"Is climate change affecting the polar vortex?";
"Clean energy is cheaper than coal across the whole US, study finds";
"Climate change is transforming Australia’s cultural life – so why isn’t it mentioned in the new national cultural policy?";
"The Climate Clock";
"Renters and families to be hit hardest by new gas price rises, advocates warn";
"‘Rather die in jail than a nursing home’: climate activists show stiff resolve as they face Queensland court".
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Professor Will Steffen (pictured) was a man of rare talents mixed with an abundance of scientific skills, but beyond that was the epitome of what a gentleman is - kind, thoughtful, compassionate, fair and beyond anything else a decent and good bloke.
The Australia National University emeritus professor died of pancreatic cancer late in January and brought his knowledge of the world's climate challenges to Australia in 1977 and quickly became a fixture of climate conversations throughout the country, influencing many people from the Federal Government down.
Will was a member of the Climate Council and had played a leading role in the creation and maintenance of many other climate bodies - we have lost a true climate champion.
"'One of Australia’s most influential and respected climate scientists' Will Steffen dies aged 75";
"‘Driving force’: Tributes flow for giant of Australian climate science";
"We’ve lost a giant: Vale Professor Will Steffen, climate science pioneer";
"ANU Emeritus Professor Will Steffen dies aged 76".
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Michael Grose (pictured) from the CSIRO talks about "climate whiplash" on ABC TV.
"Greens warn the government that a fight is looming over energy policy";
"Climate change could make parts of Lebanon ‘too hot’ for producing olive oil";
"‘Everything’s gone’: eerie silence on Enid Street provides a glimpse into Australia’s climate future";
"Natural disasters can have a mental health toll. Psychologists say you shouldn't have to wait for help";
"The breathtaking state of truck air pollution in Melbourne’s western suburbs";
"Need for projects to plug looming gas supply shortage to test Australia’s climate goals";
"Why the north and east have had such a dreadful summer";
"India's sinking hill town, a casualty of the warming Himalayas";
"Why Queensland is still ground zero for Australian deforestation";
"Alan Kohler: Australia’s new emissions trading scheme is a carbon tax. That’s fine".
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Bill Gates (pictured) of Microsoft fame is fantastically wealthy and promotes solutions for many issues, and was recently in Australia - "Looming El Niño could push us into a new era of global heating".
"Want to take action on climate change? These books can help";
"Louisiana Democratic Party ‘Funneled’ Utility Donations to Climate Candidate Challenger";
"Op-Ed: Why California wasn’t prepared for the atmospheric rivers";
"A Warmer, Wetter World Could Make ‘Enhanced Rock Weathering’ a More Useful Tool to Slow Climate Change";
"One of the World’s Coldest Places Is Now the Warmest it’s Been in 1,000 Years, Scientists Say";
"Climate activists block main road into The Hague";
"Record dry spell threatening Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area";
"The Auckland floods are a sign of things to come – the city needs stormwater systems fit for climate change";
"Climate Change Remains Top Global Threat Across 19-Country Survey':
"Myths about fossil fuels and renewable energy are circulating again. Don’t buy them";
"WoodMac wins: The consultancy giving cover to fossil fuel projects".
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Tatura's Bruce Gill (pictured) has long wanted to be as fossil fuel free as possible and his "new" (it's a 2018 model) Tesla takes him much closer to that goal.
The research scientist came to Tatura decades ago to work on the Goulburn Valley's then-salinity problem and he now works on broader agriculture issues.
Bruce has been pursuing the fossil-free lifestyle for a long time and the Tesla is the latest iteration of low-carbon emitting vehicles he has owned, and clearly the best.
He has travelled to Brisbane and back and was not troubled in finding places to charge the car.
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UN Secretary General, António Guterres, says we must act this decade.
Richard Heinberg gives us a bonus episode of his power podcast: "How to Navigate Power with Wisdom";
"McGowan Government commits to legislating net zero by 2050 and introducing five-year interim targets";
"Liverpool Plains farmers oppose seismic testing and Hunter Gas Pipeline";
"Doomsday Clock at record 90 seconds to midnight amid Ukraine crisis";
"Fossil fuels fall to record low in power grid as renewables hit new high";
"A small modular nuclear reactor just got US approval — a big milestone";
"New energy trial enables people to power their homes from their electric vehicle";
"Understanding Healthy Soil and Climate Change";
"UN Report Says Humanity Has Altered 70 Percent of the Earth’s Land, Putting the Planet on a ‘Crisis Footing’";
"Norway plans to offer record number of Arctic oil, gas exploration blocks";
"Solar energy could be key in Puerto Rico's transition to 100% renewables, study says".
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A new Ag podcast asks "What is innovation & what motivates people to do it?";
"‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world";
"The Dawn of Gas Stove Denialism";
"Yes, 2022 was warmer and wetter";
"Floods drain $5bn from national economy";
"The world’s carbon price is a fraction of what we need – because only a fifth of global emissions are priced";
"NZ’s fatally flawed climate change strategy";
"This solar + storage project could be a US grid game changer";
"Exxon’s predictions about the climate crisis may have increased its legal peril";
"How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out";
"Climate change means warmer winters — but not the end of snowstorms";
"Why community batteries could be the next step in the solar power revolution".
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The ABC podcast, "Who's gonna save us" investigates - "The energy it takes to be extremely online";
"‘Everyone wants a piece’: Are electric vehicles Australia’s opportunity of a lifetime?";
"‘Super-tipping points’ could trigger cascade of climate action";
"Solar panels are leading the clean energy revolution, but recycling them isn't easy";
"Australia’s biggest wind turbine erected at what will be largest wind farm in NSW";
"‘Continuation of his legacy’: McCubbin descendant lauds Woodside protester";
"Is it time to turn western Sydney into a city of fountains? It might help beat the heat";
"What do oranges, coffee grounds and seaweed have in common? They outshine cotton in sustainable fashion";
"NASA and Boeing join forces to develop ‘airliner of the future’";
"California faces catastrophic flood dangers — and a need to invest billions in protection";
"4 ways to pay for the climate crisis, according to Al Gore and other leaders at Davos".
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Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber (pictured), the head of its state-run oil company, to manage the COP 28 climate summit - "Leader of the next global climate talks defends fossil fuels";
"The High Cost of Cheap E-Bikes";
"As Climate Protests Get Bolder, British Police Strike Back With New Powers";
"Climate change threatens songbird breeding";
"Gomeroi people file Native Title appeal against Santos Narrabri Gas Project, pipeline one step closer";
"Extinction Rebellion says ‘we quit’ – why radical eco-activism has a short shelf life";
"As heatwaves and floods hit cities worldwide, these places are pioneering solutions";
"Older adults can be particularly vulnerable during weather disasters";
"Smart and humane versus hateful and toxic: We need more Thunbergs and fewer Tates";
"Analysis: How well have climate models projected global warming?";
"Fossil Fibs: how the gas lobby gets away with cooking the planet, rooking its customers".
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Melbourne GP, Dr Grant Blashki (pictured) talks about extreme weather and mental health - "New report reveals adverse mental health impact of extreme weather events";
"Survey results: National study of the impact of climate-fuelled disasters on the mental health of Australians";
"Dealing with climate anxiety: tips, tools and resources";
"Hidden mental health toll of worsening climate disasters on Australians revealed with new national poll";
"Natural disasters are taking a rising toll on the mental health of Australians";
"Why defusing ‘carbon bombs’ offers a promising new agenda for tackling climate change";
"Here are all the positive environmental stories from 2023 so far";
"Regular trips to the park could reduce people's reliance on antidepressants";
"From floods to fires? A climate scientist on the chances El Nino will hit Australia this year".
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Greta Thunberg (pictured) is now 20 and probably one of the world's best known climate activists - "Climate change activist Greta Thunberg manhandled by cops during coal mine demo";
"John Kerry backs UAE appointment of oil chief to oversee UN climate talks";
"Warning of unprecedented heatwaves as El Niño set to return in 2023";
"Call to make caravan parks EV hotspots";
"Farmers told to beef up green credentials to trade with Europe";
"Climate Activists Say Big Oil Is Taking Cycling Fans for a Ride";
"Deadly California Rains Overwhelm Power Grid With Mass Outages";
"Davos says it is focusing on the climate crisis, but its billionaires and world leaders are still arriving on private jets".
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World-recognized climate activist, Bill McKibben (pictured), has regularly made the point that fossil fuel companies are the villains in the whole climate issue.
"Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s";
"Let’s face reality. Fossil fuel interests have destroyed the Cops – we need something new";
"ExxonMobil ignored accurate global warming studies by its scientists for decades, research finds";
"Michael Pascoe: There’s a quantifiable cost to George Pell’s style of climate denial";
"ExxonMobil predicted climate change while downplaying risk";
"Assessing ExxonMobil’s global warming projections";
"Fossil Fuel-Linked Companies Dominate Sponsorship of COP27";
"Climate change: UAE names oil chief to lead COP28 talks";
"Exxon Scientists Accurately Predicted Climate Damage While Company Pushed";
"‘Realistic’: UAE appoints oil chief to be COP28 president";
"Disastrous floods in WA – why were we not prepared?".
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Professor Bill McGuire wrote the book, "Hothouse Earth: An inhabitant's guide" and through his wise and gentle counsel, he helps readers better understand the complex and disagreeable issue of global heating.
People can learn much more about Bill from his website or from The Word Forest Organisation where he has been appointed as the group's Special Scientific Advisor.
Bill is the Professor of Volcanology, volcanic risk, volcanic hazards, volcano instability, climate change, geophysical hazards, and natural disasters at the University College of London.
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Professor Bill McGuire (pictured) wrote "Hothouse Earth" and was kind enough to have a chat with Climate Conversations.
"Greens showdown with gas sector threatens Labor’s climate reforms".
"UAE to launch Cop28 presidency with oil boss tipped for leading role";
"The past eight years were the hottest on record, despite La Nina";
"Cannon-Brookes takes swipe at Forrest, commits to rebuilding Sun Cable";
"Giant solar farm project in doubt after disagreement between Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest";
"Project Drawdown: A Cautious Case for Climate Optimism";
"U.S. Carbon Emissions Grew in 2022";
"Four ways winter heatwaves affect humans and nature";
"World’s large dams could lose quarter of capacity by 2050, says UN";
"Climate change and extreme weather events have doctors worried".
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Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt (pictured) has returned from a trip to WA, where the Kimberley is experiencing record-high flood levels and talks with Hammish Macdonald on Radio National - "Emergency Management Minister on WA floods";
"Chubb review of Australia’s carbon credit scheme falls short – and problems will continue to fester";
"Insurance cost for floods and storms hits $12.3 billion since January 2020";
"Flood victims sleep rough amid aid delays";
"PM tours another flood zone as storm clouds gather on carbon cuts";
"Victorian and NSW Governments agree to $7.8 billion renewable energy deal";
"Utah's Great Salt Lake Could Dry Up Within 5 Years, Scientists Warn";
"Ecosystems in Victoria and Tasmania may be most at risk from climate change";
"Invasive rats are changing fish behaviour on coral reefs – new study";
"Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood their homes and crops".
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Australian engineer, thinker and entrepreneur, Saul Griffith, was a recent guest on the ABC podcast, "Who's gonna save us?" in the episode "Better call Saul".
"Electric scooters are a useful addition to our transport network";
"2022 in Photos: Gaslighting by the Fossil Fuel Industry and Its Supporters";
"Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?";
"Fast food joints can help battle climate change, new study finds—even without reducing paper and plastic use";
"Four Big Things to Expect in Clean Energy in 2023";
"Certified 'genius' Saul Griffith has a plan to decarbonise Australia — and it will only take 101 million machines";
"La Niña drenching for Queensland outback increases bushfire risks";
"Meet the eastern bristlebird: tragically under-appreciated, and one fire away from local extinction";
"How climate change is affecting what’s on the shelves at your local supermarket";
"20 years on from the 2003 Alpine fires.";
"Australia’s marine parks are suffering. Here’s what we need to do".
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General Motors makes a bid to join the fossil fuel hungry Grand Prix scene.
"Climate change is leaving African elephants desperate for water";
"Lula revives $1 billion Amazon Fund and environmental protections";
"Ski slopes in Alps facing snow shortage in unusually warm winter";
"She Is Africa’s First Heat Officer. Can She Make Her City Livable?";
"The women choosing the climate over having a baby";
"‘We Must Grow This Movement’: Youth Climate Activists Ramp Up the Pressure";
"Powerful Storm Strikes California, From Surging Seas to Mountain Snow";
"Climate change will make Atlantic tropical storms worse".
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Violet Coco (pictured) was sent to gaol for her Sydney Harbour Bridge protest and the letter I sent to her was "return to sender' - this is what I said and this is what Violet said when interviewed recently for Climate Conversations.
"'Very unpredictable, severe event' as WA's Kimberley region smashed by once-in-a-century floods";
"NSW forests could become net carbon emitters in coming decades, report finds";
"'Feels like summer': Warm winter breaks temperature records in Europe";
"Australia’s floods on the way out, but bushfires could be next";
"Fossocracy Australia: government of the people, by the fossil fuel companies for the fossil fuel companies";
"Is a Dam in Rural Portugal a Key to Our Alternative Energy Future?";
"Climate change: Why is Europe experiencing a January heat wave?"
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Yale Climate Connections has warned that increasing global heat threatens amphibian habitat - "The warming climate is altering a key amphibian habitat";
"Subpoenaed Fossil Fuel Documents Reveal an Industry Stuck in the Past";
"Setting aside the superglue, Extinction Rebellion UK flags tactical shift";
"Extinction Rebellion in Australia could shift tactics to encourage ‘greater participation";
"Pathway to renewable energy";
"The Diesel Transition: Petroleum diesel alternatives for the Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry sector";
"Spring rain affected livestock";
"Shepparton soaked: Region records wettest year since 2010";
"‘Very conservative’: Bushfires could kill almost 2500 Australians by 2030";
"Summer wildfires increased fourfold in England in 2022".
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Dr Saul Griffith (pictured) sees our homes as the frontline in the climate crisis struggle and you can hear /watch him talk about that view on an ABC 7:30 report - "Dr Saul Griffith – decarbonisation for Australia begins in the home".
"Climate chaos of 2022 with flooding hell, raging wildfires and freezing of waterfalls";
"El Niño or not? This is the outlook for 2023";
"Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history";
"How Hollywood gets wildfires all wrong — much to the frustration of firefighters";
"Banks need financial incentives to tackle climate change, warns chief supervisor";
"Climate change a harsh reality for emergency minister after year of record floods";
"Arizona Is in a Race to the Bottom of Its Water Wells, With Saudi Arabia’s Help";
"A Stinky Stew on Cape Cod: Human Waste and Warming Water";
"Heavy Rain in California Causes Flooding but Offers Respite From Drought".
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Richard Heinberg (pictured) from the Post Carbon Institute asks: "Can Civilization Survive? These Studies Might Tell Us";
"Plibersek faces 140 decisions pitting koalas against development";
"Climate change may have encouraged the Huns to invade Europe";
"Climate data to help you better understand the climate crisis";
"Is there a ‘right to disobey’? From the Vietnam War to today’s climate protests";
"BP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy";
"Can quinoa help us to survive climate change?";
"Exxon sues EU in move to block new windfall tax on oil companies";
"Scientists have debunked a popular corporate greenwashing tactic";
"This year, I only needed to open my window in Brazil to witness the climate crisis".
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Mary Annaïse Heglar (pictured) takes us along on the journey that arises from carrying the world on your shoulders: "What Happened When I Tried to Carry the World on My Back".
"Weathering the Weather: Mental-health professionals are trying to figure out how to talk about the climate";
"Staying Sober on a Dying Planet: I gave up drinking to give myself a better future. But what if Earth isn’t getting one?";
"2022 provisionally warmest year on record for UK";
"'Bomb Cyclone' and Other Weird Weather Words for Our Climate Change Era".
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Dr Andrew King (pictured) from the University of Melbourne is mentioned in a New Dailey story: "Warmer weather, less rain on the way as La Niña wanes";
"No greenhouse gas limits for Victoria's coal-fired power plants as Supreme Court rejects challenge";
"Arctic Air Brings Dangerous Cold to U.S., Could Test Texas Grid";
"A Tale of Two Cities – Jakarta is sinking, but funding for Indonesia’s new capital has yet to surface";
"CoalKeeper is dead but Chris Bowen’s New Energy Scheme is secret like Dan Andrews’";
"Fossil Fuel Villain of the Year: Shell CEO Ben van Beurden";
"The One Group of People Americans Actually Trust on Climate Science";
"Russia’s invasion & Pakistan’s floods defined 2022 in climate".
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Coal seam gas plans for the Pilliga Forrest in New South Wales defy the position taken by Australia's Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek, at the recent COP15 talks in Montreal - "‘Shameful day for Australia’: Santos given green light to drill 850 gas wells in native forest";
"This global pact to save biodiversity is historic but will it give nature a ‘fighting chance’?";
"Labor facing test of green credentials in fight over native logging";
"The historic COP15 outcome is an imperfect game-changer for saving nature. Here’s why Australia did us proud".
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Rachel Lowry (pictured) saw Australia as being on the right side of history at COP15 in Montreal - "Historic deal reached at UN biodiversity conference".
"Climate goal of 1.5C is ‘gasping for breath’, says UN head";
"Calls for tougher regulations as Queensland records highest rate of land clearing in country";
"UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15)";
"The battle for the Otway Ranges";
"Victoria’s Gippsland coast to become Australia’s first offshore windfarm zone";
"Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030".
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Mark Davis (pictured) has worked with and is still representing about 20 climate activists, all of whom he says are all good people and shouldn't be sent to gaol - you can hear his comments here on Radio National - "Should protesting be criminalised?"
"Montreal talks lead to 'watered down' biodiversity targets: Greens";
"The US touts support for biodiversity – but at Cop15, it remains on the sidelines";
"Clearer rules on reporting companies’ climate risks could soon put us on a path to decarbonising corporate Australia";
"EDO statement on recent harsh custodial sentences for climate protesters in Australia";
"Computer modelling predicts climate change causing cascading animal 'co-extinctions'";
"Cop15 negotiators close to agreeing nature deal as talks draw to end";
"Australia promises more cash for nature".
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Mark Conroy (pictured) has been a full-time climate activist for the past two years and so has aligned himself with Extinction Rebellion and through that has helped raise the public's awareness that accelerated action on the climate issue is of critical importance.
Violet Coco was discussed during our conversation, and Violet, who had disrupted traffic on The Sydney Harbour Bridge for about 25 minutes and was subsequently gaoled for 15 months (she's presently released on bail awaiting a March appeal hearing) was a guest on an earlier episode published on "Climate Conversations".
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Violet Coco (pictured) took the message of the climate and ecological crisis to Sydney Harbour Bridge in April this year when she blocked one lane of traffic.
She was subsequently arrested, then sentenced to 15 months in jail, appealed that but was denied bail, but now that has been overturned and Violet is free on bail until the appeal regarding her sentence is heard in March next year.
Violet is associated with "Extinction Rebellion", but the Harbour Bridge protest was under the banner of "Fireproof Australia".
Jane Morton, a Melbourne-based psychologist who specialises in climate crisis communication, knows Violet well and joins this episode.
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Bruce Mountain (pictured) tells Patricia Karvelis on Radio National that Australia's east coast is "swimming in gas" - "Government taking a bigger role in energy: analyst";
"Burning Trees for Energy Is Catastrophic for Biodiversity, Scientists Say";
"The ‘silent killer’ of flooding: Murray River fish in dire straits as water quality drops";
"Starving seabirds on Alaska coast show climate change peril";
"Farmers in Bangladesh return to 200-year-old floating farm technique to battle rising sea levels and extreme monsoon seasons";
"Europe Reaches Deal for Carbon Tax Law on Imports";
"Climate Change is Systems Change";
"Australian climate intelligence start-up granted funds to keep vulnerable Australians safer this summer";
"Canberrans can scooter! 180 tonnes of carbon emissions saved in 2022".
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The Greens, lead by Adam Brandt (pictured), say the intervention to curb power bills is too generous to fossil fuel companies – a point the government disputes: "Greens threaten government’s plan to cut energy bills";
"Oil firms have internally dismissed swift climate action, House panel says";
"FIFA Helping to ‘Greenwashing’ Qatar Oil Company Primed to Explode Major Carbon Bomb";
"What to expect from California’s new rooftop-solar plan? More batteries";
"In Appalachia, Margo Miller Leads From a ‘Place of Courageous Joy’";
"‘Complete elation’ greeted Plibersek’s big plans to protect nature - but hurdles litter the path";
"NZ’s proposed pumped storage hydropower project will cost billions – here’s how to make it worthwhile";
"Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’";
"‘Abysmal’ number of Australian banks and super funds have policies to mitigate environmental risks: report".
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Deanna 'Violet' Coco (pictured) continues with her efforts of non-violent protests to alert our decision-makers to the threat of climate change.
Violet was a virtual guest at Beneath the Wisteria in Shepparton in July 2021 and you can watch and listen to her at the Slap Tomorrow Zoom Files.
"At least a dozen climate activists face jail time under NSW laws used to lock up Violet Coco";
"Violet Coco is not alone: the climate activists facing jail";
"'Burning Pram Lady' sentenced after spending 16 days in jail for climate change protest";
"Climate activist accused of burning pram says government is 'failing future generations'".
And, here's a personal piece from Violet - "Last week, a NSW court jailed me for 15 months for a peaceful climate protest. Hear my story".
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Biodiversity was centre stage at a November roundtable event organized by the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority and the preservation of Earth's biodiversity is the subject of an international conference at Montreal in Canada.
"Updates on the state of nature from around the world";
"Plibersek in push to halt extinctions, but defends reef stance";
"Aussie species join extinction risk list";
"Curtailing the collapse of the living world";
"‘Apocalypse Papers’: Scientists Call for Paradigm Shift as Biodiversity Loss Worsens";
"Indigenous people seek stronger land rights at COP15 nature talks";
"The US is a rogue state leading the world towards ecological collapse".
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Stefan Rahmstorf (artist's impression), who cried when he heard of Donald Trump's ascendency to President, receives the Stephen H. Schneider award for climate communication.
"Green Buildings: Cooking Without Gas";
"‘World’s First Solar City Car’ Coming to U.S. for $6,250";
"Foundation For Climate Restoration";
"Britain Approves New Coal Mine Despite Climate Concerns";
"India Chases Clean Energy, but Economic Goals Put Coal First";
"Workers at E.V. Battery Plant in Ohio Vote to Unionize";
"Extreme heat in the midst of the Big Wet for northern Australia – what’s going on with the weather?";
"What the federal government's coal price cap means for power bills, generators and Queensland's royalties".
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Climateworks Australia gives you "Five minutes with Dr Sale Bache" (pictured);
"Planet Earth in 2022" - Professor Lesley Hughes;
"‘Nature is being destroyed. Things have to change’: Plibersek flags environmental law overhaul";
"David Pocock and the Greens welcome Labor’s environmental reforms but push for more urgent action";
"If NSW wants to stop climate change protests, there's an alternative to jailing activists";
"Perrottet’s joy at a young woman’s jail time was ugly";
"Climate activists must box clever in the face of dumb anti-protest laws";
"Glencore pulls out of $1.5 billion Valeria coal mine project in central Queensland";
"Australia’s diesel price spike causes rethink in reliant regional areas".
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Aisha Khai (pictured) is the executive director of the Civil Society Coalition for Climate Change and has written a strong piece for the Dawn newspaper: "Cost to the Climate".
"Floods rejuvenate Australia's environment, yet have 'sting in the tail' for many species";
"Warning on Mass Extinction of Sea Life: ‘An Oh My God Moment’";
"Circular strategies could cut emissions from materials used in vehicles by 60% by 2040";
"Renewables Will Overtake Coal by Early 2025, Energy Agency Says";
"Electric trucks could reduce peak hour traffic and climate emissions if they were exempt from curfews, transport experts say";
"'Half of new cars to be electric by 2030'";
"Brisbane to swelter through its hottest day in three years";
"‘Stay safe’: Warning as heatwave hits across northern Aus";
"'There is a disconnect': What activists thought of UN chief Guterres after meeting him at COP15";
"The Future of Mud";
"Society Can’t Slow Climate Change Without Reining in Big Tech, New Report Warns";
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Dr Samantha Montano writes about "dispatches from the front lines of the climate crisis" in her book "Disasterology" (pictured).
Geoff Ebbs - "The Cage and Violet Coco".
"Greenwashing crackdown continues".
"Sound Country Women Artists' Leadership Retreat".
"Loss, decay and bleaching: why sponges may be the ‘canary in the coal mine’ for impacts of marine heatwaves".
"Private profits and public pain: It’s well past time for action on fossil fuels".
"UK weather: Britain braces for snow and ice as temperatures plummet".
"The great deluge: Australia’s new era of unnatural disasters".
"Clashing laws need to be fixed if we want to live in bushfire-prone areas".
"Tesla's electric Semi faces a long, slow, uphill climb".
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Professor Jodie Rummer (pictured) looks on as her childhood dream succumbs to climate change - "Are we really prepared to lose this natural wonder?"
"Oil and gas firms planning ‘frightening’ fossil fuels growth, report finds".
"EU approves France’s short-haul flight ban — but only for 3 routes".
"Wind turbines have an image problem but silent, bladeless designs could change all that".
"Pigeons on the pill: Cities tackle climate-related pest boom".
"Our US$10 trillion global energy bill dwarfs what’s needed to limit global heating".
"‘The climate extremists have won’".
"The Guardian view on biodiversity collapse: the crisis humanity can no longer ignore".
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Net-zero by 2050 is an idea that has traction throughout the world community, but it is a concept about which we should circumspect.
"Why Are Fossil Fuels So Hard to Quit?"
"Cumbria coalmine plan is ‘backward step’, says Alok Sharma".
"Water as Part of the Climate Solution".
"The wreckage of ancient hurricanes could predict future storms".
"Puerto Rican Cities Sue Fossil Fuel Companies in Major Class-Action, Climate Fraud Case".
"Queensland’s Indigenous women rangers given Earthshot prize for protecting Great Barrier Reef".
"Things we lost in the wildfires: images of the devastating personal cost of a warming world".
"A giant clean-energy transmission line to New York City is now underway".
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Deanna 'Violet' Coco (pictured) staged a climate protest on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and now she has been sentenced to jail - "Protester who blocked Sydney Harbour Bridge sent to prison".
"England’s water can be renationalised without compensation, activists say".
"An idea that could help replenish California’s groundwater supplies".
"UCD student will 'fast until death if necessary' over climate inaction".
"Coastal property prices and climate risks are both soaring. We must pull our heads out of the sand".
"Puerto Rican towns sue Big Oil under RICO alleging collusion on climate denial".
"Many forests will become highly flammable for at least 30 extra days per year unless we cut emissions, research finds".
"Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far".
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Peter Fiekowsky argues in his new book "Climate Restoration" that this is the only future that will sustain the human race.
And it was just in July this year that he talked about climate restoration for human flourishing.
"Climate change made deadly rainfall in West Africa 80% more likely to happen".
"Mauna Loa Eruption Threatens a Famous Climate Record".
"Climate activist who blocked traffic on Sydney Harbour Bridge jailed for at least eight months".
"Giant Wind Farms Arise Off Scotland, Easing the Pain of Oil’s Decline".
"What’s in My Air?"
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Rod Simpson (pictured) was described by a "firey" soon after his property burned in the 2019 Black Summer bushfires as "Australia's first climate refugee".
Rod, whose "piece of paradise" was about 20 kilometres from Drake in northern New South Wales, was fortunate to survive as those climate-induced fires engulfed his home, leaving him, in every sense, with nothing except his two dogs.
As a "greenie" and a student of climate change, Rod had a sense of what was coming, but the reality far exceeded his imagination.
Rod is a man of many parts - he cares about nature and so was deeply entangled in animal rescue; loved the idea of recycling and reuse and so kept busy making and selling his Rare Bags and, beyond that, writes and performs songs - "Fire Song" is featured in this episode.
Having been up close and personal with "The Beast" - the Black Summer bushfires - Rod is now campaigning to help other Australians better understand how climate change can impact their lives.
Rod was also a guest on the Geelong-based "The Sustainable Hour".
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Rob Stokes (pictured) is Australia's first Active Transport Minister and was excited to welcome delegates to the country's first Micro-Mobility Conference in Sydney on November 25/26.
An impressive array of speakers, including Lucy Saunders, talked about how she had created the "Healthy Streets" program in the United Kingdom and how she had taken the idea to countries all around the world, told those at the conference about how we could all go further with less.
Micro-mobility, is about many things, among them simply making life easier and better for all people, but is a key plank in preparing communities for the rigours of the climate crisis.
As the smartphone was a societal disruptor, micro-mobility is poised to engender equally seismic changes in how we live and go about our daily affairs.
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Professor Jacqueline Peel (pictured) was the guest today on Radio National's "Between the Lines" and discussed the outcome of COP27 with the host, Tom Switzer.
"How hot will the world get under political parties’ climate plans?".
"CEFC gives $20.5 million to help drive down cost of electric car loans".
"Climate Council report finds Queensland bears highest cost of climate disasters in Australia".
"Greta Thunberg and more than 600 youths are taking Sweden to court. Here's why".
"‘Frightening new era’: Flash flooding to grow under climate change".
"More than half of infectious diseases may be aggravated by climate change";
"COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the climate crisis".
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Julian Cribb (pictured) argues in his story in Pearls and Irritations: "The world votes for “climate hell”.
"‘Strike Force Guard’: suppression of climate protest threatens us all".
"‘This case has made legal history’: young Australians just won a human rights case against an enormous coal mine".
"Glacial Meltdown 2022! What Made the Eternal Ice Disappear?"
"3 Reasons Why The Current Palm Oil Industry Is Disastrous For Our Planet".
"Gas stations vs utilities: the battle for the future of charging".
"Why Europe has seen such a warm October".
"Volvo shocks with Aussie electric target".
"World’s biggest carmakers to build 400m more vehicles than 1.5C climate target will allow".
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Greg Mullins talks about the year of extremes that Australians have just endured and encourages people to sign up for a webinar coming up soon - "Climate Council X ELCA: Power our Extreme Weather Work".
"Over 20,000 died in western Europe’s summer heatwaves, figures show".
Learn more about the next "disruptor" - on the micro-mobility podcast.
"Hot and dry in the west, while summer rain in the east puts a dampener on Christmas".
"Report: Climate extremes hitting Australia, more intense weather to come".
"Stripping carbon from the atmosphere might be needed to avoid dangerous warming – but it remains a deeply uncertain prospect".
"It’s natural to want to feed wildlife after disasters. But it may not help".
"China’s Pledge to Be Carbon Neutral by 2060: What It Means".
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Anna Rose (pictured) is one of Australia's pre-eminent climate change advocates and in 2013 she spoke at a public forum in Shepparton organized by Slap Tomorrow and talked about a warmer atmosphere containing more moisture, something Australians have seen practical evidence of just of late.
"State of the climate: what Australians need to know about major new report".
"Extreme Heat Takes the Field".
"Climate-fuelled disasters: warning people is good, but stopping the disaster is best. Here are 4 possible ways to do it".
"Fossil Fibs: how the gas lobby gets away with cooking the planet, rooking its customers".
"STATEMENT: In Breakthrough, COP27 Establishes Fund to Aid Vulnerable Countries Facing Severe Climate Damages".
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Both the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO have warned in the 2022 State of the Climate Report that, in a weather sense, Australia is facing even more extreme weather .
From The Guardian: "Australia faces worsening extreme weather events latest BoM and CSIRO climate report finds".
And from The New Daily: "Report details Australia’s hotter, rainier and more dramatic climate".
From The Conversation, we read: "COP27 flinched on phasing out ‘all fossil fuels’. What’s next for the fight to keep them in the ground?".
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Professor Bill McGuire rattled a few cages when he published "Hothouse Earth" and has now written an opinion piece in The Guardian: "The big takeaway from Cop27? These climate conferences just aren’t working".
"Analysis: Australia's climate policies don't match its big talk at COP27".
"It’s time to add climate change and net-zero emissions to the RBA’s top 3 economic goals".
"Long-duration storage firm Energy Vault pivots to short-term batteries".
"What planting tomatoes shows us about climate change".
"How electric vehicles will change cities".
"Chefs, doctors and real estate developers among new coalition calling to rid kitchens of gas cooking".
"‘We couldn’t fail them’: how Pakistan’s floods spurred fight at Cop for loss and damage fund".
"University College, London".
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ProBono Australia has given us what we need to know about COP27 - "What you need to know about COP27".
And from the Melbourne Age, it's Mike Foley: "Teals back Wilkie’s demand for federal inquiry into alleged coal scam."
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Is Australia's weird weather climate change induced? Maybe, maybe not, but whatever the case, it most certainly increases the likelihood of having weather which is out of step with what is to be expected, what might be described as "normal".
Australia's unusual weather is discussed in this story from The New Daily: "Extreme heat, cold snap, wild winds and hail smash Australia’s east coast."
Flight Free Australia and Extinction Rebellion have made clear their opposition to a new third runway at Melbourne's Tullamarine Airport, as noted in this story from Climate Code Red: "Brace for impact. International aviation Net Zero 2050 flightpath crashes in Melbourne".
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COP27 really achieved little, but some were excited about the funding breakthrough for the poorer nations: "In low-energy finish, oil and gas escape censure at Cop27".
"Is COP27 the End of Hopes for Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees Celsius?".
"COP27: 90% of sponsors have fossil fuel ties".
"Experts discuss how wildfire smoke harms human health".
"China and US renew commitment to tackling climate crisis but differences remain".
"October 2022: Earth’s 4th-warmest October on record".
"How much CO2 do humans exhale and does it affect global warming?".
"COP27: one big breakthrough but ultimately an inadequate response to the climate crisis".
"Success came at the end of COP, but that depends on what you wanted from it".
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Sensing loneliness, disempowerment, disillusionment and disenchantment among others I sat down to write, what felt like when I had finished the piece, a love letter to my friends.
Those contesting the causes of climate change are often volunteers or poorly paid members of a non-government authority, while those associated with the fossil fuel industry, companies which are the primary drivers of climate change, and highly paid and wallow in the modern world's luxuries.
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The challenge of playing soccer in a warmer world is being explored, considered and studied by the Columbia Climate School and a special guest at a recent workshop/webinar was the champion American female soccer player, Samantha Mewis (pictured).
She talked about what it was like to play such a physically demanding sport in a warmer world, the demands the increasing temperatures put on players and what techniques were being used to counter this dilemma.
Delivering the keynote address was Lamont Associate Research Professor and climate scientist at Columbia University, Radley Horton, who currently researches climate vulnerability, extreme weather events, the limitations of climate models, and adaptation to climate change.
You can see a recording of the event here.
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Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe (pictured) talks such good sense, in a wonderfully clear and understandable way, that I get angered and disillusioned that our governments won't act on what he says to make life better, for everyone, in every possible way.
Visit the Greenprints website where you will find a recording of the event, allowing you to see the slides associated with Professor Lowe's presentation.
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A meet-the-candidates for the Shepparton electorate in a State election illustrates that, broadly, there was a distinct lack of urgency to attend to the climate crisis.
Check out the "Climate Check" podcast from Brooklyn 350.
"People versus Fossil Fuels".
"Fossil fuels are driving the climate crisis".
"Climate activists throw black liquid at Gustav Klimt painting in Vienna".
"Will this be the COP that loses the 1.5 C target?"
"Climate change will clearly disrupt El Niño and La Niña this decade – 40 years earlier than we thought".
"Climate Action Against Disinformation".
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Chris Bowen (pictured) at COP27: "Australian climate minister to target World Bank’s response to crisis in Cop27 speech"
"Effects of climate change such as flooding makes existing disadvantages for Indigenous communities so much worse".
"Water scarcity on agenda as Cop27 climate talks enter second week".
"Australia not paying its ‘fair share’, EU’s climate chief says".
"Deal on ‘loss and damage’ unlikely at COP, says Chris Bowen".
"Fears in Egypt that the gas industry ate the climate talks".
"Australians facing prohibitive insurance premiums after climate-related disasters".
"Climate change is another headache for cricket, says ICC chair".
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Egypt's COP27 opened with a grim warning from UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres (pictured).
From Miki Perkins: "Global carbon emissions will reach record levels this year. These six charts explain why".
"Our buildings are driving us closer to ‘climate hell’ – how do we get back on course to net zero?"
"Global carbon emissions at record levels with no signs of shrinking, new data shows. Humanity has a monumental task ahead".
"Coke Sponsoring COP27 Is the Definition of ‘Greenwashing,’ Activists Say".
"Rich countries like Australia shouldn’t balk at climate spending – it will soon pay for itself".
"I campaigned against nuclear energy in the 2000s. Now I’ve changed my mind".
"Think storms are getting worse? Research reveals alarming rise in rapid rain bursts in Sydney".
"Concrete needs to lose its colossal carbon footprint".
"Fed up young climate activists: ‘Adults aren’t listening’".
"Chile, the land of mines, leads the way in solar energy".
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Jon Foley (pictured) is the Executive Director of the Drawdown Project and he teamed with the Director of the Drawdown Labs, Jamie Beck Alexander to give people their first look at the group's "Drawdown Roadmap: Accelerating Action to Address the Climate Crisis.
According to its website, Drawdown says: "Our mission is to help the world reach “drawdown”—the point in the future when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline, thereby stopping catastrophic climate change—as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible".
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France 24 takes us inside COP27 with: "COP27 climate summit: Food takes centre stage at talks in Egypt".
"COP27: The world is 'burning up faster' than it can recover, says Pakistan PM".
"‘Lives are in their hands’: World mayors must act to cut pollution or more people will die, WHO warns".
"Floods can be a disaster for humans – but for nature, it’s boom time".
"After decades putting the brakes on global action, does Australia deserve to host UN climate talks with Pacific nations?"/
"Ross Garnaut thinks Australia can become a low-carbon superpower; Clive Hamilton is not convinced".
"Tensions and war undermine climate cooperation – but there’s a silver lining".
"Carbon-busting hemp could help transform Scottish agriculture to zero emissions".
"Greenhouse gas emissions could be ‘three times higher’ than oil and gas producers claim".
"Regenerative Agriculture 101: Everything You Need to Know".
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Recording a podcast with aphasia is a challenge.
We should learn from Nelson Mandela: "Nelson Mandela is my grandfather. His courage can guide our climate battle".
"Sunak claims role as ‘clean energy champion’ on eve of Cop27".
"Developing Nations Have a Message at Global Climate Talks: Polluters, Pay Up".
"Koalas, parrots, frogs and orchids share our cities. Their fate depends on protecting each one’s habitat, not just 30% of all land".
"Forest regeneration that earned multimillion-dollar carbon credits resulted in fewer trees, analysis finds".
"Greta Thunberg isn’t alone in rejecting the UN climate conference, but we still have to be there".
"Alan Kohler: COP27 – we’ll do it this year, for sure, you just wait".
"A technologically advanced society is choosing to destroy itself. It’s both fascinating and horrifying to watch".
"Climate summit desperate and delayed".
"Bob Brown accuses Tanya Plibersek of putting industry above environment on Tarkine trip".
"COP27: UN chief warns world is on 'a highway to climate hell', urges nations to cooperate".
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Guardian environment reporter, Fiona Harvey (pictured), tells readers: "Cop27: crucial climate talks more fragile than ever after year of turmoil".
World Banks costs Pakistan floods: "Pakistan: Flood Damages and Economic Losses Over USD 30 billion and Reconstruction Needs Over USD 16 billion - New Assessment".
Waging Nonviolence tells readers: "There’s no place for burnout in a burning world".
Two stories from Inside Climate News:
"One Candidate for Wisconsin’s Senate Race Wants to Put the State ‘In the Driver’s Seat’ of the Clean Energy Economy. The Other Calls Climate Science ‘Lunacy’";
"Study Shows Protected Forests Are Cooler".
On AP we read: "Climate activists get a month in prison for Vermeer protest".
From The New York Times: "Nations Must Increase Funding to Cope With Climate Shocks, U.N. Warns".
And from Reuters: "Climate activists block private jets at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport".
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Greta Thunberg again casts doubt on the United Nations Conference of the Parties process while discussing the coming COP27 meeting in Egypt and her latest publication, "The Climate Book", with Sarah Ferguson, the host of ABC Television's, "7:30 Report".
From The Conversation: "This is what Australia needs to bring to Egypt for COP27".
The New Daily: "Hard climate truths: Everything you need to know about COP27".
And on The Guardian: "Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’".
SBS News: "Australia is heavily reliant on carbon offsets. This is what it needs to bring to Egypt for COP27".
Miki Perkins in The Age: "‘Terrible for the climate’: Victoria’s native logging emissions equivalent to 700,000 cars".
Michael West: "A new state power!".
And from "The Climate Council".
The Age: "Criticism over Albanese’s decision not to attend climate talks grows"; "I have spent the year covering floods. Then the water came to my own door".
The New York Times: "As Other Global Crises Collide, Nations Converge to Address Climate Change".
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Mark Jones (pictured) and Nickee Freeman are eager to side with you and so convert your political anger into political action.
Mark is seeking election at the November 25 Victorian State Election and Nickee is his running mate for the Upper House in this huge northern Victorian electorate, the Northen Victorian Region.
Both represent the Australia Values Party, known here as the 'Angry Victorians Party" - this is the first time Mark has contested an election, but NIckkee previously stood, representing The Greens party.
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Australia's Treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers (pictured), had little to say about the climate crisis during a presentation he gave to the annual Outlook Conference in Melbourne on November 2.
But of course, his address was tailored to his audience, with many of the 200 or so people there being either economists or academics whose prevailing interest focused on money matters.
The Treasurer's address covered all the expected "motherhood" statements about his recent Budget being fair, giving everyone a go, responsive to the prevailing world conditions and, of course, responsible.
The Melbourne conference, which was celebrating its 20th year, is the work of The Australian Newspaper and The Melbourne Institute from the University of Melbourne.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes (pictured) has been pushing to restructure AGL and Nick Toscano tells us: "Billionaire Cannon-Brookes gains ground in bid to revamp AGL board".
And from ABC News we hear: "European Union bans sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2035 to boost electric vehicle uptake".
From The Mirror it's: "Rishi Sunak accepted cash from fossil fuel investors in campaign to become PM".
The Daily Mail says: "Rishi's first U-turn? No10 now admits Sunak COULD attend Cop-27 climate summit in Egypt (having previously said he was 'too busy') as PM makes 'substantial progress' on Autumn Budget – and after Boris hints he might go".
Writing on The Conversation Associate Professor from the University of Melbourne, Brian Robert Cook tells us: Floods are natural, but human decisions make disasters. We need to reflect on the endless cycles of blame".
Anna Skibell writes in Politico about the "United States of megadrought."
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The UN Environmental Program has released its Emissions Gap Report 2022, pointing out the world is not on track to reach its Paris Agreement and global temperatures are likely to reach 2.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
The BBC tells readers: "How the rich are driving climate change".
And it is Nick O'Malley from The Melbourne Age: "COP27: As nations head for Egypt climate summit, some signs of hope".
It's "Roadblocks, soup hurling, superglue … Just Stop Oil protests divide activists on direct action" from The Guardian.
ProPublica reports: "Big Oil Companies Are Selling Their Wells. Some Worry Taxpayers Will Pay to Clean Them Up".
From The Guardian: "‘Most severe we’ve seen it’: Australia’s food relief providers struggle to meet demand".
And from Australian Associated Press readers are told: "East coast on alert for wild weather".
OIiver Millman writes in The Guardian: "New York still vulnerable 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, protesters warn".
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The Melbourne Editorializes about digging deep to find good news in U.N. climate change report: "Rays of hope amid dire climate warnings".
Art climate protests discussed by The New York Times: "Climate Protester Glues His Head to ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’ Painting".
Canary Media tells readers: "Electric buses are ready for takeoff at US airports".
From The Hindustan Times, we hear: "India’s energy demand could rise over 3% annually until 2030: IEA".
"Where Do We Stand on COP26 Climate Promises? A Progress Report" - from the World Resources Institute.
The Conversation tells readers: "The government hopes private investors will help save nature. Here’s how its scheme could fail".
Professor Samantha Hepburn writes on The Conversation: "Will your energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with the gas majors".
Writing in The Conversation, Jamie Pittock, says: "Money for dams dries up as good water management finally makes it into a federal budget".
And finally, from The Conversation: "Out of bounds: how much does greenwashing cost fossil-fuel sponsors of Australian sport?"
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David Wallace-Wells (pictured) is known for his book "Uninhabitable Earth" and now, in The New York Times has written the article: "Beyond Catastrophe A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View ".
In The Guardian, Damien Carrington tells readers: "World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies".
Canary Media has gone live with: "Canary Live New York: Top 3 trends in New York climate and energy".
And from Yale Climate Connections it is: "Latina leader wants to build a more inclusive climate movement".
Again from The Guardian, it's: "Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’".
The Conversation tells us: "Farmers need certainty over emissions pricing – removing government from the equation might help".
This time Jasper Jolly writes in The Guardian: "Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA."
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Nicki Hutley (pictured) from the Climate Council said climate change was not yet centre stage, but it was mentioned some 220 times in this week's Australian budget and, that it was argued was a significant improvement over what had existed in Australia for nearly a decade.
Read the Climate Council story: "Climate features big in Budget but little relief for cost of living underscores need to hasten renewables transition".
And from The New York Times, we read: "Climate Pledges Are Falling Short, and a Chaotic Future Looks More Like Reality".
EuroNews.green tells readers: "China is building the world’s largest wind farm and it could power 13m homes".
The Washington Post has some challenging news for parents: "‘Virtually every child’ to face frequent heat waves by 2050, UNICEF says".
Writing in The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, says: "Current emissions pledges will lead to catastrophic climate breakdown, says UN".
Yale Climate Connections tells us: "Economic benefits of wind, solar in rural Appalachia could top $65 billion".
And from Columbia University Climate School we hear about "Giving Tuesday".
Writing in The New Daily, Ash Cant warns us: "Prepare for a soggy summer, as La Nina settles in until next year".
Guardian readers are told: "Australian governments urged to scrap ‘one-in-100-year’ flood standard and update risk maps".
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Pete Mailer has written in The Guardian about how Australian farmers are defenceless in the face of extreme weather events: "Australian farmers have no defences left against ‘extraordinary’ weather events that have become all too common".
Writing in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age, David Crowe reports: "$600m for disaster relief services after ‘back-to-back’ climate emergencies".
Back at The Guardian, Graham Readfearn tells us: "Bureau of Meteorology was ‘cowering in the corner’ on climate crisis, former staff claim".
Climate educator, Blanche Verily, has written a wonderful small book."Learning to Live with Climate Change" (pictured) and it is available as a free E-book.
Bob Berwyn, writing on Inside Climate News, that: " ‘Timber Cities’ Might Help Decarbonize the World."
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Policy statements and decisions by the Albanese-led Australian Federal Government appear to be trying to appease people on both sides of the street prompt confusion, anger and alarm.
The government argues it is responsive to the climate crisis and is acting appropriately through it embrace of renewable energy but at the same time backs a rash of fossil fuel projects including those at Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin - read this ABC story: "Federal funding pitch for Beetaloo Basin infrastructure ramps up".
And Cedamia tells us about; "Engaging Australia in Climate Emergency action".
Writing in The Guardian, Adam Morton says: "Victoria deserve praise for promising a rapid shift from coal to renewables. Now comes the hard part".
Here is the link from News NCR: "Put up or shut up; can Big Oil show the case for carbon seize".
And form Yahoo News were hear: "Global climate summit is heading for a geopolitical hurricane".
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The New York Times takes us deep into the Cascades (pictured) to better understand climate change with this wonderful piece from photojournalist, Ruth Fremson, and reporter, Kirk Johnson: "Life was built around snow. What happens when it vanishes".
Climate anxiety is considered by Science Direct in the paper: "Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries".
And The Washington Post tells readers that: "A California city’s water supply is expected to run out in two months".
An Editorial from The New York Times carries a robust warning: "Climate Change Is Not Negotiable".
Again from The New York Times, we read about the defence for those who deface art in the story: "History May Absolve the Soup Throwers".
Euronews tells us: "Climate crisis: how beetles and fire are devouring European forests".
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Jeff Sparrow (pictured) has written in The Guardian defending art protests by climate activists saying: "If you don’t like climate activists staging art gallery protests, organise something better".
And the Climate Council tells us: "Everything you need to know about floods and climate change".
Griffiths University scientists, David Lindenmayer, Brendan Mackey and Heather Keith, writing in The Canberra Times tell us that "Burning forest biomass for energy is a climate own goal".
Four reporters have combined their skills to write in The Melbourne Age: "Switch to state control starts clock ticking on coal-fired power plants".
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"The future of water: a call to action to avert a global climate crisis" was the subject of a webinar organized by the Columbia Climate School and moderated by the school's Founding Dean, Alexander Halliday (pictured).
Guests on the webinar were the Director of the Columbia Water Centre and the Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Engineering at Columbia University, Upmanu Lall; a Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Director, of Columbia University Superfund Research Program, Ana Navas-Acien; and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University, Ngai Yin Yip.
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Young Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg (pictured), questions hope - is it for a doomed way of life or for the millions presently without hope?
In just a couple of minutes, she inspires us and gives hope to those whose lives appear hopeless.
Greta was the young girl behind the "School strike for climate" movement that both physically and emotionally moved people all around the world.
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The Green Line is a special five-part podcast series that considers most aspects of climate change with a particular emphasis on the U.S. Military which, it says, has been quietly preparing for the inevitable.
What war games are the military running in preparation for this, it asks?
Which theatres does it feel will be the most impacted and is the U.S. ready for a worst-case scenario?
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Melbourne's Anitra Nelson is best known for her interest in degrowth although this story is related, it's from a slightly different angle - "These technologies help you live lightly on the planet".
From the Sydney Morning Herald we read about an idea to tax cow burbs -"New Zealand climate policy proposal includes taxing cow burps"
And from the English version of El País we read that: "From climate change denial to delays: Oil firms send academics into the fray".
Miki Perkins writes in the Melbourne Age in a story headed "What will you do to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions?"
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Heather Souvaine Horn (pictured), the deputy editor of The New Republic that every week produces "Apocalypse Now", a publication that helps people understand our warming world and along with that, how to save it.
In her latest piece she tells us how Michael Patrick Welch had written the story "Lake Charles was destroyed by Hurricane Laura" and then watched as it vanished from the mainstream news media's front pages and she feared reports on Hurricane Ian would go the same way.
Meanwhile, The Rural Network from The Guardian reports that "Farmers across eastern Australia brace for a 'wet drought' as rain threatens major crop loss".
And from The New Times Elena Shao writes in her story "Three ways to build back smarter after Hurricane Ian" that it is crucial to take climate change into account when rebuilding".
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Rolls Royce CEO Warren East (pictured) says we can't wait for perfection to solve the existential crisis that is climate change.
Mr East, who is about to resign from the English company, and who has guided it since about 2015 through rather turbulent times, was one of the many speakers on day two of the two day event, Reuters Impact.
His opinion changed dramatically when he realised the machines his company produced today, would still be in the air in 2050 and the his children or grandchildren would not be wanting to fly on something that was wrecking the planet.
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Chevron New Energies, Offsets and Emerging vice-president, Barbara Harrison (pictured), has called on governments to be bold.
Ms Harrison was one of the many speakers featured on day two of the two-day Reuters Impact event.
Chevron says its Offset and Emerging businesses are turning strategy into action to deliver higher returns and lower carbon emissions.
However, some would say Chevron has much to do to right the wrongs it has cased throughout the past decades.
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London's Mayor, Sadiq Hahn (pictured) was the keynote speaker on day one of the two day Reuters Impact event.
The Mayor, who was introduced by Reuters first female Editor-in-Chief, Alessandra Galloni, said the climate crisis was global problem and required global solutions and added that humanity had been too slow off the blocks.
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Laura Chung and Brook Mitchell tells us today in the Melbourne Age how Lizard Island (pictured) is the base for significant research into the impact of climate change on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Read the story: "On a remote Australian island, a small patch for reef is as goods scientists have ever seen it".
Raed a second story by Melbourne Age reporter, Peter Milne: "Andrew Forrest is 'locked and loaded' but does Fortescue have the calibre?"
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Tom Cowrie has told Melbourne Age readers that "Melbourne's dams are full to the brim - but don't go having 20 minute showers".
Pointing to floods up and down Australia's east coast and overflowing dams, climate deniers present what they feel as they feel is "bullet proof" evidence and rest their argument upon the early 2000s statement by Climate Council member Professor Tim Flannery (pictured), who said our dams would never fill again.
Rather, it underlines the changeability of our weather under a warming world.
And illustrating the damage emerging from a warming earth, reporter Farrah Tomazin has told Sydney Morning Herald readers that "Florida damage among worst in U.S. history as Hurricane Ian lands in South Carolina".
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As a former newspaper editor my instinct is to simply give you as much news as I could and then trust that you a the reader had the necessary "smarts" to filter those stories to determine what was important to you, your community and what wasn't so important.
I believed that no story was correct and no story, by contrast, was incorrect - they all has their place and each was important to someone, somewhere.
So from going from a point of just a few years ago, maybe five, of struggling to find anything about the climate crisis in the general media, it's now overwhelming and so it almost embarrasses me to see so many stories slipping by almost untouched by Climate Conversations.
Not to worry (or at least that is what I tell myself) for I do what I can from where I am.
The Conversation carried an interesting story about heat being pushed into the Southern Hemisphere at the rate of an "atom exploding every second of every day' in the story "Shifting ocean currents are pushing more heat into the Southern Hemisphere's cooler waters".
The issue of the world's carbon budget was discussed by Professor Michael Howard at the the recent BIEN2022 Congress in Brisbane.
And on EcoWatch Olivia Rosane tells us that the wealthiest ten per cent of people are responsible for nearly 50 per cent of carbon emissions.
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Johann Hari has written a startlingly new book, "Stolen Focus: why you can't pay attention" (pictured) and although it is not at all about the climate crisis, it in fact helps us understand how we got to where we arena how we can navigate a complex future.
In conversation with the UNSW's Rosalind Dixon the the author Johann Hari explained why is it so important to pay attention to this "attention revolution" and along with that, what we can do to get our attention back.
Visit the UNSW Sydney Centre for Ideas to watch a recording of the conversation between Johann and Rosalind.
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Listen to the Aljazeera podcast, The Take, and learn about "Coping with climate change on Mt Everest".
Aljazeera also reports on Switzerland's worst ever melt rate of its many glaciers in the story - "Switzerland records worst melt rate of its glaciers".
Read some more about Hurricane Ian - "Flooding, power cuts as Hurricane Ian crashes ashore in Florida".
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Dario Vacirca (pictured) is foremost an artist, but he is an agitator and someone concerned, in a broad sense, about the welfare of people and sees their best interests, and society's generally, being served through the acceptance and application of an unconditional Universal Basic Income. Dario is simply a good bloke.
He was one of the many speakers who informed and entertained those who attended, in person and virtually, the annual Universal Basic Income Earth Network 2022 Congress in Brisbane over three days from Monday, September 26.
Dario, who is also a writer, is deeply involved with a tenants association that was critical in saving/protecting the early 20th Century Nicholas Building in central Melbourne - you can read about that in a Melbourne Age story "Creatives shine on in Melbourne's arty heart - with a little help".
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Professor Michael Howard (pictured) from the University of Maine in the U.S., joined the Brisbane BIEN 2022 Congress virtually to talk about "Basic Income, Climate Change and the Future of Work".
Prof Howard specialises in social and political philosophy and his message to the congress was clear - we must contain our consumption, particularly those of us from wealthy countries, while be willing to hand over cash to those less developed nations.
The congress, the first for couple of years because of Covid-19, was hosted by the University of Queensland.
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Iain Middleton (pictured) has long prosecuted the idea of a Universal Basic Income in New Zealand and told his country's story at the September BIEN 2022 Congress in Brisbane, which was held at the St Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.
The conference was a hybrid affair with more than 100 people attending in person and hundreds more from around the world being virtual attendees.
Most every aspect of a Universal Basic Income - how it would work, what benefits it would bring and, along with that, how its implementation would uplift all aspects of society, from those living in poverty to the rich - was discussed during the information-packed three day congress.
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Josh McGee (pictured) founded and continues to orchestrate the Melbourne-based Australia Basic Income group and spoke at the opening day of the Basic Income Earth Network Congress on September 26 at the St Lucia Campus of the University of Queensland.
An unconditional Universal Basic Income is in many ways closely related to plotting a course the will enable humanity to navigate the quickly evolving climate crisis.
People from all parts of the world were at the congress, about 100 in person and more than 200 were involved with the three day event, an event that had been postponed for a couple of years because of the Covicd-19 crisis.
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Climate champion and former U.S. vice president, Al Gore, was the first of many guests at a day-long Climate Forward event organized by The New York Times.
Mr Gore exuded optimism during what was described as a "fire-side chat", with a senior New York Times climate reporter, Somini Sengupta.
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Doing what you can, just one starfish at a time.
Professor David Lindenmayer was the guest at a webinar organized by the Australian Conservation Foundation where he talked about "Saving our native forest in Victoria".
And a guest, just this morning (September 21) at a webinar organized by The Australia Institute was Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Her portfolios include Environment and Biodiversity, Water and Murray-Darling Basin, Arts and Communications. Today's webinar topic was "Pulling the Climate trigger: Environment Laws Fit for a Crisis".
Other climate links are:
"Denmark becomes first to offer 'loss and damage' climate funding";
"In moment of global unrest, dozens of global leaders, activists, and artists join 10-hour global event, Peace Day Live 2022";
"Hertz will order up to 175,000 EVs from General Motors, including BrightDrop vans";
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Climate Group CEO, Helen Clarkson, opened/launched Climate Week NYC calling on people to move from commitment to action.
Michael Noetel asks the question: "What do we owe future generations? And what can we do to make their world a better place?"
And on Radio 3CR, Vivien Langford investigates: "The dirty truth about green optimism" and "Australia's green extractivism and sacrifice zone abroad".
Other climate links are:
"Climate Cafe";
"Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope";
"Western Alaska Lashed by Strongest Storm in Years";
"Climate change threatens up to 100% of trees in Australian cities, and most urban species worldwide";
"Labor urged to axe $1.9bn in ‘zombie’ fossil fuel subsidies promised by the Coalition";
"Meeting 2030 goal for electric cars could be impossible";
"PSC in Conversation with John Wiseman: hope and courage in the climate crisis";
"Lennox Head's leading demonstration site for sustainable living";
"TheFood Climate Partnership";
"Dugongs and turtles are starving to death in Queensland seas – and La Niña’s floods are to blame";
"I’m a psychologist – and I believe we’ve been told devastating lies about mental health";
"Privatization Isn’t The Answer To Jackson’s Water Crisis".
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Guardian reporter Adam Morton writes about the Australian Labor Government's idea of bringing a United Nations Conference of the Parties to Australia - "Australia’s bid to host a Cop summit could shape climate action and politics for years to come".
Climate News Network tells us: "Canadian EV battery industry could hit $48 billion a year".
And from Renew Economy we hear: "Wind and solar records tumble again, as coal and fossil fuels hit another low".
Other climate links are:
"In Pakistan, 33 Million People Have Been Displaced by Climate-Intensified Floods";
"Scientists Say Pakistan’s Extreme Rains Were Intensified by Global Warming";
"We may be underestimating just how bad carbon-belching SUVs are for the climate – and for our health";
"Australian company boosting Biden’s electric car agenda under scrutiny"; "Thousands shelter as super typhoon Nanmadol hits Japan"; "Climate Change and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health"; "Flushed with success, Who Gives A Crap wants to conquer supermarkets"; "Three Congressional Hearings on Climate Disinfo Bring New Industry Documents to Light". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Millions in Japan are urged to shelter or evacuate as super typhoon Nanmadol (pictured) closes in on the country - "Japan issues special typhoon warning as 'unprecedented' storm approaches".
Again from the ABC we hear about electric vehicles and towing - "Electric vehicles that can tow your boat, caravan or horse float are coming to Australia, but how long will we have to wait?"
The problems of reporting on the climate crisis exercises my thinking and illustrates that what worked last century, won't work in the 21st Century - "Last Century’s Approach to Journalism Is Useless in a Climate Crisis".
Other climate links are:
"‘Africa is on the frontlines but not the front pages’: Vanessa Nakate on her climate fight";
"Humans Have a Long History of Making ‘Very Bad Decisions’ to Save Animals";
"Diesel cars get the flick in Fed govt's electric vehicle transition";
"Kirstie Clements: Cost-per-wear, cheap fast fashion comes at a staggering price";
"Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims";
"As farmers split from the GOP on climate change, they're getting billions to fight it";
"Car sharing is on the rise in Melbourne. Is it for you?".
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Professor Euan Ritchie (pictured) compares media coverage of the Queen's death to the existential threat facing Earth in the story "Why did the Queen’s death receive saturation media coverage while the future of the Earth goes largely ignored?"
And in its Editorial, the Melbourne Age says: "Australia can help steer the electric car revolution".
More climate links are:
"Protecting native forests is critical for tackling climate change. It's time for an immediate end to logging";
"University drops Santos branding of kids’ science roadshow after climate concerns raised";
"Is It Too Late to Make the Music Industry Sustainable?";
"Consider wildlife this firewood season";
"Australia's Global Climate Summit";
"Is Earth getting smaller?";
"NSW and ACT in talks over biggest border shake-up in living memory".
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The Conversation's "Weekly" podcast features a trans-Atlantic chat between British host, Gemma Ware, and her U.S. counterpart, Daniel Merino, and guests about the inadequacy of our building stock to cope with an ever increasingly warmer world.
Listen to "Keep buildings cool as it gets hotter by resurrecting traditional architectural techniques – podcast".
More from The Conversation tells us that "A rapid shift to electric vehicles can save 24,000 lives and leave us $148bn better off over the next 2 decades".
Other climate links are:
"‘Reluctant rich lister’: Patagonia billionaire tears up the rulebook";
"Is summer cancelled (again)? What La Nina’s return means";
"Collateral Damage: The Environmental Cost of the Ukraine War";
"Climate Change Is the Express Train to Hell — And We’re On It";
"After oil: what Malaysia and Iran may look like in a post-fossil-fuel future";
"Why we should forget about the 1.5C global heating target";
"Frozen Planet II: Human heartlessness takes starring role in new David Attenborough series";
"Rare ‘Triple Dip’ La Niña Won’t Reverse Global Warming".
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Dr Alan Finkel (pictured) delivered the Alan Finkel Oration entitled "Getting serious about getting to zero".
The webinar was organised by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) enabling Dr Finkel to talk briefly about the "bad" and then at length about the "good" and within that the opportunities, he saw for Australia.
A recording, featuring slides shown by Dr Finkel will be posted soon on the ATSE website.
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King Charles (pictured) is considered by some to be history's most significant environmentalist.
Read the Nicole Hasham story - "‘The most significant environmentalist in history’ is now king. Two Australian researchers tell of Charles’ fascination with nature".
A second story from The Conversation is: "‘Too hard to get to work’: climate change is making workers’ lives more difficult".
Other climate links are:
"‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather";
"Humanity 'going in the wrong direction' on climate change, UN warns":
"Labor overhauls Climate Change Authority to counter concerns of excessive business influence";Bureau of Meteorology declares third La Niña is officially underway for Australia
"Inside the mind of a sceptic: the ‘mental gymnastics’ of climate change denial";
"Bureau of Meteorology declares third La Niña is officially under way for Australia";
"Fears drought and high gas prices could cause UK food shortages this winter";
"La Niña, 3 years in a row: a climate scientist on what flood-weary Australians can expect this summer";
"Now, we begin: 10 simple ways to make Australia’s climate game truly next-level".
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Professor Ian Lowe (pictured) is an entertaining speaker who can even make you smile and laugh while explaining the reasons behind some of our most tragic behaviours; behaviours that are eroding almost everything that is good about our world.
Prof Lowe, and his Giffith University counterpart, Professor Brendan Mackey, were the guests on a webinar - "How much DNA do you share with an Octopus? The Science of Interconnected Life on Earth" - organized by the Australian Earth Laws Alliance.
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Simon Kerr (pictured) assembled the group, "Music for a Warming World" and Robin Davidson talks about Canberra's "Rebus Theatre", of which he is the artistic director.
Today's (September 12) webinar was organized and presented by the Australian Earth Laws Alliance.
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The question on the minds of many is will the passion for action on climate change by Prince Charles vanish now that he is King Charles (pictured)?
Stories discussing that issue can be found on The Conversation: "It would be appropriate for King Charles to remain strong on climate: Albanese" and SBS: "Will Charles as King mean an end to his climate change activism?"
And it was a question posed several years ago by Melbourne climate researcher and activist, David Spratt, who was also co-author of "Climate Code Red", that lives with me today and was reinforced/underlined/confirmed while reading the new book from Australia National University climate scientist, Dr Joëlle Gergis - "Humanity's Moment: A climate scientists case for hope".
Other climate links are:
"Climate change is white colonisation of the atmosphere. It’s time to tackle this entrenched racism";
"‘Untenable’: even companies profiting from Australia’s carbon market say the system must change";
"The climate crisis is real – but overusing terms like ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ comes with risk";
"Reasons for (cautious) optimism: the good news on the climate crisis".
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Dr Scott Abbinga (pictured) was my first physical contact with Healthy Futures.
Scott was at the recent Doctors for the Environment Melbourne conference on an information stand talking with conference attendees about the group.
And check out the Benjamin Preiss story from The Melbourne Age: "‘I haven’t paid a bill since 2008’: Country towns empower themselves".
Other climate links are:
"King Charles may well prove the monarch for his time";
"China’s drought raises spectre of a new threat from climate change";
"The Defence Strategic Review – we need to urgently reduce conflicts and global warming"; "Drifting Toward Disaster: the (Second) Rio Grande;
"Extreme Heat Poses an Emerging Threat to Food Crops";
"Climate Week NYC";
"California Is Finally Confronting the Fossil Fuel Industry";
"Remember That Coal Surge Last Year? Yeah, It’s Over".
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Joëlle Gregis wrote the book, "Humanity's Moment", with many goals in mind, among them, helping all of us better understand the climate crisis and while it is an issue clearly impacting all life on Earth, it continues as a rubicon among people, even friends.
Other climate links:
"Heat and Health"; "UN chief slams climate change 'insanity' on Pakistan flood visit"; "New study more than triples estimated costs of climate change damages"; "As Wildfires Grow, Millions of Homes Are Being Built in Harm’s Way"; "Timeline: The climate crisis through Queen Elizabeth II’s life and reign"; "Climate change leaves Iraq’s ‘breadbasket’ with less water, wheat, and farmers"; "Australia finally has new climate laws. Now, let’s properly consider the astounding social cost of carbon"; "Greenpeace accuses Toyota of greenwashing, anti-EV lobbying"; "A fight for survival: Tackling the climate crisis is key to security in the Blue Pacific". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Warwick Cathro (pictured) from the Canberra Conservation Council was a significant contributor to a workshop at the Better Futures Australia Forum early this month where the discussion revolved around making low-carbon transport accessible to all.
James Whelan for Climate Action Network Australia summed up the first of the two sessions of "Making zero emissions transport accessible to all".
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Fiona Armstrong (pictured) founded and now leads the Melbourne-based Climate and Health Alliance. So it was natural that she reported on findings from two workshops about climate change and health at this year's Better Futures Australia Forum held in Canberra early this month.
Several people gathered on the stage at the end of the two-day event to report on findings for various groups; groups that considered everything from health to transport and from local government to the role of industry.
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Climate scientist and author, Joëlle Gergis (pictured), talks about her new book, "Humanity's Moment: A climate scientist case for hope", with the Research Director from the Climate Council, Dr Simon Bradshaw.
The discussion between Dr Gergis and Dr Bradshaw was a Climate Council Bookclub event.
Dr Gergis felt she had no option but to write the book as she had access to a vast array of information and evidence; evidence being illustrated with alarming rapidity and it personally reached something of a crescendo when it was predicted that Koalas would become extinct in New South Wales by 2050.
Those eager to hear more of what Dr Gergis has to say can do that at Melbourne's Climarte on Monday at 6:00 pm when she joins a conversation with City of Yarra Mayor Cr Sophie Wade.
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Pastor Ray Minniecon (pictured) spoke on the opening day of the recent Better Futures Australian Forum in Canberra pleading with Australia's decision makers to listen to and work with the country's indigenous people.
The powerful address by Pastor Minnniecon helped set the agenda for the two-day forum that came across as optimistic and collaborative, all embedded in a muted excitement arising from the May 21 Federal Election that saw a Labor Government replace a near decade-old Liberal/National Party coalition.
Listen closely to Pastor Minniecon and you will be moved to believe that the first nations people have a serious contribution to make in helping Australians avoid the worst of climate change.
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Kelly O'Shannassy (pictured) leads the "Australian Conservation Foundation" as one of a panel of five speakers who talked optimistically about the future at Canberra's "Better Futures Australia" two-day forum.
With Kelly was the co-founder of "Zero Industrials and Sunshot Industries", Clark Butler;
The Executive Director of "Original Power" and descendant of the Yorta Yorta people, Karrina Nolan;
The Australian head of the "World Wildlife Foundation" Dermot O'Gorman;
And the president of the "Australian Council of Trade Unions", Michelle O'Brien.
Emma Herd, from EY was the master of ceremonies.
Collaboration and cooperation were at the heart of the panel discussion.
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Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr (pictured) claims his government is a national and world leader in taking the jurisdiction to a serious reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
Minister Barr was the first speaker on the opening day of the Better Futures Australia Forum held in Canberra on September 6 and 7.
He saw the forum as both critical in that it would solidify ideas and processes for achieving net zero and important that it brought together people and ideas that could help achieve the ambitious target.
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Nidala Barker (pictured) brought her music to the Better Futures Australia conference, both entertaining and inspiring people.
Her appearance and the Canberra Conference was aimed at inspiring people and it most certainly did that and it was only just lunch time on the first day.
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Dr Rebecca Huntley (pictured) had a climate change epiphany about three years ago and was at the recent iDEA Conference organized by the Doctors for the Environment, encouraging medical practitioners to engage with climate issues in any way they can.
The Sydney-based social researcher has described her commitment to climate change issues as something of a "hero project" and has written about it in her book "How to talk about climate change in a way that makes a difference".
Dr Huntley encouraged all those at the conference to turn to "Climate Compass" to help them better understand climate issues.
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Heather Campbell (pictured) talked about "Living in Harmony" during the Saturday program of the "iDEA Conference", an annual event organized by the Australian arm of Doctors for the Environment.
Heather, who has a long involvement in working to protect our environment, is the CEO of Bush Heritage, Australia.
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Tim Buckley (pictured) "Zoomed" into the annual Doctors for the Environment conference and using his long, impeccable and thorough research told those attending, both in person and virtually, that it was not Australia's domestic emissions that would disrupt life on Earth, instead our country's export of fossil fuels.
Australia, he explained, is the world's third largest exporter of fossil fuels.
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Professor Judith Brett (pictured) talked about the changing political landscape on Saturday morning at the annual iDEA Conference, organized by the Australian arm of Doctors for the Environment.
Professor Brett, who wrote the Quarterly Essay, "The Coal Curse", said the new Federal Opposition had almost made itself irrelevant, particular when its leader, Peter Dutton, elected to avoid the recent jobs summit.
The iDEA conference was held at the University of Melbourne.
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Professor Brett Sutton (pictured) was the keynote speaker at the Doctors for the Environment, Australia, conference staged over three days at the Unversity of Melbourne.
The iDEA conference attracted people from throughout Australia, both in person and virtually, and had the overt theme of "Time to Act".
Professor Sutton is Victoria’s Chief Health Officer and undertakes a variety of statutory functions under health and food-related legislation. He also provides expert clinical and scientific advice and leadership on issues impacting public health.
Professor Sutton has extensive experience and clinical expertise in public health and communicable diseases gained through emergency medicine and field-based international work, including in Afghanistan and Timor-Leste.
He represents Victoria on a number of key national bodies including the AHPPC (Australian Health Protection Principal Committee). He is also Chief Human Biosecurity Officer for Victoria. Professor Sutton has a keen interest in tropical medicine and the incorporation of palliative care practice into humanitarian responses.
Professor Sutton is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, a Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM). He is also a member of the Faculty of Travel Medicine.
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Louise Hardman (pictured) watched a turtle die and realized she had to do something to help remove plastic from our waterways and oceans. It was a classic: "If not me, who, if not now, when?
From those years of thinking, following the turtle's death, and years of hard work came "Louise Hardman's 'Shruder' invention recycles plastic cleaned from ocean".
And out of that came the "Plastic Collective" - an idea, a website, aimed at working with communities, which are often forgotten by the rest of the world, as they struggle to hold back the tide of plastic waste engulfing their environment.
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Here at Climate Conversations we are unable to comprehend why it is many people can't understand the threats implicated in climate change - is what we are seeing wilful ignorance or actual ignorance?
The rush to buy the rather expensive Lamborghini sports cars must, surely, be a combination of both actual ignorance and wilful ignorance - read the story "Sold out: Lamborghini cars out of stock until 2024, says carmaker".
And The New York Times tells readers "Europe’s Scorching Summer Puts Unexpected Strain on Energy Supply".
Other climate links are:
"Gas giant Santos accused of 'greenwashing' clean energy claims, in Federal Court case";
"‘One of the most progressive and environmentally conscious legal texts on the planet’: Chile’s proposed constitution and its lessons for Australia";
"The age of ‘the car is king’ is over. The sooner we accept that, the better";
"Satellite images, pictures reveal 'climate-induced humanitarian disaster of epic proportions' in Pakistan";
"Australians want green public transport options, and fast";
"Spring to bring fire and flood risk to Victoria, and a new warning system";
"Yackandandah installs first public electric vehicle charging station".
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Joëlle Gergis writes about "Humanity's Moment: A climate scientist's case for hope" and the publication of that new book coincides, coincidently, with Pakistan's devastating new floods, discussed in the SBS story: "‘Climate dystopia at our doorstep’: Tens of millions battle Pakistan floods as death toll rises".
Other climate crisis stories are:
"‘Extremely dangerous’ heat will be much more common by 2100";
"Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope";
"Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’";
"Australia's Black Summer bushfires were catastrophic enough. Now scientists say they caused a 'deep, long-lived' hole in the ozone layer";
"What to Know About California’s Ban on New Gasoline-Powered Cars";
"What’s going on with the Greenland ice sheet? It’s losing ice faster than forecast and now irreversibly committed to at least 10 inches of sea level rise";
"Drought around the world, August 2022, in dramatic images";
"Plibersek has power to stop mega-projects of coal and gas";
"‘It’s not radical’: Push to ban old polluting trucks from capital cities";
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"7-star housing is a step towards zero carbon – but there’s much more to do, starting with existing homes".
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Tatura Transition Towns' annual Film Festival on August 27 in the town's Victory Hall had a fascinating vibe about it as about 40 people listened to an array of speakers talk about their role in helping people enjoy a more sustainable life.
The City of Greater Shepparton's environment manager, Sharon Terry, explained the council's Climate Emergency Action Plan; Tatura man, Royden James, talked about the new home he and his wife had built in the town - a gas-free, totally electric home equipped with solar panels, a Tesla battery, insulation throughout (including the garage), double glazed window and importantly, orientated to take advantage of the northern sun; Henning Rasmussen discussed sustainable buildings and transport and urged listeners to visit the website "Your Home" to learn more about the topic; Peter Foott told the audience about Foott Waste Solutions; and 16-year-old Euroa youth climate activist, Rachael Buerckner (pictured), explained the process leading up to the creation and publication of a book aimed at children, a book that told the story of climate change.
Louise Costa Pelle and her partner, Les, explained the process of building a "Passivhaus" on their Rushworth property - a house they are not yet living in, but which is already clearly far more comfortable than their nearby present home. Sadly, I failed to record what Louise and Les had to say, but Climate Conversations will make their home, the process of building it and the joy of living in it, the subject of a future episode.
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Jennifer Uchendu (pictured) is the Nigerian woman behind the South African TEAP movement and here launches the program with the aid of Sarah Jaquette Ray from the Cal Poly Humbolt.
Uchendu is also behind the Sustyvibes movement and Ray's latest book, "A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet" discusses many of the issues considered by "TEAP" and Sustyvibes.
Watch the TEAP eco-anxiety launch event.
Other climate links are:
"Roll up, roll up and meet the watery overlords pumping sewage onto Britain’s shores this summer";
"How protecting public lands can help the climate";
"Lucky drivers will get discount on Ford EV pickup for helping the grid";
"Going electric? The new climate law can help";
"This power line could save California — and forever change the American West";
"Climate change will cause more African children to die from hot weather";
"Climate migration: what the research shows is very different from the alarmist headlines";
"Why we should abandon the concept of the ‘climate refugee’";
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Jonathan Barnett and Matthijs Bouw joined the Smart Growth Network to outline how adaptation and preventive measures can address climate-related threats, including flooding along coastlines and rivers, flash floods from extreme rain events, drought, wildfire, long periods of high heat, and food shortages.
Between them, Barnett and Bouw wrote the book: "Managing the Climate Crisis: Designing and Building for Floods, Heat, Drought, and Wildfire".
Skeptical Science has produced more than concise myth-busting "one-liners" climate activists can use to deflect the common objections of climate deniers.
Other climate links are:
"Nearly all marine species face extinction if greenhouse emissions don’t drop: study";
"The road to new fuel efficiency rules is filled with potholes. Here’s how Australia can avoid them";
"One disaster after another: why we must act on the reasons some communities are facing higher risks";
"In a climate crisis, how do we treat businesses that profit from carbon pollution?";
"Where giants live";
"Elders 'not consulted' on NT gas project";
"China’s Growing Water Crisis".
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Professor Greg Marston (pictured) from the University of Queensland is the co-chair of the 2022 Basic Income Earth Network three-day congress coming up at the university's St Lucia campus on September 26-28.
A host of information can be found on the congress website - BIEN 2022 Congress.
Professor Marston has urged those from beyond academia to come along to the congress and hear about what the basic income offers in a time of crisis and transformation.
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New Zealand's PM, Jacinda Ardern discusses the challenges of climate change in The Guardian story "New Zealand’s flood-prone areas not ready to cope with climate crisis, Ardern says".
It's been 30 years since Al Gore's book, "Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose" (pictured) was published and it's still relevant and important reading.
Other climate links are:
"Cycling Like the Dutch Would Reduce World’s Carbon Pollution More Than the Annual Emissions of Canada, Study Finds";
"Climate change fallout demands urgent action";
"A wild cosmic plot straight out science fiction could slow climate change";
"Climate disasters risk putting a damper on electric car making";
"Australia’s rabbit invasion traced back to single importation of 24 animals in 1859, study finds";
"Tanya Plibersek backs contentious fertiliser plant on Burrup peninsula";
"The Coming Hunger" - George Monbiot;
"The Overland Telegraph Line revolutionised Australia 150 years ago and broke its extreme isolation";
"Climate Change Makes Lightning More Likely. Here’s Why That’s a Big Deal".
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The David Suzuki Foundation tells us that Quebec has set the standard for the world by banning all future fossil fuel developments - "Quebec climate wins".
Australia's Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has set out to help the country's journalists better report on climate change through the webinar: "Climate reporting - every journos round".
Other climate links are:
"City of Sydney to consider ban on fossil fuel advertising to fight climate change, pollution";
"The coming California mega-storm";
"How a top US business lobby promised climate action – but worked to block efforts";
"'Living in chronic uncertainty': How a third straight La Niña could impact Australians' mental health";
"Climate Change — It’s Socialism or Extinction";
"How to deal with fossil fuel lobbying and its growing influence in Australian politics";
"Horn of Africa drought places 22 million people at risk of starvation, says UN";
"Too Hot to Work, Too Hot to Play";
"Solar briefly overtakes coal in Australia as number one source of power nationally";
"Bumblebees Increasingly Stressed by Climate Change Over Past 100 Years, Study Finds";
"Where now with climate?";
"Billions in CBA mortgages exposed to extreme weather risks, climate analysis finds".
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Cambridge University's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J. Toope (pictured), talks here about his institution's world-leading divestment plans.
Other climate links for today are:
"World's first 'sand battery' can store heat at 500C for months at a time. Could it work in Australia?";
"Better than Buckleys: a real plan to tackle energy prices, climate and the Budget to boot";
"Hidden 'Hunger Stones' Reveal Drought Warnings From The Past";
"New homes could be built in flood risk zones, town planners warn";
"Bowen revs up debate on fuel efficiency standards";
"A delivery company turns to electric bikes in Manhattan";
"Buckle up: Climate law to turbocharge sales of electric trucks and buses"
"Europe’s Scorching Summer Puts Unexpected Strain on Energy Supply";
"Factory Shutdowns, Showers for Pigs: China’s Heat Wave Strains Economy";
"One Planet Abingdon Climate Emergency Centre";
"To hit 82% renewables in 8 years, we need skilled workers – and labour markets are already overstretched";
"Brazil’s other deforestation: has the savannah farming boom gone too far?".
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A trio of authors, James Dyke, Robert Watson and Wolfgang Knorr, wrote an award-winning piece for The Conversation that was headed; "Climate scientists: concept of net-zero is a dangerous trap".
Renowned climate activist, Greta Thunberg, heaped praise on the acticle saying it was one of the most important texts she had ever read on the climate and ecological crisis.
You can listen to the article and read it as well.
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Lisa Cliff (pictured) is optimistic about Australia's future with regard to the climate crisis and believes that optimism will be evident at next month's Better Futures Australia Canberra forum.
As the Program Director of Better Futures Australia, Ms Cliff urges people to explore the program and seriously contemplate being a part of the forum, either in person or virtually.
Details of how people can join the forum and so be an active part of resolving the climate crisis and helping Australia become an even more powerful player in relation to mitigating climate change can be found on the group's website.
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Eighteen-year-old Jean Hinchliffe and lead singer with "Midnight Oil" and former politician, Peter Garrett, were co-guests at the 2022 Gandhi Oration organized by the University of New South Wales.
And U.S. writer, Mary Annaïse Heglar shows how white supremacy is the throughline between the gun crisis and the climate crisis.
Other climate links are:
"Irreversible declines in freshwater storage projected in parts of Asia by 2060";
"Biden Signs Expansive Health, Climate and Tax Law";
"European forest fires further increasing the world’s climate footprint";
"Drought, bushfires and beetles: The climate-related trifecta threatening Australia's iconic snow gums";
"BOM declares La Niña alert, signalling strong chance of another sodden summer";
"Weeks of heat above 100F will be the norm in much of US by 2053, study finds";
"Hawaii just received its last shipment of coal ever";
"Wildlife recovery spending after Australia’s last megafires was one-thirteenth the $2.7 billion needed";
"The Paris Climate Agreement: What You Need to Know";
"Auckland mayoral candidate Efeso Collins proposes mayors' coalition on climate";
"The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide".
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A critical care doctor, Anna Gunz (pictured), is exploring the emotional pressures of climate change and discusses eco-anxiety in the CBC story - "Climate change is hurting our mental health. These researchers want to help".
The rise of Neoliberalism equates with the worsening of climate change and that is explored here on a "Crazy Town" podcast.
Other climate links are:
"For 110 years, climate change has been in the news. Are we finally ready to listen?";
"BlackRock to spend $1b on batteries in Australia as coal closures loom";
"David Pocock urges review of Midwinter Ball fossil fuel sponsorship";
"Historic new deal puts emissions reduction at the heart of Australia’s energy sector";
"Anthony Albanese rules out banning fossil fuel projects, citing risk to Australian economy";
"Doctors Warn Climate Crisis Could Lead to More Skin Cancer";
"Extreme Weather Is Only Getting Worse. Can Cities Protect Public Transit?";
"Top Aussie cricketers join war on climate change";
"Heatwave is washed away: Cornwall is hit by flash floods with up to THREE INCHES of rain set to fall in hours as storms send torrential downpours sweeping across the UK - but 24MILLION people still face a hosepipe ban after drought";
"Mexico’s Cruel Drought: ‘Here You Have to Chase the Water".
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Dr. Manasa Saripalli (pictured) is a Critical Care Resident at Melbourne's St Vincent’s hospital and, along with that, the convener of the 2022 national conference for Doctors for the Environment.
The conference, "iDEA 2022", will be held soon at the University of Melbourne.
"We know this (climate change) is a problem, but it's a massive problem and the best way for us is to tackle it together", Dr Saripalli said.
"We really need to be thinking about climate change as an immediate problem and we really need to act right now," she added.
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The Western U.S. is experiencing a period of dryness so extreme that some experts say it no longer qualifies as just a drought. Rather, it might be described as a more transformative trend of “aridification” — the most significant drought to descend on the American West in 1,200 years, according to Zore Teirstein (pictured) from Grist magazine.
Other climate links are:
"Europe’s heatwaves, droughts put focus on climate change risks";
"How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires";
"What’s behind the heatwaves impacting the United States?";
"Heatwaves scorch Iraq as protracted political crisis grinds on";
"Europe’s Energy Crisis May Get a Lot Worse";
"In Compromise, the Climate Left May Be Vindicated";
"Cities swallowed by dust.";
"Blockade Australia shut down Sydney with climate change protests. Now they're fighting arrests in court";
"Renewable energy projects are taking off but where is the workforce?";
"The Australians who take care of our trees — and how you can too";
"Independent state MPs divided over Victorian Farmers Federation campaigning in their seats";
"July 2022: Warmest nights in U.S. history".
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Dr Brigitte Knopf (pictured) is the Secretary General of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and here discusses the group's "Carbon Clock".
Other climate links are:
"Ice Covering Swiss Mountain Pass Since at Least Roman Era Will Soon Be Gone";
"Energy ministers power up renewables transition with new deal";
"IAG chief says climate change is adding to rising insurance costs";
"How the New Climate Bill Would Reduce Emissions";
"Arctic now warming four times faster than rest of the world, scientists say";
"Carbon emissions from French wildfires hit record";
"House Passes Sweeping Climate, Tax and Health Care Package";
"Expanded access to solar power in Africa can stimulate economic development – but there are risks";
"‘Really cheap’: Electric Vehicles now up to 93 per cent cheaper to run than petrol cars";
"Some Republicans see climate danger. They voted 'no' anyway.";
"People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. The Sources Are Everywhere.";
"NASA Studies Find Previously Unknown Loss of Antarctic Ice";
"Climate risks dwarf Europe's energy crisis, space chief warns".
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John Cook (pictured) created 'Sceptical Science' and through the story "Shocked By Climate Change Denial? How To Deal With Misinformation" gives us a better grasp of what climate denial is and what form it takes.
People from around the world talk frequently about net-zero, but eight authors have combined their skills to encourage us to think seriously about what happens once we have achieved net-zero, do we set about cooling the planet and to what extent? - "Beyond net-zero: we should, if we can, cool the planet back to pre-industrial levels".
Other climate links today are:
"Saul wrote the book on all-electric homes, but his gas company is putting up a fight";
"Wind farm in Bass Strait ‘can be ready in six years’";
"Climate change is going to make infectious diseases far, far worse";
"Will Biden Ever Use All His Power to Fight Climate Change?";
"How to Fall Out of Love With Your Lawn";
"Rural ecovillage harvests timber from nearby forest, with houses made from recycled materials".
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Climate activist shareholder groups have slammed Commonwealth Bank’s new fossil fuel targets for failing to rule out lending for oil and gas extraction projects, according to a story from today's Melbourne Age by Simone Fox Koob.
Her story - "‘Smoke and mirrors’: CBA climate lending targets under fire" - helps us understand how the climate crisis will never be resolved using existing economic tools.
A second story from The Age by Laura Chung and Nick O'Malley is headed: "As big as two Harbour bridges: The giant wind farms you’ll see from the coast".
Other climate stories are:
"Controversy brews as Australia eyes entering the global carbon trade";
"The US has finally passed a huge climate bill. Australia needs to keep up";
"Australian electricity companies not reducing emissions in line with Paris agreement goals, study finds";
"Experts say the net zero concept is often used to delay taking action against emissions";
"NT government abandons plan to include mining industry in new environmental laws";
"French tourist regions under renewed threat from bushfires".
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Bill McGuire (pictured) is a Professor of Geophysical & Climate Hazards at the University College of London and has written many books, the latest being "Hothouse Earth: an inhabitant's guide", and he has agreed to chat with Climate Conversations just as soon as he has navigated fallout from the book.
Writing in the Melbourne Age, Ben Cubby tells us about "Nation in clean car traffic jam after decade of delay".
And the World Resources Institute writes about "5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action".
The City of Greater Shepparton is already advanced in this area with its 'One Tree Per Child" program.
Other climate links are:
"Why is the UK so unprepared for extreme heat and what can be done?";
"Revealed: Car industry’s secret emissions plan would slow electric vehicle uptake";
"‘Unacceptable costs’: savanna burning under Australia’s carbon credit scheme is harming human health;
"'Celebrating Agriculture for Development – Outcomes, Impacts and the Way Ahead,”;
"Climate Finance Needs Rethinking to Reach Indigenous Peoples on the Ground".
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Ian Dunlop (pictured) is the chair of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group and leads listeners through a webinar during which they hear about the unfolding challenges of climate change.
The webinar was entitled "A Nation at Risk".
The Melbourne Age newspaper published an editorial today (August 8) pointing out that arrival at a position to tackle climate change will be "messy" - it says: "It’s messy, but co-operation on climate is the only way forward".
Other climate links are:
"Can Kenya’s youngest MP candidate step up the climate fight?";
"Grattan on Friday: Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset";
"Scientists Say It’s ‘Fatally Foolish’ To Not Study Catastrophic Climate Outcomes";
"We’re no rubber stamp on climate: Pocock, Lambie warn Labor on climate bill";
"Lest we forget Philip Sutton’s Climate Emergency legacy: how we restore a safe climate";
"Why climate change hits some communities harder than others";
"China warns that its temperatures are rising faster than global average";
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Miki Perkins (pictured) reports about climate matters for both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Melbourne Age and was on of a trio of speakers on a webinar organised by the Media Arts and Entertainment Alliance.
The webinar was entitled: "Climate Reporting - Every Journo's Round"
And Climate One talks wonders: "Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?".
Other climate links are:
"How floods become human catastrophes";
"This could be the coolest summer of the rest of your life";
"‘We’re way behind the game’: Bowen takes step towards offshore wind farm approvals";
"What the climate bill is and what it’s not";
"'The climate wars are nearly over': Labor, teals and Greens take a win on emissions as Liberals watch on";
"After a watershed week on climate, Albanese is eyeing the Hawke playbook for his upcoming jobs summit";
"Switch on the Savings: A Heat Pump Cost-Effectiveness Study";
"India Approves Climate Change Commitments to UN Ahead of COP27";
"How Is Climate Change Affecting Floods?";
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Helen Haines (pictured) has always campaigned on climate matters and was delighted to hear that the Lower House of Australia's Federal Parliament had adopted the Labor Party's Climate Change Bill, particularly because that move had included four amendments for which she had been the prime mover and had effectively written them.
The Independent for the Seat of Indi was, sadly, not in Canberra, for this historic moment as she was locked at home wrestling with Covid-19.
Ms Haines has worked closely with engineer, entrepreneur and the "electricity everything" fellow, Saul Grittith, and recently the pair wrote a piece for Reneweconomy headed "Home is where the heart is – or should be – on energy and climate policy".
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Adam Bandt (pictured), leader of the Australian Greens Party, received a rock star-like reception when he spoke on Wednesday, August 3, at the Canberra National Press Club.
Bandt argued that his party is the only true social democratic party in Australia and is the only party truly concerned about the quickly unfolding climate crisis.
During his address that he said: "Our house is on fire and it is time we acted like it is".
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Dr Kate Wylie (pictured) is a South Australian General Practitioner who, in colloquial terms, has "stepped up to the plate" to do what she can to combat the world's ever-worsening climate crisis.
She sees climate change as a massive global problem that can only be resolved if we are "all in", that is with each of us doing what we can, using our skills to make the world a safer and more secure place.
Some three years ago, Kate was left feeling somewhat distressed after reading the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and so wrote and compiled he own website "Climate Medicine". It was there that Kate articulated the 10 actions people could take to tackle the climate crisis.
The climate crisis can be tackled in many ways, but first, Kate argues, is that people need to become aware of what is and isn't happening and to do that she recommends people visit the NASA website, go to the Climate Council website, or visit the Bureau of Meteorology website.
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Sam Birrell (pictured) as the newly elected Member of Nicholls has delivered his maiden address to the 47th Parliament of Australia and confronted climate change head on, but then deftly stepped around the issue in which was a smoke and mirrors-like denial.
The former Independent Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan, was one of four speakers at the Shepparton campus of La Trobe University and heaped praise on maiden speeches by the new independent for Kooyong, Dr Monique Ryan, and the Member for Swan, Zaneta Mascarenhas.
Another maiden speech warranting praise was that of former ABC reporter, Zoe Daniel, who tackled climate change head on and declared that action on this increasingly worsening dilemma needed to be a legacy of the 47th Parliament.
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Terry Court has stepped up and created Zero Carbon Tatura with the aim of seeing his small northern Victorian town significantly reduce, ideally to zero, its carbon dioxide emissions.
Subsequently, he has pulled together a diverse group of about 14 people to help orchestrate this ambitious goal, among them the fellow in charge of GV Community Energy, Geoff Lodge.
Terry and Geoff are under no illusion about the challenge the group faces and Climate Conversations was thrilled to be able to talk with this remarkable pair of innovative thinkers and "doers".
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Hothouse Earth (pictured) by Bill McGuire warns us of both challenging and difficult times ahead.
Read the story "‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert" from The Guardian by Robin McKie.
Other climate links for today are:
"What can I do about climate change? 14 ways to take positive action";
"Study Sees Potential Ways to Mitigate India's Risk of Groundwater Depletion";
"Energy Efficiency in Transportation";
"Humanity can’t equivocate any longer. This is a climate emergency";
"Record rain in St. Louis is what climate change looks like";
"Climate change, rising insurance costs, food security singled out in CSIRO megatrends report";
"Action on climate change is action on the cost of living";
"Weather Updates: Deadly Floods Swamp Kentucky, With More Storms to Come";
"Global climate crisis hits home in the U.S. amid record heat and pervasive wildfires";
"Climate breakdown made UK heatwave 10 times more likely, study finds";
"The Tiny Australian Territory That Avoided the Global Energy Crisis";
"Climate Bill ‘Transformative’ for Auto and Energy Industries";
"Climate change is intensifying the water cycle, bringing more powerful storms and flooding – here’s what the science shows";
"Drought increases rural suicide, and climate change will make drought worse".
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Brett Lemin (pictured) coordinated the gathering of about 50 members of the "Victorian Waste Management Association" in Shepparton recently.
Brett, who is the association's Executive Officer, introduced representatives of "Recycling Victoria" and the Victorian Government's "Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning".
An invitation to the recent breakfast meeting came from Peter Foote of the Shepparton-based "Foote Waste Solutions".
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Al Gore (pictured), probably the most famous of climate activists, equates the failure by police to act at the Ulvade mass shooting with climate denialism - it's a failure to walk through the door.
You can read the story and hear Al Gore's comment at the story from The Independent: "Al Gore compares climate denialism to police inaction during Uvalde mass shooting".
And on The Conversation, Ivan Hanigan, and three compatriots, write about: "Drought increases rural suicide, and climate change will make drought worse".
Other links today are:
"Record number of appeals lodged against Woodside’s 50-year gas project extension";
"New research in Arnhem Land reveals why institutional fire management is inferior to cultural burning";
"Hong Kong sweats on hottest day of year so far as temperature hits 37.4 degrees Celsius in some parts of city";
"Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022";
"Heat waves around the world are connected, scientists say";
"Marr: I’m sick of people saying climate change isn't happening – just go outside today";
"‘Crisis and Decline’: Report Paints a Bleak Assessment of Australia’s Environment".
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Anika Molesworth (pictured), who is on the board of directors of Farmers for Climate Action, is on the New South Wales Committee of the Crawford Fund and is a Governor of WWF, Australia, regularly turns to Twitter to air her views about the urgency of our need to address the climate crisis.
Anika's argument, which aligns with most other climate-conscious people around the world, was underlined with the recent release of the Australian 2021 State of the Environment Report.
U.S. President Joe Biden is equally concerned about the climate crisis and has committed huge sums to combat the issue, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation.
Other links that will help you better understand the implications and complications of the climate crisis are:
"Biden under pressure to declare climate emergency after Manchin torpedoes bill";
"The VW Bus Took the Sixties on the Road. Now It’s Getting a Twenty-first-Century Makeover";
"UK Records First Ever 40+ Degree Day";
"Joe Manchin’s Fickleness Is a Needless Catastrophe";
"Natural systems in Australia are unravelling. If they collapse, human society could too";
"Days of Rage" - George Monbiot;
"UK must learn to live with extreme weather, says cabinet minister";
"What can I do about climate change? 14 ways to take positive action";
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Clinton Rodda (pictured) is excited about the future of electric cars in Australia and through the company with which he works, Jet Charge is helping Australians better understand what role these massive mobile batteries will play in powering the country.
As the head of operations at Jet Charge, Clinton has an integral role in not only enabling and ensuring the company's expansion by ensuring Australians not only enjoy their electric cars as personal transport but grasp fully what role those same cars can play in reinforcing Australia's energy network while generating some income for the owners.
Climate Conversations first heard Clinton speak at the Melbourne conference organized by the Smart Energy Council (audio from that event is included in this episode) and it was there that he agreed to be a guest on Climate Conversations.
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Tanya Plibersek (pictured) was a part of the Labor Party that won government in Australia at the federal election on May 21 this year and on July 19 was the guest as the Federal Environment Minister at the Canberra gathering of the National Press Club.
It was there that she formally released the 2021 State of the Environment Report, a report she described as "shocking".
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Plibersek warns of future extinction";
"Tanya Plibersek pledges new environment laws to end years of ‘wilful neglect’ by Coalition";
"‘Bad and getting worse’: Labor promises law reform for Australia’s environment. Here’s what you need to know";
"The dire state of the environment report is a major challenge for Labor – and an opportunity";
"This Isn’t Climate Change Anymore — It’s Climate Suicide";
"Americans’ willingness to prepare for “climate change” vs. “extreme weather”;
"This is Australia’s most important report on the environment’s deteriorating health. We present its grim findings";
"Remarkable map shows Britain was hotter than 99% of the world on Tuesday".
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The Friends of the Earth, Australia, approve of climate moves by the new Federal Government, but puts forward its views and demands in the story: "Federal Climate & Environment Policy Platform 2022".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"UK braces for record temperature as first ever red heat warning comes into effect";
"Climate chief Alok Sharma warns: I may quit if new PM dumps net-zero pledge";
"Australia is grappling with its worst ever energy crisis. Does Victoria hold the key to a fix?";
"Emissions reduction target for opposition ‘serious about climate change";
"Forest fires rage across Europe as heatwave sends temperatures soaring";
"Heatwave-related deaths soar in Europe as wildfires continue in France and Spain";
"China’s Heatwave Turns Deadly as Industrial Power Cuts Begin";
"UK heatwave: Portcullis House set to be 'too hot for workers'".
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Tour de France leader Tadj Podacar (pictured in time trialling mode) wilted under the sizzling heat and he was not alone as others in the peloton also suffered as did the roads.
Organizers are preparing to use thousand of litres of cold water to ensure the roads remain rideable - read The France 24 story - "Thousands of litres of water to stop '60-degree' Tour de France roads melting".
The Guardian reported about the climate protestors in the story - "Tour de France officials drag protesters off the road during chaotic stage 10".
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Australia 'on track' to generate half its electricity from renewable sources by 2025, report finds";
"Louise Hardman's Shruder invention recycles plastic cleaned from ocean";
"Albanese’s 2030 emissions target rejected by climate experts";
"Lake Mead, once the largest water reservoir in the US, now little more than a graveyard";
"Heatwave scorches Europe as hundreds evacuated from wildfires";
"iDEA 2022 is Time to Act".
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Climate protesters (pictured) who glued themselves to the roadway momentarily stopped a recent stage of the Tour de France, but the climate crisis has the potential to stop it permanently.
What began as notes for a new episode of Climate Conversations became the essence of a column for my local newspaper, The Shepparton News and so I figured I would share it with my listeners.
The 60 km ride mentioned in this episode continued on an annual basis for about a decade and at its height was attracting about 150 riders from throughout the Goulburn Valley.
It was known as the "Toaster Ride" as midway through the course, someone for reasons unknown to me, had tied an old toaster on a tree branch overhanging the roadway.
Participants enjoyed the ride and upon returning to Shepparton, were treated to coffee and toast, which was served up as part of their entry fee - profits, as small as they were, went to local charities.
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Renown climate activist and the man behind 350.org, Bill McKibben (pictured), was the guest at the regular monthly meeting of 350 Brooklyn.
Nearly 70 people at the meeting listen intently as the author and inspiration for many talked about the important role played by groups such as 350 Brooklyn.
Bill joined the event wearing a "Th!rd Act" shirt explaining that he had initiated the organization to hopefully engage with the millions of older people from across the nation and have them align with the urgent need to combat climate change. He said the Th!rd Act had been "a lot of fun".
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Pakistan is suffering from life-threatening heat waves and people with no option but to work are doing just that are suffering devastating consequences - check out the story from France 24 - "'World's hottest city' wilts under scorching Pakistan heatwaves".
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Price of offshore wind power falls to cheapest ever level in UK";
"No longer one-in-100-year events, experts say it’s time to plan for disasters";
"Will Australia’s new climate policy be enough to reset relations with Pacific nations?";
"Corporate Media Must Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Companies";
"We’ve overexploited the planet, now we need to change if we’re to survive".
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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego (pictured) has long worried about climate change and is now delighted that her city now has a department devoted exclusively to helping residents better understand how to live in a warmer climate.
Senior editor with Yahoo News, David Knowles, writing in a story headed "Can Phoenix, the hottest city in America, survive climate change?" said: "In Phoenix, where summer can feel a bit like living through a science experiment or a dystopian dare, the average summertime temperature has risen by 3.8 degrees since 1970, according to data compiled by Climate Central, a nonprofit composed of scientists and journalists. The city now averages 111 annual days of triple-digit heat, and experiences 12 more days above 110 degrees Fahrenheit each year than it did in 1970."
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Heat Waves Around the World Push People and Nations ‘to the Edge’";
"Alan Kohler: Australia’s expensive climate change double whammy";
"What’s causing Sydney’s monster flood crisis – and 3 ways to stop it from happening again";
"Australia’s finally acknowledged climate change is a national security threat. Here are 5 mistakes to avoid"
"Methane much more sensitive to global heating than previously thought – study";
"The downside of corporate reforestation pledges";
"Australia is woefully unprepared for this climate reality of consecutive disasters";
"Floods and higher grocery prices reveal cost of climate inaction: Economists";
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John Perkins (pictured) is a self-confessed “Economic Hit Man”.
He believed what he was taught and told in the economic classes that rising tide would lift all boats meaning Western financial aid, primarily from America, would not only make the countries he worked in richer, but he was also helping stop communists, that the "rising tide" would play a role in ending poverty, and encourage democracy.
As he matured, John came to realise that he wasn’t in fact helping those poorer counties in which he was working, rather he was making just a handful of people back in the U.S. fabulously wealthy while worsening the climate catastrophe.
Emerging from something of an epiphany about the error of his ways, John assembled his thoughts and put them in one of the many books he has now written, “The Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”.
The Economic Hit Man books have sold all around the world, been on The New York Times bestseller list, and taken John to many events, including Ostrava in Czechia, which John explains, was a town deeply embedded in the “death economy”, but now, following the exhaustion of its coal resource, has a “living economy” as locals have transformed the old coal works into a modern and sumptuous facility built around the arts in all its forms.
Make sure you check out the John Perkins website where you can see him appear as a guest on TedX.
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Anitra Nelson wants to see a different sort of society - one that cares about people, that cares about the state of the Earth and puts both those values ahead of the profit so prized by the prevailing capitalist society.
The honorary principal fellow at the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute from the University of Melbourne wrote about that in her 2022 book "Beyond Money: A Postcapitalist Strategy" (pictured) and talks about the idea in the video clip "Beyond Money".
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Cam Walker (pictured), from Friends of the Earth in Melbourne, was excited, relieved, and delighted with the outcome of the May 21 Federal election in Australia, so much so that he was somewhat distracted when talking recently on a webinar with the Bayside Climate Crisis Group (BCCG) that he almost forgot that purpose of his visit was to talk about halting logging in the pristine wilderness of Little Dargo in north-west Victoria.
As campaigns coordinator at Friends of the Earth, Cam is untroubled in talking about climate change at work as that is one of his prime responsibilities.
However, the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) recognises and acknowledges that many people are both troubled and concerned about raising the issue with fellow workers, customers and management and so the first in a series of webinars about climate and health conducted by CAHA was about discussing climate change at work.
One of the speakers at the event was South Australia general practitioner, Dr Kate Wylie, who talked about how and when she and her patients talked about the state of the planet. Evidence of Dr Wylie's eagerness to do something about climate change can be seen on her website "Climate Medicine".
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An exasperated John Grimes (pictured) suggests during an interview with Vivien Langford on Community Radio's 3CR that post hole digger and an Allen key will allow us to access the world's cheapest and cleanest energy.
John, the Climate Energy Council's CEO, was talking with Vivien about the inadequacies of the media when covering the climate crisis and its failure to address the issues of real concern to many Australians.
It was during the interview that Vivien mentioned Saul Griffith and his book, "The BIg Switch".
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Oliver Yates (pictured) wants Victoria to capitalise on the wonderful wind resource of Bass Strait and has given oxygen to this idea through the Sentient Impact Group, a company he now heads after a long spell with Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
Oliver was one of the many speakers at the June 22 conference - "State Energy Summit Victoria" - organized by the Clean Energy Council.
Not only does Oliver want Australia to move as quickly as it can to renewable energy sources, but he also wants to see that happen as we protect other species and so his group has developed what it calls the "Forever Fund" - he discusses that in this episode and more detail about that matter can be found on the group's website.
If passion alone can make something happen, Oliver already has floating wind turbines in the Bass Strait.
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Jeff Wells (pictured) from The Living Earth Movement is, just as his contemporaries are, urgently concerned about climate change, but to tackle it seriously we need, he argues, is "civilization change".
Jeff hosted a recent webinar staged by the group featuring presentations from Audrey Kitagawa, John B.Cobb, David Korten and John Perkins.
The webinar which was a part of World Unity Week was entitled: "Peace, Unity and Cooperation for a Living Earth".
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John Grimes (pictured), the Smart Energy Council's Chief Executive, welcomed people to the June 22 Smart Energy Summit arguing that we need to start right now transitioning Australia to renewable energy.
The newly elected independent Member for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel, chaired the opening session of the morning and that theme continued when Dr Monique Ryan, also elected as an independent, chaired the afternoon session. Dr Ryan defeated and replaced Australia's former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in a contest for the Seat of Kooyong.
Among those who spoke during the first-morning session were the Victorian Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change and Solar Homes, Lily D'Ambrosio, via video, and Greens Member for Brunswick, Dr Tim Read.
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John Bell (pictured) has written a script for a television advertisement that begins: "I am planet Earth".
The artistic director of the Bell Shakespeare Company was one of several speakers at the May 9 Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition in Sydney, which was in fact, the 60th conference organized by the Smart Energy Council, a fact proudly pointed out by the council's Chief Executive, John Grimes.
Among the speakers was the founder and chief scientist of "Otherlab", Saul Griffith, who talked about "Rewiring Australia".
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Phillip Sutton (pictured) was one of Australia's busiest climate activists, but sadly he died in mid-June, robbing Australia, and the World, of one of its clearest and most far-reaching thinkers, when it came to understanding how we, that's the world community, could navigate a problem that going to test our resilience, tenacity, endurance, resourcefulness and within all those things, our ability to collaborate.
Phillip played a key role in seeing the worldwide take-up of the climate emergency idea, working closely with Adrian Whitehead to see Melbourne's Darebin City Council become the first jurisdiction in the world to declare a climate emergency. Adrian now administers an organization known as CACE - Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency.
The Victorian Climate Action Network has its usual monthly meeting on Saturday, June 18, and Phillip was to share with the group his knowledge and understanding of geoengineering and along with that how we should care for others.
However, friend and co-author of "Climate Code Red", David Spratt stepped in with an interview he had recorded earlier with Professor John Moore from the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland.
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Fijian Minister of Defence, Inia Seruiratu (pictured), has declared that climate change poses a greater threat to the Pacific country than war: "Climate change, not war, biggest security threat to Fiji says defence minister".
Christiana Figueres, and others, tell listeners about the "Future of Food" on Outrage and Optimism.
"India takes tough stand at climate talks as Delhi endures brutal heatwave", according to The Guardian.
And again we hear from The Guardian: "As Phoenix swelters, the nights are even worse than the boiling days".
Mike Foley writing in The Melbourne Age tells readers: "Power companies accused of ‘unconscionable conduct’ as they withdraw from grid".
From Western Australia, it's: "Western Australia to shut state-owned coal plants by 2030".
Miki Perkins, reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald, writes: "Hot, young, dead too soon – why these wrens’ climate future should worry us all".
Climate Conscious Editor-in-Chief, Sean Youra, writes: "Where’s the Emergency Response to Our Global Public Health Crisis of Pollution?"
"Climate change is making the world more dangerous for women, queers, and gender minorities", according to a story from MIC.
And from The Conversation: "‘We want to be part of that movement’: residents embrace renewable energy but worry how their towns will change".
"State Energy Summit, Victoria" - staged by the Smart Energy Council
The Guardian reports: "Sky News Australia is a global hub for climate misinformation, report says".
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Malala Yousafzai (pictured), along with Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate, were with a group of girls outside the Swedish Parliament recently protesting about and warning people that climate change was having a dramatic impact on the education of girls.
You can read more about that here: "'Girls' education is a climate solution': Malala Yousafzai joins climate protest".
From The Washington Post, we read: "Extreme heat sets records from California to Texas and will swell east".
The New York Post give us advice: "11 Small Ways You Can Help Mend the World".
This podcast from The New York Times wonders about "teaching our way out of the climate crisis".
Writing on Medium, Matthew Manaici, said: "We Can’t Afford Anything Less than Drastic Action on Climate Change".
Many people are now re-considering their future and CBC tells us: "Rebuild or retreat? B.C. communities face tough choices after catastrophic floods".
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Fiji has told the Shangri La conference that climate change worries it far more than military conflict in the region, read the story: "Climate change a bigger threat than war, Fiji tells security summit".
The BBC has produced: "What is climate change? A really simple guide".
On his blog Queensland's John Quiggin says: "If the opposition wants a mature discussion about nuclear energy, start with a carbon price".
From The Guardian, we read: "Thirty years of climate summits: where have they got us?"
PV Magazine tells us: "Butterflies, bees, sheep, and solar energy production can coexist".
And from The New York Times: "The Extreme Heat Pummeling India and Pakistan Is About to Get Worse".
The Conversations tells us: "Climate change is affecting crop yields and reducing global food supplies".
And from EcoWatch it is: "Global Warning: Earth Has 50% Chance of Exceeding 1.5 Degrees Celsius in Next Five Years, Scientists Say".
"How to stay cool in hot weather" from Yale Climate Connections.
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The director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, Saleemul Huq (pictured), was the host of one of the many events at the recent Bonn Climate Change talks.
The event was: "Striving for a Resilient Future: Addressing key asks of vulnerable countries".
Scientists are concerned "‘Triple La Niña’: Australia may face another summer of flooding rains, US expert warns".
And from The New York Times: "As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces An ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’".
Here's a good reason to think about the Norwegian sea: "Why care about changes deep down in the Norwegian Sea?"
And Vox reports: "Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world".
From The Guardian were hear: "Climate crisis could make humans shrink in size, says fossil expert".
The Conversation is always a reliable source of climate information: "Shifting seasons: using Indigenous knowledge and western science to help address climate change impacts".
With apologies, here is another of those "doomster" stories: "Scientists Believe Earth will Eventually Descend into Climate Chaos in a Hopeless Doomsday Scenario".
Tuvalu fears climate change is being forgotten and so: "Pacific minnow wants to head Commonwealth".
From 'ClimateWire' we read: "'Real science?' Pinpointing warming's role in disasters".
From Aljazeera, we discover: "Earth’s CO2 level passes a new climate milestone".
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David Korten (pictured) is known to many people for many reasons, but it was his work as an author that first caught my attention when he published "When Corporations Rule the World".
Rather than writing and publishing books, David has chosen to publish his thoughts and papers online and the latest, which warrants reading, is "Ecological Civilization: A global movement of living people of a living Earth".
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Andrew Crawford (pictured) farmed near Toolamba in northern Victoria and for a period was a councillor on the now-defunct Tatura-based Rodney Shire Council.
Andrew is a keen member of the Shepparton-based Goulburn Valley University of the Third Age and was among the few people who volunteered to be interviewed by Climate Conversations.
This episode began with an apology to Andrew as he had handed over a recent story he had found in Melbourne's Herald Sun supporting his view that we are not experiencing climate change, but rather just another of the many cycles the Earth has gone through.
Music for this podcast comes from "Music for a Warming World" and Climate Conversations is associated with the "Climactic Collective".
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Barry Croke (pictured) has a long history in agricultural science and farming, and after 30 years in the latter has retired and now coordinates the Natural Resources sessions at the Shepparton-based Goulburn Valley University of the Third Age (U3A).
Barry was among a handful of U3A members who voluntarily sat down early in June this year to have a chat with Climate Conversations.
The City of Greater Shepparton has declared a climate emergency and recently sought the views of residents about what the city should be doing in response to the declared emergency, and Barry was one of the respondents.
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Graeme Hanign (pictured) has an acute understanding of how and where the word "skeptic" should be employed and has "called out" Climate Conversations for the term's incorrect use.
Graeme, who retired from a career in IT and retail to live in northern Victoria's Rushworth, and who is an active member of the Shepparton-based Goulburn Valey University of The Third Age, now spends considerable time and effort ensuring the preservation of what was Australia's first-ever solar project in the "Corner Country" on the far western edge of New South Wales.
It was during the interview that Graeme mentioned his intent to read the most recent book, "Becoming a Critical Thinker", from a former Murchison woman, Sarah BIrrell Ivory, who lectures/teaches at the University of Edinburgh Business School.
Sarah Birrell Ivory was a guest on Climate Conversations in March 2022.
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Allan Wilson (pictured) is a former President of the Goulburn Valley University of the Third Age and has many concerns about our inattention to the climate crisis.
'Climate Conversations' is eager to get the view of so-called "ordinary people" and so a few months ago we spent a day at the Bendigo Sustainability Festival to hear the views of eight people, and just recently we visited the Echuca-Moama Market on two occasions with little success except that we got to talk with many encouraging people, although none were prepared to "go on the record".
However, a two-hour visit to the Shepparton-based U3A was both satisfying and rewarding, in that four people sat down for a short interview.
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Cruising has returned to the world's oceans bringing with it the recent launch of the world's largest cruise ship, the Wonder of the Seas (pictured),
ABC News tells about the return of the cruise ships and their associated complications with carbon emissions - "Cruise ships are bringing tourists back to Pacific waters, but at what cost?"
Here is just a handful of today's Quick Climate Links:
"We cannot adapt our way out of climate crisis, warns leading scientist";
"India and Pakistan heatwave is a sign of worse to come" - a podcast;
"Nearly half of planet’s land in need of ‘conservation attention’ to halt biodiversity crisis";
"4 reasons our gas and electricity prices are suddenly sky-high";
"Australia’s Indigenous Peoples- the big picture and climate change";
"Warmer Nights Caused by Climate Change Take a Toll on Sleep";
"Driving with electricity is much cheaper than with gasoline";
"The ultra-polluting Scarborough-Pluto gas project could blow through Labor’s climate target – and it just got the green light".
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Heather Smith (pictured) is the chair of the Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE) and wants to see as many as possible both support and join the group.
Heather, a Churchill Fellow, is an electrical engineer, policy and strategy adviser with a strong technical background in energy and climate change, and brings all those skills to C4CE.
She encourages people to take a close look at the group's website and after deciding what category of membership is personally most applicable, sign up!
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John B. Cobb Jr. (pictured) from the U.S.-based Living Earth Movement has lived through wars and good times and now advocates, in whatever way he can, for peace and care for the Earth.
He has personally written to both the leaders of America and China and with, he believes/hopes, some success.
John has twice been a guest on Climate Conversations and on both occasions, our conversation has been cut short by technical problems, and you can hear our first chat here - "Interview: Dr John B Cobb sees a safe future in cooperation and collaboration".
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Two seasons down and looking forward to bigger and better things - "A Positive Climate #Wrapped: 2021 in Review with Alex and Nick".
Lecturer in Political Theory and Public Policy at London's UCL, Fergus Green, writes in The Conversation: "How to know if a country is serious about net zero: look at its plans for extracting fossil fuels".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Will a Labor majority stunt climate action? If the government wants a second term, more climate ambition is essential";
"Labor will cut EV taxes and try to legislate 2030 emissions target, Chris Bowen says";
"The Coalition for Community Energy (C4CE) is the peak body of the growing community energy sector in Australia";
"Anthony Albanese to create climate super-department in bureaucratic shake-up";
"Caring for Country means tackling the climate crisis with Indigenous leadership: 3 things the new government must do";
"What the next Australian government must do to save the Great Barrier Reef";
"The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?";
"The village that stood up to big oil – and won";
"Weatherization and efficiency upgrades can help mobile home residents save money";
"South Australia's parliament becomes the latest to declare a 'climate emergency'";
"Coalition scrapped recovery plans for 176 threatened species and habitats in one of its final acts";
"How Do Climate Experts Cope with What They Know?";
"3 Quotes by a Science Fiction Writer That Will Change Your Mind on Our Climate Future — Today";
"ZERO WASTE";
"Are You a Climate Change Denier?".
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A prolific author and adventurous thinker, Associate Professor Anitra Nelson (pictured), and her book, "Beyond Money: a post-capitalist strategy", were at the core of two webinars staged by the Global Tapestry of Alternatives.
Professor Nelson, who is with the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute at the University of Melbourne, has argued that the power of money ceded to capitalism must be reappropriated and handed to communities.
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Mooroopna bird enthusiast, Don Roberts, has many favourite birds and one is the Red Cap Robin, pictured here by Russel Jones.
Don has fears for the future of many birds as climate change has reached a point where not just birds, but Earth's whole eco-system is sliding into disarray.
Here is a short piece Don wrote about birds and heat:
"I have three birdbaths in the back yard which borders Gemmill Swamp N.C.R. Once the temperature reached 40 I sprayed the birdbath and adjacent shrubs a mist of water for most of the afternoon and evening, the birds loved it perching in the shrubs to cool themselves. Birds observed were Spotted and Striated Pardalotes, Striated Thornbill, Grey Fantail, Willie Wagtail, White-plumed Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Grey Shrike-thrush, Sacred Kingfisher, Magpie, Magpie-Lark, Crested Pigeon, Eastern and Yellow Rosellas, White-throated Treecreeper, Superb Fairy-wren, Blue-faced Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird and Little Friarbird the last two species latter left the area as did Welcome Swallows and Noisy Friarbirds, where did they go? Small birds that I would observe on my morning walk at Gemmills prior to this extreme heat have declined in numbers, these are species I would regard as residents, did they succumb to the eight days 40 and over in January."
Don records his interactions with birds at "eBird Australia" and more information about birds can be found at "Birdlife Murray-Goulburn".
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Mark Spencer has created The Climactic Collective to allow the telling of critical climate stories and in the most recent episode gives his listeners the chance to hear the joy people were feeling when the incumbent Liberal National Government was booted from office on May 21.
An Editorial in today's Melbourne Age tells readers: "Renewable energy isn’t to blame for rising power prices".
The Mirror newspaper tells us: "'Puffins hit by crippling cost of climate change are counting on us'".
Melbourne's Friends of the Earth alerts people to a survey calling on young people to talk about their views on emission reductions: "Youth Survey: Have Your Say on Victoria's 2035 Climate Target".
The question of how much water is needed to create milk is discussed in this story from The Conversation: "11,000 litres of water to make one litre of milk? New questions about the freshwater impact of NZ dairy farming".
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Bob Carr (pictured) has written the story - "On back of urgency on climate, Australia is tipping centre-left" - on Pearls and Irritations that just as slavery initiated the American civil war, it was climate issues that saw the Scott Morrison Government tossed out of government.
The Sydney Environment Institute from the University of Sydney staged an event in April - "Why Can’t We Talk About a Just Transition From Coal in Australia?"
Paul Krugman recently wrote in The New York Times - "The heat is already on" - warning readers: "Investors — and, more important, human beings — need to worry about climate risks right now. For climate change isn’t something that will happen decades in the future; its effects are happening as you read this."
Climate Action tells readers that: "Isle of Man TT races set to be completely carbon neutral".
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Astrid Bester (pictured) is the Youth Development Officer with the City of Greater Shepparton and has a key role in the creation and implementation of a new Climate Change Youth Leadership program.
Along with the municipalities of Benalla and Strathbogie, the city is working with the State Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning to breathe life into this new program.
The first step in the program is to create a Climate Change Youth Leadership Group of up 15 people.
Those eager to be a part of the program should visit the "Youth making change for climate change" page and submit their application, which according to Astrid can be nothing more than two or three lines as to why the applicant would like to be involved.
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Dr David Korten (pictured) presents the paper - "Ecological Civilization: A global movement of living people of a living Earth" - to the latest in a series of webinars organised by "The Living Earth Movement".
Dr Korten ended his paper by saying: "The time is now. The choice is ours. We are the ones we have been waiting for".
You can learn more about Dr Korten by reading his biography.
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Dr John B. Cobb (pictured) is the prime mover of The Living Earth Movement and wants all of us to do what we can to inspire the United States, China, and other nations to reduce conflicts and work together to address the ecological crisis, urgently and dramatically.
The Living Earth Movement website says: "What can we do to lay the foundations for ecological civilization?For this movement to succeed, it must be organic and locally-led."
This interview was cut short when the technology failed and so part two of the Dr John B Cobb interview will appear early next month (June).
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David Pocock (pictured) is known to many Australians for his exploits on the rugby fields, both here in Australia and overseas, and on Saturday, stood as a candidate for the Australian Government and at this point appears to have been successful in his bid to become a Senator.
Cycling takes centre stage on the World Resources Institute podcast, "Big Ideas into Action".
A recording of today's discussion with David can be found on The Australia Institute website.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘I thought I was imagining things’: New Zealand readers on close encounters with city birds";
"Australia excels at exporting the climate problem. Now it can finally export solutions";
"Between Machine and Prey: An Artist Talk with Kris Verdonck and Kristof van Baarle";
"CULTURAL GARDENERS - Australian Cultural Alliance for Climate Action";
"EVANESCE features work by artists whose practice deeply engages with critical issues associated with the Climate Emergency.";
"Emission-free Technology — The Only Universal Solution for Climate Change";
"A Time Traveler from 1900 Would Not Recognize Today’s Weather";
"Demystifying Hydrogen: Victorian Hydrogen Hub (VH2) Hydrogen Readiness Program";
"7 Great Biking Cities (and Which Trails to Ride)";
"Spot the greenwashing";
"Do Airline Climate Offsets Really Work? Here’s the Good News, and the Bad.";
"Oil Executives Grilled Over Industry’s Role in Climate Disinformation";
"Businesses Aim to Pull Greenhouse Gases From the Air. It’s a Gamble.";
"Iconic Hawaiian bird faces possible extinction";
"Labor now has the chance to act with gusto on climate policy";
"NOAA predicts as many as 6 major Atlantic hurricanes for 2022";
"Australia can swiftly end the climate wars and become a renewable superpower. Here’s how";
"3 Ways US Cities Broke Clean Energy Records in 2021";
"The Ukraine Crisis Threatens a Sustainable Food Future";
"The Bar for Corporate Climate Leadership Has Risen";
"The Hidden Gem of Recycling";
"3 Simple Habits That Can Build Your Resilience and Optimism in the Face of a Climate Crisis";
"The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon. The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.";
"Quad praises Albanese government’s higher ambition on climate";
"‘No excuses’: limited conservation efforts could save at least 47 Australian animals from extinction";
"Climate change means South Asia’s devastating heat wave a ‘sign of things to come,’ scientists warn";
"Energy poverty in the climate crisis: what Australia and the European Union can learn from each other";
"Project EDGE update: reactive power and voltage regulation devices to enhance operating envelopes";
"The election shows the conservative culture war on climate change could be nearing its end";
"Good timing and hard work: behind the election’s ‘Greenslide";
"Don’t believe the backlash – the benefits of NZ investing more in cycling will far outweigh the costs";
"New Zealand must get over its obsession with big cars and go smaller or electric to cut emissions":
"Coalition delayed news that electricity prices are set to rise until after federal election":
"Tropical rainforests dying at twice the rate from drier, hotter conditions, study finds";
"NT Laramba residents consider further court action as absence of safe water laws problematic";
"Labor, Greens look set to push businesses to adopt tougher emission targets";
"Pastoralist company to join forces with Beetaloo Basin traditional owners to resist gas exploration";
"Can New Zealand hit its renewable electricity goal?";
"Govt’s punt on cutting emissions must be transparent";
"How oil companies rebranded deceptive climate ads as ‘free speech’";
"From the community | Open letter: Doerr School of Sustainability should cut ties with the fossil fuel industry";
"The database of fossil fuel divestment commitments made by institutions worldwide";
"Tobacco and Oil Industries Used Same Researchers to Sway Public";
"Climate Change Fuels Heat Wave in India and Pakistan, Scientists Find";
"Arcadia buys Urjanet to tap its global and commercial energy data";
"Climate Change made devastating early heat in India and Pakistan 30 times more likely";
"Study: Climate change made India, Pakistan heat wave 30 times more likely":
"The U.S. Is Addicted To Gas Heating. A New Bill May Make Going Electric The Easy Choice.";
"New Study Says World Must Cut Short-Lived Climate Pollutants as Well as Carbon Dioxide to Meet Paris Agreement Goals";
"Do not work for ‘climate wreckers’, UN head tells graduates".
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Marty Kady (pictured) is the editorial director for subscription platforms at Politico and takes us through the group's second Sustainability Summit - "Fast-tracking a sustainable future".
Dr. Britt Wray is a Human and Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health - you can hear her on the "What could possibly go right" podcast.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Labor now has the chance to act with gusto on climate policy";
"Nationals could break away: Labor’s election win spurs more Coalition climate wars";
"Worm composting, a climate-friendly alternative to the landfill";
"Australia to stand with Pacific islands on climate crisis and ‘respect’ region, Penny Wong says";
"Climate action is the undisputed winner of the federal election";
"Shell consultant quits, accusing firm of ‘extreme harms’ to environment";
"Nationals could dump Barnaby Joyce over net zero stance with Peter Dutton set to lead Liberals";
"We Chose Laissez-Faire Capitalism Over Paradise and It’s Killing Us";
"Climate Crisis and Bullshit Optimism";
"How To Tackle An Existential Crisis";
"The Unsustainable Nation";
"Why We’re Failing The Climate Test";
"‘If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It’ Is A Terrible Response To Climate Collapse";
"Supply chain delays and steel costs are part of ‘perfect storm’ stalling renewable energy growth";
"Albanese wants climate consensus with Biden in first overseas meeting";
"Labor election victory welcomed in global climate circles";
"Underwater drone carries out first-ever offshore wind farm inspection";
"Rising petrol prices to drag on confidence";
"Climate ‘central’ for Pacific relations";
"Sharp cut in methane now could help avoid worst of climate crisis";
"Melting permafrost could expose millions to invisible cancer-causing gas";
"‘Australia votes for climate action’: How the world framed Labor’s victory as a win for the planet";
"A flourishing ecology and a healthy economy? Henry David Thoreau thought you couldn’t have one without the other";
"We identified the 63 animals most likely to go extinct by 2041. We can’t give up on them yet";
"The election showed Australia’s huge appetite for stronger climate action. What levers can the new government pull?";
"New study finds large mammal groupings help ecosystem restoration";
"Protecting cultural and biological diversity is central to solving climate change";
"Australia’s rightwing government weaponised climate change – now it has faced its reckoning";
"Global heating is cutting sleep across the world, study finds";
"‘Who cares if Miami is six metres underwater?’ HSBC banker under fire for dismissing climate warnings";
"This is just the beginning. Above-normal heat is forecast for most of the U.S. this summer";
"A new bill could speed up American electrification by 20 years":
"Is climate positive activewear the future? This Byron Bay designer says yes";
"Carbon storage: climate cure or palliative care for fossil fuels";
"Teals to demand action on integrity commission and climate";
"Albanese wants climate consensus with Biden in first overseas meeting":
"Nationals could break away: Labor’s election win spurs more Coalition climate wars";
"Mega, giga, terafire: New language to capture monster blazes";
"Shell consultant quits, accusing firm of ‘extreme harms’ to environment".
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The aspirations and climate goals of Sydney's Opera House were among the topics discussed at Sunday"s Echuca/Moama Market.
A woman responsible for the leasing of internal areas talked about how difficult it has been to achieve zero emissions as many of those internal areas are set aside for restaurants and the chefs all prefer gas, a fossil fuel, for their cooking - it's a challenge, she said, they are working through.
Volunteers to chat are common, but finding someone willing to be recorded can be a rarity and so warrants celebration - however, Samuel stepped forward.
Today, we hear from the Miami Herald about what is happening at Davos in the story - "EXPLAINER: What are the key climate themes at Davos?"
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"HSBC pressured to sack banker who discredited climate crisis warnings";
"UNCCD COP15 concludes with global call to act on land degradation, drought";
"Australian Greens hail ‘best result ever’ with dramatic gains in lower house and Senate";
"The problem of global energy inequity, explained by American refrigerators";
"The teals and Greens will turn up the heat on Labor’s climate policy. Here’s what to expect";
"In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights";
"Study Identifies Outdoor Air Pollution as the ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’";
"Climate Migrants Lack a Clear Path to Asylum in the US";
"Tackling climate change" - Victoria's Seniors.
"Contagious Collapse" - George Monbiot;
"Living Earth Movement";
"Dams discharged and flood warnings issued as rain buckets south-east Queensland";
"On back of urgency on climate, Australia is tipping centre-left";
"Climate credentials essential as Westpac eyes green lending boom";
"How Albanese’s practical pivot on climate paved the way for a Greens surge":
"From climate to migration and healthcare: This is how Australia will change under a Labor government";
"Global oil firms report huge profits but Indian marketers are left high and dry":
"Hundreds evacuated amid renewed flooding in South Africa's coastal province";
"Temperatures in parts of Spain reach highest on record for May";
"New Zealand’s promised action on climate is nothing more than a tottering baby’s first steps";
"Meet the plant detective helping gardeners and fighting crime";
"Group welcomes West Coast councils’ SNA decision";
"US heatwave brings historically high temperatures to dozens of states";
"The town at the center of California’s climate refugee crisis":
"Davos World Economic Forum 2022: Global summit to discuss economy, climate change".
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Musicians are increasingly turning to their craft to help us, and them, better understand and deal with the climate crisis.
A podcast from Climate One "Coping with Climate through Music" takes us into this growing field.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Scientists call for incentives to help households transition away from gas use in homes";
"Critical climate indicators broke records in 2021, says UN";
"Public health expert promotes benefits of electric vehicles";
"5,000 firefighters tackle wildfires across US south-west";
"Net Zero Delivery Summit";
"The Remote Work Revolution Spawns a New Class of Supercommuters";
"World leaders not doing enough to deliver Glasgow commitments, says Cop president";
"This election, are the teals ready to take on the fossil fuel lobby that’s captured the major parties?";
"Australia’s Prime Minister Ignored the Climate. Voters Could Make Him Pay.";
"How a Group of Female Independents Aims to Revive Australian Democracy";
"Australia found to be world leader in coal power greenhouse emissions";
"How do the major parties rate on climate policies? We asked 5 experts";
"Plenty of carrots but few sticks in climate plan";
"Emissions plan is good, as far as it goes";
"Do Airline Climate Offsets Really Work? Here’s the Good News, and the Bad.";
"Oil Executives Grilled Over Industry’s Role in Climate Disinformation";
"The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor evaluates the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges";
"The A List 2021";
"Businesses Aim to Pull Greenhouse Gases From the Air. It’s a Gamble";
"World’s largest meat company, JBS, increases emissions by 51% in five years despite 2040 net zero climate target, continues to greenwash its huge climate footprint ";
"Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill";
"Hunga volcano generated incredible atmospheric waves";
"Exxon Doubles Down on ‘Advanced Recycling’ Claims That Yield Few Results";
"Revealed: How Car and Airline Advertising ‘Misleads’ the Public and Threatens Climate Action";
"What’s at stake for the climate in Australia’s election?";
"Rich countries seek coal-to-clean energy deals with Indonesia and Vietnam";
"Who will replace Patricia Espinosa as the UN climate chief?";
"Urgent action needed to ensure a resilient energy transition amid severe global challenges";
"Why climate change matters to Latinos";
"The kids are not OK";
"Renewable energy lessons from European communities";
"Creativity, agency, urgency in cities: the Rise Africa Action Festival";
"Worried about climate change? You’re not alone";
"More than $1bn of Coalition’s climate funding could go to fossil fuel projects, analysis finds".
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Climate scientist, Joëlle Gergis, is finalizing a new book - "Humanity's Moment: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope" to be published late in August.
Her previous book - "Sunburnt Country: The History and Future of Climate Change in Australia" was published in 2018 giving an unparalleled perspective on how human activities altered patterns that have been with us for millions of years, and what climate change looks like in our backyard.
Dr Gergis also had an article published recently on The Conversation: "I’m a climate scientist and writer: this election is the most important in Australia’s history".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Where are we heading with electric vehicles?";
"Gas industry and Coalition reach for a get-out-of-catastrophe-free card in climate crisis Monopoly";
"Australian doctors echo UN boss’s call for an urgent end to coal power";
"Major parties struggle to nail the climate message in key electorate";
"Resources minister decries ‘climate religion’ and vows Coalition push for more gas projects";
"The traditional owners taking on NT’s billion-dollar fracking industry";
"‘World is at boiling point’: humanity must redefine relationship with nature, says report";
"Rising Authoritarianism and Escalating Climate Change Are Supported by the Same Industries";
"Green spaces are not accessible for 2.8m people in UK, finds study";
"Mexican farmers demand redress for illegal mining and violence on their land";
"‘A new climate politics’: the 47th parliament must be a contest of ideas for a hotter, low-carbon Australia";
"Lismore faced monster floods all but alone. We must get better at climate adaptation, and fast";
"Prompt and accurate information is vital in a pandemic – the climate and biodiversity crises demand the same urgency";
"‘Clean hydrogen’ confounds most Aussies";
"Australia’s climate data to UN questioned as study finds land clearing in Queensland underreported";
"Australian rainforests dying faster";
"How climate change is triggering a global collapse in insect numbers";
"Oceans hotter and more acidic in 2021 as sea levels, human-induced greenhouse gases rise: WMO";
"Two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise.";
"BNEF says Auxin misinterpreted its research in calling for solar tariffs";
"Tories vote down gas giants windfall tax that could hand your family £600";
"Plant species can migrate in response to climate change – by hitching rides in animal bellies";
"Implicatory Denial: The Sociology of Climate Inaction";
"Australia’s greenhouse pollution from coal higher per person than any other developed country, data shows";
"Why do we swallow what Big Oil and the green movement tell us?";
"Woodside shareholders back BHP buy but blast climate plan";
"Nigeria, Netherlands to intensify efforts at curbing environmental hazards";
"Iraq dust storm sends more than 1,000 to hospital";
"Labor to set up independent environmental protection agency and restore ‘trust and confidence’";
"Queensland flood recovery: A flood victim has pushed back at major parties for lack of climate action";
"Australian Greens hope election focus on climate will bring their biggest representation yet";
"The Global Hunger Crisis Is Here";
"Climate change is driving migration to U.S. and making it more dangerous";
"Bursting into flower: the growth of sustainable blooms";
"Pollution responsible for one in six deaths across planet, scientists warn";
"The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same";
"Caesar’s favourite herb was the Viagra of ancient Rome. Until climate change killed it off".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Dr Haydn Washington (pictured) once wanted to put rockets on the moon, but he was only eight years old and life took him in a whole new direction enabling him to learn about the wonders we have here on Earth.
The University of New South Wales adjunct lecturer has dedicated his life to making this a better place to live and sees those improvements coming through, among other things, our attention to the world's economic systems and so is involved with The New Economy and the Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
It was the 2011 book "Climate Change Denial: Heads in the Sand" that sparked my interest in Dr Washington, but he has written many others, the most recent being: "Ecoreciprocity: Giving Back to Nature".
Another relatively recent book by Dr Washington is "Ecological Economics: Solutions for the Future".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Much is happening at "Climate Conversations" and today (April 19, 2022) we will be chatting with Dr Haydn Washington, an adjunct professor at the University of New South Wales, a prolific author, a man who is sensitive to the needs of the environment and a fellow who is prepared to call it like it is with regard population.
Today's Quick Climate Links are:
"Australian researchers show solar power can be generated at night";
"Greens to unveil $7.8 billion federal election home resilience package for flood-prone regions";
"Gas giants paying zero income tax on Australian operations, new data shows";
"How to Scale Up Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation";
"How the US Can Speed its Shift to Climate-smart Infrastructure";
"Michael Bloomberg Plans a $242 Million Investment in Clean Energy";
"Getting the World Clean, One Recycled Bar of Soap at a Time";
"Saudi Aramco cashes in on rising oil prices as profit jumps 80 percent.";
"In the Philippines, a Landmark Finding Moves Fossil Fuel Companies’ Climate Liability into the Realm of Human Rights";
"Using a Board Game to Plan for a Changing Planet";
"Electric heavy-duty trucks are hitting the roads in California and beyond";
"New federal funding helps low-income households afford energy-efficiency upgrades";
"Opinion: Orange County fire magnifies a stunning truth about climate change";
"Bucking the trend: Is there a future for ultra long-haul flights in a net zero carbon world?";
"Air of compromise: NZ’s Emissions Reduction Plan reveals a climate budget that’s long on planning, short on strategy";
"When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters";
"6 books about the climate crisis that offer hope";
"12 leading UK pension funds to collaborate in support of climate transition in emerging markets";
"Clara-Pensions commits to Net Zero investment emissions";
"Shut down fossil fuel production sites early to avoid climate chaos, says study";
"This week in Congress: Gouging bill, climate talks, Ukraine";
"How the Long Recovery From Bush Fires Could Decide Australia’s Election";
"We must end our command-and-control relationship with the environment if we are to arrest its destruction":
"Saudi Aramco posts $39.5bn Q1 profit";
"Grant King and the Big Gas Con – how fossil fuel giants are cheating Australia’s emissions system";
"WMBD: Concern as light pollution threatens birds across the world";
"Political Deniers" - George Monbiot;
"David Piccini says Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives can lead on climate. Will voters believe him?";
"Miners competing over Ontario’s Ring of Fire have contentious relationships with Indigenous communities in Australia";
"Does growth demand sprawl? Ontario’s Peel Region will vote on opening up 10,000 acres of farmland for development";
"Doug Ford’s latest plan to reduce carbon pollution is low on ambition — and detail".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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An attempt to record an interview with Fusion Party Senate candidate, Kammy Carder Hunt (pictured), went wrong, I made a mistake and although I could hear the recording the interference was such, that it was unusable.
Don't let that be a reflection upon the party; a party that has many wonderful ideas, including a desire to see Australia declare a climate emergency, and in what is a "clincher" for me, the party wants to see Australia adopt and implement a universal basic income (UBI).
A UBI is about fairness, decency and equity,
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Zoe Daniel, who is challenging Goldstein incumbent, LiberaL MPTim Wilson, in the Saturday, May 21, Australian federal election, has declared the "Same isn't Safe" and you can read about what is happening: "Lies, election pitches and truth in advertising: Fake ‘teal’ pamphlets hit Goldstein letterboxes".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"A Total Moral Disaster" - the latest episode from Hot Take;
"STHLM+50 Climate Hub" - another event from We Don't Have Time;
"Climate Change Youth Leadership Program";
"Youth program seeks members";
"Yolanda Vega is running for a Federal Senate seat to represent Victorians";
"What It’s Like to Live Through India’s Nonstop Heat Wave";
"Greens to lay out priorities as poll nears";
"To reduce corporate emissions, CEOs need to be bold risk takers";
"Fiddling with a climate response while our workers face the heat";
"No, Mr Morrison. Minority government need not create ‘chaos’ – it might finally drag Australia to a responsible climate policy";
"Could we learn to love slugs and snails in our gardens?";
"Labor’s climate policy easily beats Coalition’s";
"Norway turns its back on gas and oil to become a renewable superpower";
"Help to buy EVs in ‘landmark’ New Zealand net zero climate plan";
"Breaking climate vows would be ‘monstrous self-harm’, warns Cop26 president";
"National Renewables in Agriculture Conference and Expo 2022";
"From climate change to cost of living action: Greens outline balance of power demands";
"‘Hard to turn off tap’: IFM Investors chair warns against gas subsidies";
"Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us";
"Australian Conservation Foundation names Mount Isa the most polluted postcode in the country";
"‘Apocalyptic’ food prices will be disastrous for world’s poor, says Bank governor";
"UK Plans to Label Gas as a Green Investment to Replace Coal";
"The West’s Scramble for Gas Could Enrich and Empower Tiny Qatar";
"Enviro-friendly spray targets crop killer";
"How Rotterdam’s funky, climate-adapted architecture is putting it on the tourist map";
"How Ethiopia's 'false banana' could be the crop to face climate change";
"Almost 90% of us now believe climate change is a problem - across all political persuasions";
"In a year of endless floods, why isn’t disaster governance front and centre in the election campaign?";
"How NZ could become a world leader in decarbonisation using forestry and geothermal technology";
"I want my vote to count for nature: how do the major parties stack up?";
"Emissions plan is good, as far as it goes";
"Missed opportunity to correct emissions error";
"Australian authorities to buy out fisheries, citing climate crisis";
"Extreme Heat Drops Birds From Sky In South Asia";
"‘Cash, coal, cars and trees’: what progress has been made since Cop26?";
"How debt cancellation could help poor countries prepare for climate change";
"Here Are the Wildfire Risks to Homes Across the Lower 48 States";
"Getting environmental justice right at the EPA";
"Climate change has created a new workforce";
"Climate Dominoes - tipping point risks for critical climate systems";
"EthicalJobs.com.au wants to double your gift to Farmers for Climate Action";
"Johnson’s ‘jet zero’ plan unrealistic and may make UK miss CO2 targets – report".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Barrie Slatter (pictured) was a recent speaker at the Goulburn Valley University of The Third Age Natural Resources session and here he talks with us on "Climate Conversations".
Barrie, from Great Britain, is a great fan of Australia and has been here nearly 40 times, a string of visits that began when a teacher exchange program saw him lecturing at Dookie College.
His presentation at the GVU3A took us back centuries and then, in a chronological fashion, listeners were transported to the present and, along the way, exposed to the realities of climate change.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Rob Priestly (pictured in the Melbourne Age) has brought the fire and passion of an independent candidate to the usually conservative seat of Nicholls in northern Victoria.
Today's Melbourne Age (Sunday, May 15) carried the story: "‘One of the most likely to fall’: independent push gathers steam in regional Victoria".
Also in The Melbourne Age, reporter Jane Sullivan tells readers: "Top Australian authors urge readers to put climate first in election vote".
And the hero of the 2015/16 Paris climate talks, Christiana Figueres says, in an opinion piece, "Floods, fires, coral bleaching: Politicians leading the country to climate catastrophe".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Glorious beach summers are part of the Australian imagination. My children are making different memories";
"Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower 'pawn'";
"20 solutions to climate change you can try from your own home";
"Can restaurant menus help diners choose climate-friendly meals?";
"Corporates must make ‘a pivot without precedent’";
"Australia’s Politics May Be Changing With Its Climate";
"Cost of living and fixing aged care are top concerns as election nears, ANU poll shows";
"Climate Poll 2021";
"How One Billionaire Could Keep Three Countries Hooked on Coal for Decades";
"Oil Giants Sell Dirty Wells to Buyers With Looser Climate Goals, Study Finds";
"Did Warming Play a Role in Deadly South African Floods? Yes, a Study Says.";
"Pinterest Will Now Take Down Content Spreading Climate Change Misinformation";
"Missing the emissions for the trees: Biomass burning booms in East Asia";
"Philippines inquiry finds polluters liable for rights violations, urging litigation";
"Mexico’s oil gets even dirtier as flaring continues to soar";
"Environment tipping points fast approaching in UK, says watchdog";
"Temperatures could hit 27C in UK with week of sunshine forecast";
"Birds, beavers and microparks: experts plan to rewild London";
"Living Earth Movement";
"What Ministers in a new Government should do – climate change, China-US relations and our region";
"2022 Federal Election: Climate Scorecard";
"Qld rains ease but flood warnings remain";
"Perth teenager upcycles old electronics and computers to give them back to those in need";
"Ask Fuzzy: Why do we need dung beetles?";
"Climate Change Is Disrupting the Global Supply Chain Too";
"The U.S. pledged billions to fight climate change. Then came the Ukraine war";
"Heed the warnings of this palm tree, a 200-year-old drought survivor";
"Alan Kohler: The end of coal is nigh. The next government must tell the truth";
"Coming this Summer: Spiking Electricity Bills Plus Blackouts";
"Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick";
"Earth Has a 50-50 Chance of Hitting a Grim Global Warming Milestone in the Next Five Years";
"A Climate Progressive Leads a Crowded Democratic Field for Pittsburgh’s 12th Congressional District Seat";
"New Research Shows Aerosol Emissions May Have Masked Global Warming’s Supercharging of Tropical Storms";
"To Equitably Confront Climate Change, Cities Need to Include Public Health Agencies in Planning Adaptations";
"Warming Trends: Weather Guarantees for Your Vacation, Plus the Benefits of Microbial Proteins and an Urban Bias Against the Environment";
"Inside Clean Energy: In a World Starved for Lithium, Researchers Develop a Method to Get It from Water";
"‘Everything was orange’: US wildfires burning at furious pace early this year";
"Poisoned legacy: why the future of power can’t be nuclear";
"George Monbiot: ‘On a vegan planet, Britain could feed 200 million people’";
"South Africa’s April floods made twice as likely by climate crisis, scientists say";
"Plastic-stuffed seabirds sound alarm call for Australian ocean health";
"Coral reefs provide stunning images of a world under assault".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Investigative journalist, Rachel Donald, is behind the podcast "Planet Critical" and uses that platform to talk with influential people from all around the world.
She says: "Essentially, it’s our behaviour that’s at the root of the problem. But so often this isn’t addressed as the root. Our economic system claims tech will save us from ourselves—but imagine we do find a silver bullet, do we have the social cohesion in place to implement that solution or any?
Her guest on this episode of "Planet Critical" is Richard Heinberg.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Readings on climate-change impacts and insurance";
"Grants help Wisconsin nonprofits purchase electric vehicles";
"Global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 202";
"Global Energy Review: CO2 Emissions in 2021";
"Husband of environmentalist who set himself on fire urges others to seize climate action: ‘Choose to live’";
"‘Everybody’s problem is drought’: One in four children could live with water shortages in 2040, UN warns";
"Beach house collapses into the waves in North Carolina as sea levels rise";
"UK faces ‘record’ heatwaves this summer – and it’s not a cause for celebration";
"Chart: US solar installations could fall 50% or more under new tariffs";
"Largest oil and gas producers made close to $100bn in first quarter of 2022";
"Thousands at risk as deluge batters Queensland";
"BIG – The Role of the State in the Modern Economy with Richard Denniss";
"Have Your Say on Victoria's 2035 Climate Target";
"Why Nobody Cares about Climate Change";
"‘We’ve had a decade of no leadership’: Scientists back ALP on climate action plans";
"Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Here is something different, "The Sweaty Penguin" podcast, argued to be "Antarctica's Hottest Podcast".
Take a listen to the Business Green podcast: "Net Zero Innovate Podcast 2 Lord Adair Turner and the exciting world of green industrial innovation".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘Criminalising our right to protest’: green groups’ anger over public order bill";
"Queensland floods: woman dies after vehicle is swept away as more heavy rain forecast";
"‘Shocking’ coral bleaching report quietly released after accusations of political interference";
"Nigeria, 10 other countries demonstrate actions to meet climate goals";
"There will never be a better time to save the planet";
"What pundits don’t say about climate change";
"Things I Read: A solar future isn't just likely — it's inevitable";
"Electricity prices are spiking, ten times as much as normal. Here are some educated guesses as to why";
"Climate change hits low-income earners harder – and poor housing in hotter cities is a disastrous combination";
"Australia has rich deposits of critical minerals for green technology. But we are not making the most of them … yet";
"The Biggest Potential Water Disaster in the United States";
"The Southwest’s Drought and Fires Are a Window to Our Climate Change Future";
"Insights. Ideas. Integration. Impact.";
"Revealed: the ‘carbon bombs’ set to trigger catastrophic climate breakdown"
"‘We will believe it when we see it’: the unanswered questions surrounding the Dungowan Dam";
"‘AFL players are concerned’: how the black summer fires spurred Tom Campbell to act on climate change";
"‘Our ancestors are in the rocks’: Australian gas project threatens ancient carvings – and emissions blowout";
"Coalition urges integration of climate resilience measures in WASH";
"New Energy Nexus";
"Renewable energy uptake surges globally despite war, COVID pandemic";
"Prairie Island Indian Community uses nuclear waste fund for net-zero carbon goal";
"Therapy dogs help wildland firefighters relieve stress";
"Radon – yet another higher risk from thawing permafrost";
"Inside Just Stop Oil: the 'hooligan' climate protesters taking on the tankers – video";
"‘We are living in hell’: Pakistan and India suffer extreme spring heatwaves";
"Swapping 20% of beef for microbial protein ‘could halve deforestation";
"EVs can be cheaper on a monthly basis than gas-powered cars";
"Illinois’ new climate bill is ambitious, justice-focused and a model for the nation";
"The Allied for Climate Transformation 2025";
"The Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority (GBCMA) is the regional floodplain management authority within the Goulburn and Broken Catchments in Victoria";
"Katrina Survivors Were Told They Could Use Grant Money to Rebuild. Now They’re Being Sued for It.";
"Labor pledges more money to protect Great Barrier Reef from climate change if elected";
"An election guide: fact checking Morrison and Albanese on climate claims";
"Aware Super under pressure ahead of AGL coal split vote";
"What the next Australian government must do to save the Great Barrier Reef";
"Climate change isn’t just making cyclones worse, it’s making the floods they cause worse too – new research";
"‘Like 20 tip trucks pouring sand on every metre-wide strip’: how extreme storms can replenish beaches, not just erode them";
"4 reasons why the Morrison government’s forestry cash splash is bad policy";
"Political will for climate ambition, but what about action?";
"Ex-Green MPs question Govt’s climate record";
"Living near wildfires ups cancer risk";
"Climate change is devastating the Global South";
"Think about climate policy when you vote";
"91% Of Surveyed Corals Bleached Along Great Barrier Reef, Australia Says";
"US fracking boom could tip world to edge of climate disaster";
"Rare UK seabirds put at risk by ‘alarming loophole’, say campaigners";
"GB News chairman has history of dismissing threat of climate crisis";
"Living costs in outer suburbs would be slashed under plan to ‘electrify everything’, analysis finds";
"New Zealand’s dairy industry should stop using Māori culture to pretend it’s sustainable";
"Climate chaos certain if oil and gas mega-projects go ahead, warns IEA chief".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Peter Lewis (pictured) is the Director of the Sydney-based Essential Media and advocates for a strong civil society.
Essential Media is many things, among them a polling company that gauges the attitudes and values of Australian society and through that work, Peter has a sound grasp of what it is that people here want and need, and how particular issues should be addressed.
Peter is convinced that through cooperation, collaboration, friendship and the creation of a strong civil society we can deal with most things, among them, the climate crisis.
Enjoy 'Music for a Warming World".
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Melbourne's Professor John Wiseman (pictured) was one of a trio of speakers in a webinar, "What regions need on the path to net zero" organised by "The Next Economy".
Other speakers were The Next Economy CEO, Dr Amanda Cahill, and Dr Gareth Edwards from the "University of East Anglia".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Visit Sarah Wilson's podcast, "Wild" and hear about how to 'vote climate' on "THIS WILD ELECTION: EP 8, How to #voteclimate, with Richie Merzian".
Today's Melbourne Age carries a fascinating, and critical piece, from the paper's Economics Editor, Ross Gittkins - "In this election, one critical issue stands above all others".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Greenhouse effect: Palms and lavender replace hollyhocks in British gardens";
"Scottish Power boss urges Sunak to take swift action on energy bills crisis";
"Endangered tree seedlings planted in secret locations on NSW north coast";
"Scotland at the forefront of the 5th Industrial Revolution";
"Every great vision starts with a blueprint.";
"Record downpours to bring new flood risks to Qld, NSW";
"#VoteForOurFuture";
"Solar Power Offers Puerto Ricans a Lifeline but Remains an Elusive Goal";
"Volunteer pilots rescue sea turtles stunned by cold water";
"It’s time to rapidly rethink the climate crisis";
"Smart Strategies for Living in a Planetary Crisis";
"How a volcanic bombardment in ancient Australia led to the world’s greatest climate catastrophe";
"Analysis of 5,500 apartment developments reveals your new home may not be as energy efficient as you think";
"Without a better plan, New Zealand risks sleepwalking into a biodiversity extinction crisis";
"Marine life will face mass extinction if oceans continue to warm";
"Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year";
"On an Endangered River, Another Toxic Disaster Is Waiting to Happen";
"Exclusive: Hyundai plans U.S. EV plant, in talks with Georgia";
"Climate limit of 1.5C close to being broken, scientists warn";
"$24 billion to halt extinction crisis promised by Greens through a 'billionaires tax";
"Cannon-Brookes warns ‘rebel alliance’ is building against AGL’s board";
"Salmon company Huon Aquaculture used underwater explosives more than 8,000 times to deter seals";
''Glass Lewis recommends vote against Woodside Petroleum's climate plan";
"Will you ask your MP now for urgent climate action to protect Australians’ health?";
"PM’s department cited caretaker mode to encourage delay of coral bleaching report";
"Friends of the Earth Australia";
"What we can learn from weeds";
"Analysis: When might the world exceed 1.5C and 2C of global warming?";
"Varadkar says no farmers will be told to stop farming or reduce herd size";
"ResourceSmart Schools Awards – 2022 Finalists";
"A climate-resilient net-zero emissions economy by 2050";
"I'm Alex Steffen. I try to live well, see far and be a good ancestor";
"This is what the world’s first floating city will look like";
"Global cement industry announces new programme of support for sustainable technologies";
"J.P. Morgan leads $200M investment in Arcadia’s clean-energy platform";
"How California can get to a reliable, 85% clean grid by 2030";
"Chart: Lithium prices are through the roof this year";
"Senior home builds a social and eco-friendly community";
"Seattle apartment is an imaginative response to urban growth";
"CANON headquarters features modular, energy-efficient design";
"Why Preserving Forest Integrity Is As Vital As Preventing Deforestation";
"Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns";
"Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability";
"Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet.";
"Postcards from the frontlines of climate change";
"Coral bleaching in Great Barrier Reef linked to 'marine heatwave'";
"Vanuatu’s push for legal protection from climate change wins crucial support";
"Woodside and fishing lobby planned to dump structure with toxic chemicals near Ningaloo";
“Limited time to do something”: Experts call for quick switch to zero-emissions transport";
"‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022";
"6 Things to Know About Direct Air Capture";
"Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law";
"Australia’s future depends on science. Here’s what our next government needs to do about it";
"Australia could rapidly shift to clean transport – if we had a strategy. So we put this plan together";
"Young voters will inherit a hotter, more dangerous world – but their climate interests are being ignored this election";
"Climate Conscious Leadership";
"Climate Change Is Straining California’s Energy System, Officials Say";
"So You Want to Buy an Electric Car. Where Are You Going to Charge It?";
"India’s Unbearably Hot Schools Show We Must Climate-Proof Education";
"Zelenskiy calls for end to blockade of Odesa port to prevent global food crisis";
"Apartment building retrofits can help the climate and save tenants money";
"The Next Economy";
"What Regions Need on the Path to Net Zero".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Simon Kerr (pictured) is known to many because of his music group, "Music for a Warming World", but his feel for words extends well past song lyrics, extending to this thoughtful and almost jarring piece about the climate crisis.
Simon's most recent piece of writing - "It’s time to rapidly rethink the climate crisis" - has appeared on the international website, Medium.
Although Simon would never lay claim to being a thought leader with regard to the climate crisis, this piece, just published by Medium, challenges readers and pushes them into new ways of thinking, reminding them that the crisis is further advanced than many are prepared to admit.
Simon has allowed Climate Conversations to use music from his group, "Music for a Warming World". Thanks, Simon!
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Finding success in failure can be little more than a "mind trick" or it can be a reality - my visit to the Echuca Moama Market on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8, was in terms of recording interviews for this podcast, was unquestionably a failure, but for me, it was a success.
This podcast is about keeping people abreast of climate change and helping them understand how they should respond and that idea was given exposure to people who, in many cases, had not thought much about our changing climate or its implications.
It was five hours, well spent.
The Independent newspaper tells us that "Earth’s CO2 hits highest recorded level in human history".
Huge resistance to Geelong gas terminal: "More than 2,000 submissions made on proposed Viva Energy LNG terminal in Geelong".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Flying insects splatting on cars have dropped by 60 per cent in UK";
"Billionaire Cannon-Brookes warns investors on AGL’s coal split risks";
"The rush to renewable energy means a new mining boom. But first, Australia needs to make some tough choices";
"Native species are in crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the election campaign";
"Woodside’s ‘detail-light’ climate plan faces AGM heat";
"Great Barrier Reef not coping with 'escalating' climate change after first La Niña bleaching event, unpublished report warns":
"What, me worry about climate?";
"How climate scientists keep hope alive as damage worsens";
"The window of opportunity to address increasing drought and expanding drylands is vanishing";
"The world doesn’t care about swings in marginal seats. Climate action must spearhead a new Australian foreign policy";
"Bringing the tūī back to town – how native birds are returning to NZ’s restored urban forests";
"‘A human being, not just mum’: the women’s liberationists who fought for the rights of mothers and children";
"Businesses are contributing to the Paris Agreement for nature. Here’s how";
"‘Forever chemicals’ may have polluted 20m acres of US cropland, study says";
"The secret world beneath our feet is mind-blowing – and the key to our planet’s future";
"Wind farms don’t work in the dark, says Nationals MP";
"Native species are in crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the election campaign";
"Urgent action needed to protect our threatened biodiversity";
"Tactical voting and Independents".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Author, podcaster and "Climate Engager", Sarah Wilson (pictured), was one of six guests on a webinar staged last night (Friday, April 6) by the Australian Conservation Foundation - the event was entitled "Together We Can Solve the Climate Crisis".
The six-strong panel took a deep dive into climate solutions that are here now, and ready to go.
Taking Sarah's advice, check out the George Carlin clip.
The webinar lasts for about an hour and after that, you can dive into today's Quick Climate Links:
"Michael McCormack will not rule out running for Nationals leadership again";
"New NSW logging rules still allow clearing of koala habitat, conservationists say";
"Sadhguru's Save Soil Movement: The breakthroughs so far";
"Climate sceptic thinktank received funding from fossil fuel interest"
"U.S. to boost green jobs, curb emissions by plugging old oil and gas wells";
"Australians overwhelmingly support action to reduce carbon emissions, Vote Compass data shows";
"Smoke and Sandstorm, Seen From Space";
"Ecological Footprint and tourism: Development and sustainability monitoring of ecotourism packages in Mediterranean Protected Areas";
"Country Overshoot Days";
"Facing the Dutch Overshoot Day unprepared";
"Site of retired Iowa nuclear plant to become a solar farm":
"Why you should care about ‘The Insect Crisis’";
"Leaders’ summit kicks off UN desertification conference in Côte d’Ivoire";
"Column: Republican denial will add to the drought’s body count";
"Coalition climate target consistent with more than 3C global heating, research says";
"Keeping coal-fired power plants running is a ‘dangerous game’ for Queensland Labor, expert says";
"Australia’s biggest industrial players are focusing on climate solutions – why isn’t the political debate?";
"Wildlife activists make 11th hour plea to save koalas before Victorian blue gums logged";
"Leading scientist calls for Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching report to be released before election";
"Australia’s beach that’s ‘one storm’ from disappearing";
"Think tank calls for complete overhaul of troubled Emissions Reduction Fund";
"The Colorado River: Devoured by Growth";
"Porsche investment could unlock up to a 50% boost in EV battery density";
"Climate School Dean Receives Environmental Champion Award";
"What Is Decarbonization, and How Do We Make It Happen?";
"Investing in health and wellbeing for environmental impact";
"Creating a Climate Neutral Innovation District";
"Moms push Massachusetts utilities to transition to renewable heat sources";
"On climate ‘doomism’: Heart & mind reasons to resist it';
"India ramps up coal production to record levels in extreme heatwave";
"Breakthrough discovery of groundwater beneath Antarctic ice sheet - and what it may mean for sea-level rise";
"One in 25 Australian homes uninsurable by 2030 due to climate crisis, researchers warn";
"2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave was sixth most extreme in the modern record";
"How can Aboriginal communities be part of the NSW renewable energy transition?";
"Biden solar tariff probe pushes Indiana utility to burn more coal";
"A net-zero future for gas utilities? Switching to underground thermal networks";
"How to move Europe from gas heat to heat pumps — fast";
"Australian Election 2022: Political party and independent climate goals: analysis";
"Stanford gets $1B for climate change school from John Doerr";
"How a tech billionaire is forcing Australia’s coal die-hards to face the future";
"Emission Reduction Targets: What you need to know";
"Heatwave in India leaves millions struggling to cope";
"Ecophysiological modelling predicts mass marine-life extinction by the year 2300 if global warming continues";
"Here’s an alternative to lithium batteries: meet the Aussie company leading the charge";
"Fortescue says regenerative “Infinity Train” may be on tracks in two years";
"Farmers’ lobby criticises major parties’ ‘radio silence’ on climate policy";
"Download the Climate Conversation Guide";
"Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us":
"Beyond money: Potent informal economies";
"Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers";
"A climate scientist on India and Pakistan’s horror heatwave, and the surprising consequences of better air quality";
"NSW students walk out for climate policies";
"Teen Mother. Housekeeper. Activist. Vice President?";
"Emperor Penguin at serious risk of extinction due to climate change";
"Australians are googling climate change much more than during the last federal election";
"Filipino inquiry finds big polluters ‘morally and legally liable’ for climate damage";
"Shell reports a record $9.1 billion profit.";
"City Living, With Less Water";
"Big Setbacks Propel Oil Giants Toward a ‘Tipping Point’";
"Exxon’s Board Defeat Signals the Rise of Social-Good Activists";
"‘A Very Significant Moment for Business’";
"Why Climate Change Makes It Harder to Fight Fire With Fire";
"‘Burning Down a Way of Life’: Wildfire Rips Through a Hispanic Bastion";
"UKGBC publish guide to accelerate industry action on commercial retrofit";
"Public encouraged to make every drop count this summer as national water saving campaign is launched";
"Better Cotton brings together global fashion brands to ensure cotton traceability";
"‘Don’t tax energy giants – they invest in Britain’s future.’ Let’s drill down into that";
"Beyond Highways: Funding Clean Transportation through the US Bipartisan Infrastructure Law";
"New Climate Federalism";
"What you need to know about carbon dioxide removal";
"Extreme Heat and Heat Waves";
"India and Pakistan’s brutal heat wave poised to resurge";
"Power struggle: The fight for the soul of Australia’s largest polluter";
"Rewiring Brisbane: Launch of plan to smash energy bills and carbon emissions in Greater Brisbane";
"‘Nasty’: Power bills tipped to rise as wholesale electricity prices surge";
"‘Market failure’: Climate crisis to drive insurance reckoning as premiums soar";
"Council move against anti-Angus Taylor signs goes against third-party rights, legal experts say";
"World's ocean is losing its memory under global warming".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Tatura's Jacob Dedman (pictured)has faithfully recorded images of the birds living in the town's Cussen Park, publishing them in a book, a book that is now available in its second printing; an improved edition.
More can be discovered about the 17-year-old photographer at his website - "Digital Journey Photography".
The birds of Cussen Park, just like our birds everywhere, need our help and it's the work of people like Jacob, that makes people more conscious of what it is we need to do the enhance the prospects of our birds.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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A public forum at Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral entitled "Fighting a Climate Emergency" was held under a huge three dimensional (it is seven metres across) artwork of Gaia created by British artist, Luke Jerram.
Ever worsening warnings of trouble for the Shepparton-based Nicholls electorate has reached a new level with the Climate Council declaring the Federal Seat to be the worst in Australia with regard to riverine flooding, adding that even under the least worse scenario, many homes in Shepparton will be uninsurable by 2030.
Murray Silby's story in today's Shepparton News - "Report claims 90 per cent of Shepparton homes uninsurable by 2030" - makes for unsettling reading.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Luke Jerram - multidisciplinary arts practise";
"Why Barnaby Joyce's 'gift' to farmers of a $5.4bn dam could create the 'most expensive water' in Australia";
"Startup tests technology to recover minerals from mine waste and recycled batteries";
"Beyond “Net-Zero”: A Case for Separate Targets for Emissions Reduction and Negative Emissions";
"How the oil and gas industry is trying to hold US public schools hostage";
"Climate Risk Map of Australia";
"‘Older people destroying our future’: Geelong gas terminal plan sparks strong opposition";
"Removing bike lanes is not just a bad idea, it’s economic vandalism";
"Global disasters are coming harder and faster. Here’s how we can cut the risks";
"As drought worsens, can Kenyan communities coexist with native wildlife?";
"Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching report delayed until after election";
"Farmers’ lobby criticises major parties’ ‘radio silence’ on climate policy";
"Boiled alive: how India’s record heatwaves test the limits of survival";
"‘We risk wasting billions’: Australia Institute report seeks urgent review of Emissions Reduction Fund";
"Election 2022: Young people launch new tongue-in-cheek Save the Planet Party for under-18s";
"Charity boss: Governments should be ‘horsewhipped’ over energy policy";
"NSW government rules out coal exploration licences for two major regions";
"Mining towns now accept the need for energy transition, new report says";
"Australia’s next government must tackle our collapsing ecosystems and extinction crisis":
"65,000 years of food scraps found at Kakadu tell a story of resilience amid changing climate, sea levels and vegetation";
"Seaweed farm proposal for Eden aims for Australian-first commercial kelp crop";
"750 mining jobs potentially at stake as Eraring closure approaches";
"Japan Says It Needs Nuclear Power. Can Host Towns Ever Trust It Again?";
"Top Sea Polluters Beg for Climate Rules That No Rival Can Avoid";
"Microbe-based faux beef could save forests, slash CO2";
"Combining crops and solar panels is allowing Kenya to ‘harvest the sun twice’";
"Nowhere Is Ready for This Heat";
"The Rise of Greenflation";
"Western Drought 2020-2022";
"What Regions Need on the Path to Net Zero".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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President of the Goulburn Valley Environment Group, John Pettigrew (pictured), argues for leadership to help Australians navigate the climate crisis.
Mr Pettigrew was interviewed by the ABC about the flooding in Nicholls and the fact that some 25% of homes in Shepparton will be uninsurable in the story - "Climate Council finds 25pc of homes in Nicholls electorate will be uninsurable by 2030 as flood risk climbs".
And Nicholls remains in the news via the "Full Story" podcast from The Guardian.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Big Ideas Into Action #49: the IPCC reports on climate change";
"Climate Change and Ecological Collapse in Yellowstone National Park";
"Please talk me out of a grim climate crisis analysis and forecast";
"5 Ways to Build an Equitable Ocean Economy";
"5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation";
"In Hunter, where coal is king, a Labor heartland seat faces a strong Coalition challenge";
"Trauma, disbelief and plenty of ideas shared at NSW flood inquiry hearing in Lismore";
"‘Not a plan’: Cannon-Brookes, AGL chief clash over future of Australian energy giant";
"Cannon-Brookes puts his money where his mouth is to try to derail AGL’s grand plan";
"What Regions Need On The Path To Net Zero";
"The $150 Billion Road Electric School Buses Can Ride To Create American Jobs And Protect Kids’ Health";
"McArthur River Mine representatives sat on government tender panel that chose new independent monitor";
"Europe should levy a high tariff on Russian energy";
"How Europe’s biomass appetite is harming the US south";
"Toughness has limits: over 1,100 species live in Antarctica – but they’re at risk from human activity";
"How our bushfire-proof house design could help people flee rather than risk fighting the flames";
"It was a toxic wasteland. Now it’s a national park.":
"In India, Summer Heat May Soon Be Literally Unbearable";
"Temperatures break monthly records in India as heat wave scorches region";
"Dust-Thunderstorm/Rain Predicted during Eid Holidays";
"Integrating attribution with adaptation for unprecedented future heatwaves";
"Actionable Climate Science for policymakers":
"Where Lawns Are Outlawed (and Dug Up, and Carted Away)":
"Colorado River Reservoirs Are So Low, Government Will Delay Releases";
"Biden Administration Begins $3 Billion Plan for Electric Car Batteries";
"How phantom forests are used for greenwashing";
"I’m a Fashion Editor, and I Shop at the Dump";
"Can the warming ocean supply the world’s meat?";
"Better Cotton brings together global fashion brands to ensure cotton traceability";
"‘We cannot afford greenwashing’ UN Secretary-General warns at Net-Zero Expert Group meeting";
"India and Pakistan heatwave is 'testing the limits of human survivability,' expert says".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Climate Conversations is eager to hear from ordinary people (I say that, but there is really no such thing as in our own way we are all unique and so rather special) about what they think about climate change.
We will have a short conversation about the dilemma, I'll record that chat to create a new episode for Climate Conversations.
So please come along a have a chat with me - I'll be set up and ready to record from eight in the morning. The market continues until the early afternoon - see you then.
You'll find the market at the Moama end of the old Echucap-Moaama bridge.
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Shepparton's new multi-million dollar courthouse (pictured) is, along with the rest of the city, at risk of being uninsurable because of risks posed by climate change - Shepparton proper is on a flood plain and so threatened with flooding.
Yes, Shepparton is a benign place, but it is strikingly flat and while for decades that has been a bonus allowing for extensive irrigation, it is now a burden as widespread flooding under a new climate regime could bring major flooding.
You can read about this dilemma in the SBS story - "One in 25 Australian properties will be uninsurable by 2030 due to climate change, report warns"; or in the story by Climate Councillor, NIcki Hutley, in a Melbourne Age story "Climate change is making our homes uninsurable"; or a story from The Guardian - "Flood and cyclone-prone areas in eastern Australia may be ‘uninsurable’ by 2030, report suggests".
The report from the Climate Council - "One in 25 Australian homes uninsurable by 2030: Climate Council launches cutting edge digital climate-risk map".
And on the ABC it was: "Climate change means 1 in 25 homes could become uninsurable by 2030, report warns".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"OUR WARMING PLANET: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION";
"Climate Impacts: Special IPCC report knowledge share";
"EPA: Investigate increase in toxic pollution!";
"Introducing the Climate Justice Legal Project";
"WOTCH vs VicForests: protecting threatened species after the bushfires";
"The Earth is getting hotter due to human activities that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere";
"What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 6 Key Questions, Answered";
"ACT2025 Presents: Developing Countries Lay Out Demands Ahead of COP27 Climate Talks";
"Delivering on the Glasgow Climate Pact in a changing world";
"Firm releases guide helping enterprises reduce value chain carbon emissions";
"Labor says power prices are going up. The Coalition says they aren’t. Who’s right?";
"Policymakers Must Focus on These 6 Areas to Slow Down Climate Change";
"Beyond electric cars: how electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate change";
"Loy Yang Breakdown Burns AGL Energy";
"Voters believe they’re doing their bit on climate but want government to do more";
"Tasmania slowed logging and became one of first carbon-negative places in the world";
"Mangroves killed during Black Summer bushfires near Batemans Bay are not growing back";
"Find out what threatened plants and animals live in your electorate (and what your MP can do about it)";
"Our Warming Planet";
"Introduction to 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy and Hourly Matching: What, Why and How";
"Caesars bets on solar, breaks ground on three projects in Atlantic City";
"Did California actually hit 97% renewables in April? Yes and no";
"Your Kids Can Handle Dangerous Ideas";
"Strong Winds Keep Fueling New Mexico Wildfire";
"Ethiopian drought leading to ‘dramatic’ increase in child marriage, Unicef warns";
"Exxon Mobil and Chevron report big jump in profits because of higher oil and gas prices";
"A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay";
"Why the Debate Over Russian Uranium Worries U.S. Tribal Nations";
"Why Americans Became More Vulnerable to Oil Price Spikes";
"Climate action is critical for health equity. Community health clinics are key - and need more support.";
"Despite COP26 pledges, the world is losing way too many trees";
"Impact of energy-draining ‘vampire devices’ overstated, says tech expert";
"Tasmania goes into carbon negative, with researchers saying native forests must be preserved";
"India Swelters Under Intense Heat Wave";
"India, Germany ink $10.5B deal for climate action targets";
"India's power consumption spiked to all-time high of 132.98 billion units in April due to heatwave";
"‘Not a plan’: Cannon-Brookes, AGL chief clash over future of Australian energy giant";
"Adbri lays down new targets to tackle cement’s carbon problem";
"Voters believe they’re doing their bit on climate but want government to do more";
"Mike Cannon-Brookes says large AGL shareholders back his bid to stop energy giant’s demerger";
"I’ve worked in agriculture all my life. Who can I vote for to protect Victoria’s food bowl?";
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Charlie Prell (pictured) chairs Farmers for Climate Action and talks here with Climate Conversations about a recent media release from the group, "Farmers deserve certainty on net-zero target".
Charlie's sheep farm at Crookwell, about an hour north of Canberra on the New South Wales southern highlands, hosts a wind farm and being able to see one of the turbines from his kitchen window, Charlie has almost exhausted his adjectives in explaining how wonderful the wind turbines are.
He sees wind turbines, and renewable energy generally, as a major step forward in countering the climate crisis and encouraging others to embrace the idea of stepping away from fossil fuels he has said that what happens in 2050 will be dictated by what happens between now and 2030.
Acknowledging the challenges ahead, Charlie sees wonderful opportunities unfolding for farmers, and Australians broadly, through the embrace of such things as wind farms and other forms of renewable energy.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Professor David Karoly (pictured) is retired and no longer working with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and having shed those shackles he can now present publicly with the honesty and frankness for which he had become known.
A story from The Guardian has quoted him: - "CSIRO has become ‘extravagant consulting company’, one of its former top climate scientists says".
Meanwhile, holding its form, Juice Media has not held back in its latest YouTube clip - "Honest Government Ad | 2022 Election (Season 2 Finale)".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Bushland marked as environmental offset for new Sydney airport bulldozed for car park";
"On track to100% clean energy" - Environment Victoria.
"Envision Energy wins 2000MW India wind turbine order";
"Making the talent transition from oil and gas to renewables";
"What Macron’s reelection means for climate action in France";
"‘The smell is terrible’: toxic foam clouds float through streets of Bogotá suburb";
"This is not an 'Emergency'... It's Much More Serious Than That";
"In a World on Fire, Stop Burning Things";
"6 Months on from COP26 Psycho-Social Reflections: What have we learnt?";
"Financing Putin’s war on Europe: Fossil fuel imports from Russia in the first two months of the invasion";
"Amid Hardening Western Resolve, Signs of Russia’s Stalling in Eastern Ukraine";
"Droughts to increase human migration at least 200%";
"‘Existential Threat’: Indigenous Leaders Urge Citigroup to Stop Backing Amazon Oil";
"House Dems Call On Top U.S. Insurers to End Backing of Fossil Fuel Projects";
"7 TV meteorologists discuss their coverage of climate change and weather";
"The Limits to Growth at 50: From Scenarios to Unfolding Reality";
"Review of Collision Course: Endless Growth on a Finite Planet";
"World population projected to reach 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100";
"A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us";
"The Earth is getting hotter due to human activities that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere";
"The Extreme Heat Pummeling India and Pakistan Is About to Get Worse";
"‘We cannot afford greenwashing’ UN Secretary-General warns at Net-Zero Expert Group meeting";
"Citizen scientists uncover hidden koala population at Heathcote National Park near Sydney";
"Greenwashing accusations as Pepsi goes recycled";
"Why some beaches, including in Queensland, are getting bigger despite rising sea levels";
"No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a ‘sneaky carbon tax’";
"NZ sea level rising twice as fast";
"Greens vow cannabis reform if successful";
"World’s highest hybrid timber skyscraper";
"Morrison inaction, Ukraine conflict weigh on clean energy investment";
"How wildfires increase sensitivity of Amazon forests to droughts";
"Islands on the climate front line";
"Morrison Government’s climate record deemed ‘a catastrophic failure’: one in four Australians give zero rating";
"Almost the same amount of rain in three days than entire year in London: New Climate Council Report Shows Disaster Off The Charts";
"A Supercharged Climate: Rain Bombs, Flash Flooding and Destruction":
"Steamy and stormy: climate change and summer 2021-22";
"New AEMO report: More renewables and storage needed to replace fossil fuels";
"Report: energy guzzling Aussie homes costing homeowners hundreds of dollars a year";
"Victorian food-bowl seat up for grabs in three-way fight over water and jobs";
"Powerlines and potatoes: the renewable energy transmission project causing angst in central Victoria".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Today we have something of a mixed bag.
First, we hear from a new member of the Climactic Collective, "The BIrd Emergency"; The publisher of the Climactic Collective, Mark Spencer, moved from Melbourne to New Zealand but has now moved back to the Victoria capital and reports from a small park above one of the city's freeways.
Setting itself up for the Federal election, The Conversation polled some 10 000 people to discover that more than 60 per cent of them are concerned about the climate crisis.
And today we take you to two episodes from the Climate One podcast - the first, "Dismantling White Supremacy to Address the Climate Crisis" and the second, "Solar Flare-ups".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"New book says Indigenous knowledge is key to fighting climate change";
"Experts: Climate transformative, but causes for optimism";
"Will clean green hydrogen ever replace gas in Australian homes?";
"Report highlights risk from global warming in ‘Third Pole’";
"Meet the Protesters Going to Jail to Fight Climate Change";
"Four Just Stop Oil activists charged over protests at motorway service stations";
"Just Stop Oil’s ‘spring uprising’ protests funded by US philanthropists";
"Duty Tells" - a bushfire story;
"Together We Can solve the climate crisis";
"Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in this federal election campaign";
"The Thorny Ethics of Historic Preservation in the Age of Climate Change";
"Proponents Say Storing Captured Carbon Underground Is Safe, But States Are Transferring Long-Term Liability for Such Projects to the Public";
"Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage, But Is Its Promise an Illusion?";
"Florida Judge Asked to Recognize the Legal Rights of Five Waterways Outside Orlando";
"Two US Electrical Grid Operators Claim That New Rules For Coal Ash Could Make Electricity Supplies Less Reliable";
"California Regulators Banned Fracking Wastewater for Irrigation, but Allow Wastewater From Oil Drilling. Scientists Say There’s Little Difference";
"New Murray-Darling Basin Authority boss fails to mention environment in all-staff memo";
"Record-breaking heat wave scorches India’s wheat crop and hinders export plans";
"NSW flood victims kicked out of caravan parks to make way for tourists";
"‘It’s OK to remember’: Plan to use trees felled by Dandenongs storm for memorial":
"Tropical forest losses emitted as much CO2 emissions as India in 2021";
"Climate change, the environment and the cost of living top the #SetTheAgenda poll";
"How We Can Get Clean Energy—Is Nuclear Power Safe?";
"BlackRock is seeing returns from its investments in Adani floating through the Great Barrier Reef";
"‘As close as you’ll get to free’: Tasmanian couple take road trip to Sydney in electric car for $43.38".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The podcast "Nourishing Matters to Chew On" talked with the Chief Executive of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation (ARLF), Matt Linnegar, who helped us grasp more completely the importance of good leadership in these different and difficult times.
Nourishing Matters to Chew is one of the many podcasts hosted by the "Climactic Collective"
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘It’s just more and more lanes’: the Texan revolt against giant new highways";
"Dear politicians, young climate activists are not abuse victims, we are children who read news";
"‘Disaster’s in the recovery’: bushfire survivors still waiting for homes";
"Devouring the rainforest";
"Will clean green hydrogen ever replace gas in Australian homes?".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Hello everyone! Ngadyu narri Coedie - My name is Coedie
As a Wangan Jagalingou man, I invite you to come to my Country.
I am writing to you from Waddananggu, where we have occupied Wangan and Jagalingou homelands for over 6 months now opposite the Adani/Bravus Carmichael mine pit.
I am inviting you to join me on my homelands for the Annual Tour De Carmichael – Cycle for Countrybeing held on Wangan and Jagalingou Country on 23rd until 27th May.
Tour De Carmichael is not a protest but a guided cultural tour on pushbikes. Come and learn about significant sites including Twin Hills, the Belyando and the sacred Doongmabulla springs and how they relate to Wangan and Jagalingou people.
We will be holding cultural workshops at different campsites at the end of each day and ending the tour at the Waddananggu ceremony – where the sacred fire has been burning for more than 200 days and nights.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"What would it take to get Australians to buy electric cars? Canberra provides a guide";
A free ebook - "Greening the Greyfields";
"Russia doubles fossil fuel revenues since invasion of Ukraine began";
"Reckless Empire Energy";
"Biden administration to send $385 million to states to offset high home energy costs";
"World Heritage on the watch list";
"Farmers deserve certainty on net-zero target";
"Wholesale power prices soared 141 per cent, year on year, and households should brace for more";
"Accelerating Sustainable Transportation in California";
"How We Got a Parkway for the People";
"How to Make California’s Budget Surplus a Good Deal for the Climate";
"The Failure of Global Elites";
"Koalas to get new habitat in northern NSW";
"Australia’s wholesale power prices double in a year as coal-fired power plants falter";
"Australia braces for more wet weather with above-average rainfall predicted through winter and into spring";
"Climate Change Is on Track to Wipe Out Most Ocean Life";
"Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited";
"Climate change, the environment and the cost of living top the #SetTheAgenda poll";
"Fail: our report card on the government’s handling of Australia’s extinction crisis";
"A new type of insurance pays out as soon as extreme weather hits – and we could try it in Australia":
"We found a hidden source of greenhouse gases – organic matter in groundwater";
"A novel approach to stopping floods";
"Artificial intelligence designs power network for remote Rakiura Stewart Island";
"5 Ways to Cut Oil and Gas Use Through Clean Transportation";
"Bringing Actionable Climate Adaptation Data to More Cities";
"Curitiba Is Evolving But Remains a Model for Urban Sustainability";
"Transforming Bole Road in Addis Ababa to Improve Safety and Accessibility";
"Strategic City Planning with Nature? Assessing Urban Biodiversity in San José, Costa Rica";
"Florida Gov. DeSantis surprises with veto of solar net-metering bill";
"Detroit nonprofit offers paid training for energy efficiency jobs";
"Why are gas prices so high? These obscure traders are partly to blame";
"‘Potentially devastating’: Climate crisis may fuel future pandemics";
"The tech industry talks about boosting diversity, but research shows little improvement";
"Global warming risks most cataclysmic extinction of marine life in 250m years";
"Can Art Help Save the Insect World?";
"Driving climate action together";
"Australia’s biggest wind and solar hybrid plant begins production";
"Labor commits to working with local government on climate action";
"Sun Cable unveils staggering scale of world’s biggest solar and battery project";
"Australia will miss its weak 2030 emissions reduction targets, new data shows";
"Kooyong candidates full-length video";
"Amid the worst drought in a generation, we must step up aid in the Horn of Africa";
"Greta Thunberg doesn't want people to talk about her anymore";
"Victoria’s Offshore Wind Policy Directions Paper";
"Explaining climate change science & rebutting global warming misinformation".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Better Futures Australia pulled together a powerful array of speakers to help us better understand the role transport plays in taking us closer to a plan to lower our carbon dioxide emissions.
The event was hosted by Climate Action Network Australia's Program Director for Better Futures Australia, Lisa Cliff, and featured a researcher from The Australia Institute, Audrey Quicke; a Project Manager at ClimateWorks Centre, Rachelle Linskey; a Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University, Lead IPCC Author on Transport, Peter Newman; the Head of Business Development, JET Charge, Claire Painter; and the Program Director, Climate and Energy, from the Australian Council of Social Services, Kellie Caught.
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Senator Matt Canavan (pictured) has declared LNP's net-zero by 2050 target as "dead". Subsequently, some of his National Party compatriots have told him to "pull his head in".
You can read about that in this story - "Net-zero ‘dead’: Nationals force climate war eruption in Coalition" and hear his National Party counterpart, Michelle Landry, telling him the pull his head in - "Matt Canavan told to 'pull his head in' by government colleagues over net-zero by 2050 comments".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Council election 2022: Liberal Democrats in Monmouthshire";
"Replacing NSW coal plant with renewables would create thousands more jobs than gas, report says";
"Will the Biden administration let one company kill US solar?";
"Thousand a day displaced by climate change, but they aren’t protected like refugees: Expert";
"1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?";
"AusNet proposes first industry led, 10GW renewable zone in Victoria";
"New survey finds most Australians want climate action from government, and are likely to vote for it";
"‘Last meaningful opportunity’: Federal election firing up young climate activists";
"Matt Canavan declares net zero by 2050 is ‘all over bar the shouting’ after PM tries to quell divisions";
"Election 2022: Government's commitment to 2050 climate change target questioned";
"Too many new coal-fired plants planned for 1.5C climate goal, report concludes";
"Australia has little credibility left in the Pacific";
"Estimating Volume Changes for Floodplain Harvesting in New South Wales, Australia";
"Energy Crises in the Time of Covid: Precarious Fossil Infrastructures";
"Scott Morrison is setting up another fake fight on a carbon ‘tax’";
"Victoria’s solar rebate expansion will help wean state off gas, say experts";
"Nature-based solutions, and how countries like Singapore and The Netherlands are using them to fight floods";
"Here’s one way to burn less fossil fuel – use human energy to heat buildings instead";
"Climate divisions reopen as Coalition Senator says net-zero commitment ‘all over’";
"4 ways we can change our behaviour to adapt to the climate crisis";
"A year of hunger: how the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages";
"What next? The world is at a crossroad";
"Eggheads want European producers to manage their e-waste universally";
"Ukraine Live Updates: War’s Effects Widen as Russia Vows More Reprisals";
"Grounded, and loving it. Can giving up air travel bring joy?";
"Farming push to delay eco-friendly subsidies risks net-zero target – report";
"Labor edges closer to Coalition on coal in bid to woo Hunter Valley, Queensland voters";
"California’s Terranova Ranch is getting ready for large electric farm equipment";
"How Biden Can Help the Climate on Earth Day—Without Congress";
"Climate change is upping hurricane rainfall totals";
"Rural electric co-ops face barriers to going renewable";
"Coalition climate policy forced big polluters to pay $15m for carbon credits in past year";
"Ratings agency says Morrison climate policies “obscure, unclear and confusing”:
"One in five reptile species globally are under the threat of extinction";
"Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is “impossible”, says report";
"Labor’s climate plan would have ‘little financial impact’ on coal: Grattan";
"Coalition climate policy forced big polluters to pay $15m for carbon credits in past year";
"Now it’s the Coalition’s turn to walk both sides of the street on climate";
"What is Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism plan? Is it a ‘sneaky carbon tax’ or a sensible way to cut emissions?";
"Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria as West mounts new arms push";
"Hunter $182m 'super hydrogen hub' unveiled";
"Business waiting for detail on Labor climate plan";
"There’s No Scenario in Which 2050 Is ‘Normal’";
"Scott Morrison’s carbon tax attack fizzles in net-zero world";
"Amid net-zero infighting, Australia is on track for the world’s biggest increase in cyclone victims";
"View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’";
"Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption";
"A crash course in Doug Ford’s love-hate relationship with electric vehicles";
"In Ontario’s York Region, council just voted to allow development on 1,400 acres of Greenbelt farmland".
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Andrea Otto (pictured) is urgently worried about the climate crisis and as a Fusion Party candidate is seeking election on May 21 to the Federal, Seat of Nicholls.
Andrea lives near Gunbower and works as an accountant with the Swan Hill Rural City Council and sees her home patch near Gunbower with its forests and magnificent waterways as both an inspiring and wonderful place to live.
She is concerned that our inattention to climate change is putting all that natural wonder at risk, not to mention the future welfare of her children and everyone else in Nicholls.
Tuesday night's candidates' forum was organized by the Committee for Greater Shepparton and attracted about 200 people.
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Bill Lodwick (pictured) represented the Australian Labor Party at the 2019 Federal Election when he contested the Seat of Nicholls and he is back again to contest the seat in the May 21 election.
The Labor candidate was one of nine who fronted an audience of about 200 people at a "Nicholls Federal Election Candidates Forum " organized by the Committee for Greater Shepparton.
The candidates' forum was held at Shepparton's Eastbank Centre on Tuesday, April 26.
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Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner (pictured) is a Marshallese climate activist and a poet convinced that words and art will help us deal with the climate crisis - she shared the stage with fellow climate activist and wordsmith, Bill McKibben in the final event in the 2022 Global Shifts Colloquium staged by Perry World House, "Islands on the Climate Front Line: Risk and Resilience."
By coincidence, we feature a second story involving Bill McKibben, this one from the New Yorker in 1989 which was a piece about his then-new book, "The End of Nature".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"NATURE BASED CLIMATE SOLUTIONS = INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS";
"Queensland plan to build cabins in beachside national park angers communities";
"Drive for net-zero fuels UK boom in retrofitting buildings for new use";
"EPA says it will emphasize environmental justice, community engagement to promote equity";
"Mallacoota energy group installs reliable, renewable power source in remote town";
"A new $2 coin features the introduced honeybee. Is this really the species we should celebrate?";
"Why I love driving EVs - on the road and the racetrack";
"One year on, Fukushima is still spinning";
"The war in Ukraine: Nuclear power, weapons and winter";
"Greens push to sue coal, gas companies";
"‘Wiggle room’: Coalition candidate questions government’s net-zero pledge";
"Land management in Noosa tackles topsoil erosion into everglades waterway system";
"Scientists feed cows seaweed in bid to cut their climate-change-inducing methane burps";
"How early childhood education is responding to climate change";
"Oil giant Shell feels heat over giant $21 billion Prelude floating LNG plant";
"Is There A More Climate-Friendly Way To Fertilize Crops? The Answer May Be Blowin’ In The Wind";
"Why there's still hope for stopping the worst consequences of climate change";
"‘What we now know … they lied’: how big oil companies betrayed us all";
"Tories could lose 1.3m voters if net-zero target ditched, says poll";
"Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner - a writer and performer of Marshall Islander ancestry".
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ANZAC DAY is about emotion and the climate crisis is about facts, and the former clearly has more clout than the latter.
You can learn about the association of anxiety with the climate crisis and how it's impacting our health in the story: "Helping Kids with Climate Anxiety".
The climate and our economic system is considered in "Making Money Easy" when Gillian Bowen asks "Climate action – do we have time?"
And Hot Take is officially back! And in their very first episode as part of the Crooked Media network, Amy and Mary reflect on the roots of Earth Day, which was born out of the Civil Rights movement and used as a vehicle for holding Big Oil accountable.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"For the doomers, this election isn’t changing the climate";
"Prime Minister Scott Morrison promises $300 million for Northern Territory energy industry, $14 million to fight crime";
"It’s Not Just High Oil Prices. It’s a Full-Blown Energy Crisis.";
"Nebraska Wildfires Leave One Dead and Three Firefighters Injured";
"The Case for Good News in Climate Coverage";
"Climate Heroes Ain't Saints";
"‘We need urgent action on climate change’: GetUp sets sights on Goldstein";
"Now we know the flaws of carbon offsets, it’s time to get real about climate change";
"Insider blows whistle on Australia's greenhouse gas reduction schemes";
"These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity";
"One dead and thousands forced to flee as wildfires sweep across US";
"Labor will require coal miners to pay to reduce their carbon emissions";
"Selling old clothes is a $175 billion industry. Now brands that make the garments want a cut";
"Why won't it stop raining?";
"Climate Activist Dies After Setting Himself on Fire at Supreme Court".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Dr Haydn Washington (pictured) was one of the speakers at yesterday's (Saturday, April 23) digital workshop staged by the Australian Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE).
The late Robert Kennedy understood the need for a steady-state economy and was assassinated soon after introducing the idea to the people of America.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Confronting human supremacy in defence of the Earth";
"High diesel prices fuelling rural properties' move to solar";
"Climate change adaptation requires Indigenous knowledge";
"Google Doodle marks Earth Day with sobering images of climate crisis";
"Colonialism: why leading climate scientists have finally acknowledged its link with climate change";
"The right to swim: mass trespass of Kinder reservoir planned";
"Disbanding of Dorset wildlife crime team puts birds of prey ‘at risk’";
"Earth Day: Man has left extremely negative footprints on earth – HOMEF";
"Earth Day: CSDevNet lists merits of investing in women, girls";
"Young people are switched on and politically engaged. But they've barely had a mention in the election campaign";
"Helping communities rapidly transition to address the climate emergency";
"‘Worst crisis since the second world war’: Germany prepares for a Russian gas embargo";
"Summer of 2021 was Europe’s hottest on record";
"Eco-friendly air conditioners are possible — here’s how future cities can keep cool";
"Thousands flee their homes as wind-whipped wildfires rage across US southwest";
"Want to Elect Climate Champions? Here’s How to Tell Who’s Really Serious About Climate Change";
"The Decline of Kentucky’s Coal Industry Has Produced Hundreds of Safety and Environmental Violations at Strip Mines"
"In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World";
"Global Wildfire Activity to Surge in Coming Years";
"How Much Did Ancient Land-Clearing Fires in New Zealand Affect the Climate?";
"Why renewables can’t save the planet | Michael Shellenberger"
"Redlined Neighborhoods in Cities Across the US Saw More Oil Drilling, Study Finds";
"Social Media Giants Get a Failing Grade on Climate Disinformation";
"Shell cuts Scope 1, 2 and methane emissions";
"Linde Material Handling launches AI Energy Navigator tool".
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Ian Christoe (pictured) has again stepped forward to represent The Greens in the Federal Seat of Nicholls in the May 21 election.
The Undera farmer is a little late to the campaign as the person who had been nominated by The Greens withdrew and being eager to see a local nominee, Ian decided to again run, making this his fifth tilt at politics.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Learn more here about Climarte's Poster Project through the group's 2022 event: "Poster Project III: WHY A CALL TO ART? Forum".
Check out these podcasts: "Can We Get Clean Energy Without Dirty Mines?': "Are Paris Climate Goals Still Within Reach?".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Polling Council rejects Liberal complaint against Climate 200 polls";
"Landmark hearing into Clive Palmer’s Galilee Coal Project Legal Challenge Begins";
"Two years on from the black summer bushfires: continuing our work to protect native forests and wildlife";
"‘What we now know … they lied’: how big oil companies betrayed us all";
"Living in energy-efficient homes can improve people’s health";
"Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner - a writer and performer of Marshall Islander ancestry";
"Troubled waters divide Liberal and National hopefuls vying for Victorian seat of Nicholls";
"A close look at election campaign promises shows major parties still back fossil fuels";
"Fewer than 10% of NSW small business flood grant applications have been paid";
"Climate Council – Kangaroo Island 2022";
"If it Feels Like Our Societies Are Losing Their Minds, That’s Because They Are";
"Without stricter conditions, NZ should be in no hurry to reopen its border to cruise ships";
"‘Drive Electric Earth Day’ events celebrate electric cars";
"Food physicist offers Earth Day cooking tips";
"Review: Journalist Eugene Linden’s ‘Fire and Flood’";
"Recent readings on climate ‘doomerism’ and science";
"No obituary for Earth: Scientists fight climate doom talk";
"Five charts that show why our food is not ready for the climate crisis";
"Pioneering a New Model of Indigenous-led Conservation in the Upper Amazon";
"Carbon farming: The case for and against exotics";
"Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.";
"Earth Day: 52 Ways To Invest In Our Planet.";
"Eco-Influencer Brown Girl Green on Transparency and Greenwashing";
"‘I don’t see the evidence yet’ of stronger climate pledges, Kerry says";
"Climate One is hiring";
"Energy Systems Catapult publishes report calling on policymakers to drive industrial decarbonisation";
"IRENA report finds renewables had 80% share of global power capacity expansion in 2021";
"As 1.5C overshoot looms, a high-level commission will ask: what next?";
"Remember When Earth Day Used to Be Cool?";
"We’re Failing to Prepare Our Children for the Climate Fight";
"Media Need to Treat Every Day as Earth Day if We Want a Livable Planet";
"This is what you want on climate action. What you get runs cold";
"Climate change gulf between politics and science".
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Alex Halliday (pictured), the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, sees climate change as all-encompassing.
Here he moderates the webinar "Climate Change and the Future of Our Cities" which was a Special Earth Day Presentation with Amale Andraos and Andrew Smyth.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World"
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'Big Ideas Into Action' from the World Resources institute considers the latest IPCC reports - "The IPCC Reports on Climate Change".
We go to "Crazy Town" for a serious main course with a side of frivolity.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Two of Victoria’s biggest coal-fired power stations hit with faults";
"Climate action: Victoria's emissions reduction target for 2035";
"Enough About Climate Change. Air Pollution Is Killing Us Now.";
"Minnesota woman sees renewable energy projects as progress for rural communities";
"12 books for another Earth Day in the warming climate";
"Climate action, as patriotism";
"Scott Morrison, Angus Taylor stack clean energy agencies with fossil fuel mates";
"Scott Morrison lets rip on native forests in strange oblation to Tasmania’s logging companies";
"What Is "Loss and Damage" from Climate Change? 6 Key Questions, Answered";
"Addressing Climate Damages: A Call to Action from the IPCC Report";
"The US has more clean energy projects planned than the grid can handle";
"Amplifying the voices of artists who inspire action for climate and conservation.";
"Should we feel joy or despair that we’re on track to keep global heating to 2C?";
"We are scientists, calling for a climate revolution";
"War on Climate Change"
"Marine Le Pen’s Climate Policy Has a Whiff of Ecofascism";
"Australia’s coal export boom forecast to end abruptly amid big drop in demand from China";
"Doughnut Economics - Global Action Lab Update";
"Catastrophic flooding in South Africa kills nearly 450";
"In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World";
"EVs require mined minerals. What if Indigenous people say no to more mining?";
"How a wonky metric became the proxy war on climate change";
"Earth 365: Is climate change causing more severe weather in Pittsburgh?";
"South Africa's floods a 'teachable moment' for climate adaptation";
"As Kenyans farm in forests, incomes rise and deforestation falls";
"Global Effects of Mount Pinatubo";
"Solar geoengineering could redistribute malaria risk in developing countries";
"Actionable research on climate change risks";
"Compound climate risks in the COVID-19 pandemic";
"Tasmania's Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station program keeping track of the global atmosphere";
"China to use more of its own coal, cutting Australian imports: analysis";
"China’s demand for seaborne coal is set to drop fast and far. Australia should take note.";
"Australia must speed up EV uptake to minimise reliance on foreign oil: Report";
"China's demand for Australian coal will decline rapidly over the next few years";
"How to build an Earthship";
"Congo nun overcomes blackouts with homemade hydroelectric plant";
"Dimming the Sun Could Be Climate Science’s Trolley Problem";
"Why are Tropical Forests Being Lost, and How to Protect Them";
"5 Ways US States Can Get More Electric School Buses on the Road";
"3 Essentials to Make Climate Action Stick";
"Rightwing media no longer wield power as they once did. So why is Labor letting them set the election agenda?";
"Wentworth climate showdown: is Allegra Spender the ‘new blood’ voters are looking for?":
"Congruent evolutionary responses of European steppe biota to late Quaternary climate change";
"How We Can Get Clean Energy—Fuel and Human Progress";
"Which parties pass the health check?";
"Morrison government’s $7.4bn in dam commitments could be ‘biggest pork barrel in history’";
"In Australia’s election campaign the silence on climate is deafening";
"Climate crisis could lead to rise of smaller bees, study finds";
"MPs to get scientific briefing on climate after activist’s hunger strike".
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Our pollies (the Australian PM Scott Morrison shown here in a mural) seem to be oblivious to the reality that is climate change and that is leading to Australia's climate change isolation - "‘Climate laggards’: Australian isolationism puts us on par with Saudi Arabia".
And it's: "Saving Democracy to Save Climate. Saving Climate To Save Democracy".
"The climate clock: What’s the world’s carbon budget and what’s Australia’s share?";
"People of color disproportionately lost power during 2021 Texas freeze";
"Nearly two years after Hurricane Laura, Louisiana Gulf Coast is still recovering";
"Gaslighting Australia";
"Climate wars enter election campaign — and Scott Morrison, Angus Taylor rely on old tactics";
"The Coalition-News Corp attack on Labor’s energy policy is all too familiar";
"South Korean financier pauses loan for multi-billion dollar Barossa gas project";
"Coalition spending on fossil fuel subsidies tops $1.3 billion in first week of campaign";
"Australia Begins Long Road to Retraining Thousands of Coal Workers for Clean Energy Roles";
"New approach could save urban koalas";
"Hollywood missing the drama in climate change, group says";
"6 ways to build resilience and hope into young people’s learning about climate change";
"Poems to celebrate Earth Day 2022, selected by Independent climate and environment writers";
"Older Australians on the tough choices they face as energy costs set to increase";
"Heroes of the Fourth Turning: how theatre can serve as a mode of inquiry into right wing ideas";
"Hold firm on timing of tougher home insulation rules, Govt urged";
"Condor and the Eagle";
"China Sets Aside Push to Spread Wealth in Pivotal Year for Xi";
"Global Energy Review: CO2 Emissions in 2021";
"Analysis: What does China’s coal push mean for its climate goals?";
"The Ukraine Crisis Offers a Rare Chance for Energy and Climate Cooperation";
"When Women Lead";
"‘Truth Has Nothing to Do With Who Wins the Argument’: New Details on Big Oil’s Campaign to Defeat Climate Action";
"Abundance, Exploitation, Recovery: A Portrait of South Georgia";
"Biofuels are accelerating the food crisis — and the climate crisis, too";
"Honest debates about fossil fuels in the energy transition";
"The complications of 3D printing in the energy industry";
"Overhaul on offshore gas mega-projects could reap almost $90bn in decade";
"Labor accuses Angus Taylor of ‘desperate’ climate scare campaign over energy claims";
"Extinction Rebellion Takes to NYC’s Streets to Fight Climate Change";
"Rolls-Royce expects UK approval for small nuclear reactors by mid-2024";
"Kiss and tell: How Timothee Chalamet’s kiss got us talking about climate change".
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Aaron Lewtas (pictured) is the Victorian/Tasmanian manager of Off-Grid Energy and has both the experience and knowledge to help you create and build your own power supply and so arrive at energy sovereignty.
Aaron and his team were at the recent three-day Seymour Alternative Farming Expo and here talks with 'Climate Conversations' about how and why property owners can source their own power.
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Ukrainian climate scientist Svitlana Krakovska (pictured) outlines how climate change relates to Russia's invasion of Ukraine - "Ukrainian climate scientist says Russia's invasion is a 'fossil fuel war'".
NASA climate scientist Bill Putman helps us understand "A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2".
The small Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu "went to" Glasgow to present its case and what they did is quite moving - "'We are sinking': Tuvalu minister gives Cop26 speech standing in water to highlight sea level rise".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Traditional Indigenous burning protecting last-known koalas on NSW far south coast";
"Tiwi Islands offshore gas fight shows public banks are under real pressure over fossil fuel funding";
"Why today’s energy crisis will lead to ‘profound change’";
"Illinois offers $4,000 incentive to electric vehicle buyers";
"NASCAR racing team cuts carbon pollution";
"The US lags in the race to build an electric vehicle battery industry";
"Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia";
"Koch-funded analyst raises doubts about Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians";
"US calls on Australia to increase 2030 emission reduction pledge to help prevent ‘greater destruction’";
"Australian wholesale power costs soaring despite Morrison government’s budget claims";
"Alinta Energy boss wants clarity on WA coal shutdowns";
"Should I stay or should I go?";
"3000 years after the Babylonians, the marriage of math and science is as important as ever";
"Climate policy in 2022 is no longer a political bin-fire – but it remains a smouldering issue for voters";
"1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?";
"What to expect as cold weather and rain move towards the east coast";
"Putting Carbon back where it belongs - the potential of carbon sequestration in the soil";
"EV etiquette, EV envy – and EV-erything in between";
"They derailed climate action for a decade. And bragged about it.";
"New program to help residents repair storm-damaged homes";
"In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’";
"'It’s Not Political to Tell the Truth': Scientists Arrested Over Climate Protests";
"Game theory says the Paris Agreement looks like a winner for the climate";
"Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is very fun to drive. Is that a good thing?";
"LNG exports will add to climate change";
"‘Lawless logging’ in DRC raises concerns over $500m forests deal signed by Boris Johnson";
"Boots to stop selling plastic-based wet wipes in UK";
"How climate change is disrupting the global supply chain";
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James Hansen (artist's impression) took a day off work in 2009 to join a protest - "The Climate Expert Who Delivered News No One Wanted to Hear".
More takes from Hot Takes - "April 20 Is #FUBPday".
I promised a story from The New Yorker by Bill McKibben, but now, it seems, I'm locked out but you might have more success and so here is the link.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"You ain't sneezed nothing yet";
"Southern Africa storms fuelled by climate change - study";
"India: Workers face health risks in world’s ‘most polluted’ city";
"The Earth Is Facing a Nitrogen Shortage Due to Climate Change, Study Says";
"We’re Failing to Prepare Our Children for the Climate Fight";
"Scientists map Caribbean coral reefs to tackle climate change";
"Government spent more on recycling ads than climate and skills combined";
"Mapping Australia’s path to transition";
"Voters in hotly contested Liberal-held seat rank climate and environment over economy, poll finds";
"Hundreds dead and thousands left homeless in South Africa after heavy rain triggers floods and mudslides";
"Call for action on plastics in waterways";
"A new riverkeeper becomes a voice for the conservation and protection of the Yarra River";
"High gas costs won't stop climate change";
"Why high gas prices aren’t necessarily good for the climate";
"Six arrested after climate activists scale oil tanker in central London";
"Pat Baskett: We must do whatever we can, as fast as possible";
"Michael Pascoe: The federal election campaign is silent on the issues that count";
"Top Ad and PR Firms Exposed for Helping Big Oil Greenwash Their Climate Destruction";
"The People's Blockade of the World's Biggest Coal Port";
"‘Last meaningful opportunity’: Federal election firing up young climate activists";
"Macron, Le Pen pitch for votes to left-wing French who detest them both";
"More Parents Talking To Kids About Climate Change";
"86,000 bottles of water on the wall: Tonga struggles with post-volcano waste problem";
"‘We’re trying to turn the magnet towards optimism’: Cate Blanchett on her new climate crisis podcast";
"New natural history GCSE to focus on protecting the planet".
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Hanabeth Luke (pictured) teaches at the Lismore campus of the Southern Cross University and is campaigning as an independent candidate for the Federal Electorate of Page.
Heroics at the 2002 Bali Bombing saw her labelled as the "Angel of Bali" and a humble Hanabeth said the traits she won praise for were repeatedly on exhibit during the recent floods in northern New South Wales - she believes people are intrinsically imbued with the traits for which she was honoured.
Along with integrity, and a host of other critical human values, Hanabeth wants to be a part of a national government that takes climate change seriously and so acts appropriately to both mitigate, prepare for and adapt to the quickly unfolding changes being brought upon us via our damaged climate system.
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A three-strong panel at the recent WOMADelaide festival considered the question of whether or not the climate crisis felt like a fight and agreed that the answer was to be found in "heart",
You can hear the whole panel discussion here: "Climate Fighting Farming. The Planet Talks - WOMADelaide 2022".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Democratic county executive candidates debate housing, climate, transit";
"Politicians call for $500bn a year to avert climate disaster";
"Coalition’s $220m pledge for native forestry ‘bad news’ for threatened species, conservationists say";
"Scientist Emma Smart on hunger strike after being refused bail";
"Bristol community secures funding to build tallest wind turbine in England";
"Why e-bikes are booming on Newcastle streets";
"Sinking feeling: cruise ships chart return to Australia amid emissions concerns";
"A Quick Way to Cut Carbon From Your Cocktail";
"Climate change protesters block central Paris square to protest election choices";
"Global Warming Drove a Deadly Burst of Indian Ocean Tropical Storms";
"Ocean Warming Doubles Odds for Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Seasons";
"In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Unintended Consequences of ‘Fortress Conservation’";
"Going green: governments look to fintech to help combat climate crisis";
"As Extinction Rebellion Returns to Britain’s Streets, A New Film Charts the Movement’s Wild Rise";
"Biomass Industry Pushes Back Against Europe’s Plans To Protect Woodlands";
"Major European research organisation establishes base in Melbourne".
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A nameless correspondent has called me a "gullible fool and a pusher of lies" - you decide.
He/she writes: "You are in need of a proper education! Going to only biased conferences, run by corrupt institutions, does not make you an expert, it make (sic) you a gullible fool and a pusher of lies".
Meanwhile, Yale Climate Connection tells us "A switch to clean energy rapidly improves community health".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Canada in deepwater: behind the Trudeau government’s approval of the Bay du Nord offshore oil development";
"This election, the Ontario NDP’s climate plan is to undo the past four years";
"Steven Del Duca once halted Highway 413. But is the Ontario Liberal leader a climate visionary?";
"Spraying herbicides from helicopters? Concerns mount over plans for southern B.C. forests";
"Could a climate of change eject the Liberals from the Perth blue-ribbon seat of Curtin?";
"Listen to the Albert’s lyrebird: the best performer you’ve never heard of";
"Powerful 'rivers in the sky' could cause Antarctic Peninsula's biggest ice shelf to collapse";
"Canada is a rogue super-emitter";
"Just Stop Oil protesters scale fuel tanker in west London to block M4 access";
"Climate policies must allow women to control their bodies and their fates";
"‘No one has been spared’: The climate crisis and the bleak future of food";
"How Francia Marquez aims to break barriers in Colombia";
"Historical GHG Emissions"'
"March 2022: Earth’s 5th-warmest March on record";
"Central U.S. facing multi-day threat of severe storms and wildfires";
"Hurry up, future: International city initiatives that could lift Melbourne";
"Why the Daintree’s going to be ‘the only rainforest that’s growing, not shrinking’";
"How To Avoid Climate Doomism";
"California’s Cap-and-Trade Program and Local Climate Action Plans";
"Biden Plans to Open More Public Land to Drilling";
"South Africa flood toll nears 400 as rescuers search for missing";
"Regenerating Australia by Damon Gameau asks, what could Australia look like by 2030?";
"Atmospheric rivers could trigger next big Antarctic ice shelf collapse, study says";
"Methane emissions break record for second consecutive year: NOAA";
"Business Leaders Know the Climate Status Quo Is Untenable";
"The hottest electric vehicles at New York’s auto show have two wheels";
"Honda targets ‘Electric Vision’ for 2022";
"New report finds renewable energy can create three times as many jobs compared to fossil fuels";
"In Houston, one neighborhood’s trial – and retrial – by water".
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The ABC's national environment reporter, Michael Slezak, ponders whether or not a billion-dollar funding boost will save Australia's Great Barrier Reef - in the story "Can $1 billion save the Great Barrier Reef?".
And in the final episode of an eight-part series, Matt Bevan takes us back four decades to hear about the climate crisis - "The 49-year-old energy prophecy that is finally coming true".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Fracking near public water is bad for infant health";
"Europe starts drafting a ban on Russian oil imports.";
"Incredibly, current climate pledges could keep heating below 2C – but our work isn’t over";
"Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics";
"Our food system isn't ready for the climate crisis";
"Springtime: why an ancient water system is being brought back to life in Spain";
"‘Black carbon’ threat to Arctic as sea routes open up with global heating";
"As a science journalist, I’m reconsidering having kids. I’m not the only one";
"Death Toll in South Africa Floods Passes 306";
"More Than 120 Dead After Tropical Storm Hits the Philippines";
"Climate change: COP26 promises will hold warming under 2C";
"Brazil accused of backsliding in updated climate pledge to UN";
"Alarm bells but little action as Horn of Africa faces unprecedented drought";
"California Reveals Its Plan to Phase Out New Gas-Powered Cars by 2035";
"Natural gas-fired generation peaked in 2020 amid growing renewable energy production: IEEFA";
"New book on climate change in national parks pleads for action to save our best idea";
"Is Netflix Transforming How Hollywood Approaches Climate Change?";
"Be like the Lorax: Legendary gardener’s plan to save the planet, one tree at a time";
"Can Australian made EV trucks drive us to net-zero?";
"Even the Cactus May Not Be Safe From Climate Change";
"Slow fashion: saving the planet with style";
"We must use Cop27 to transform energy and food systems";
"Leading scientists pitch for annual IPCC reports to keep climate on the agenda";
"Seven new oil and gas projects approved since IPCC report called for an end to fossil fuels";
"Maryland just passed one of the most aggressive climate laws in the US";
"Contract prices for renewable power are up 30%. What’s going on?";
"Fossil fuels v our future: young Montanans wage historic climate fight";
"TechScape: Will the video games industry ever confront its carbon footprint?".
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Retired Professor Mark Beeson appears on the 'Un-Diplomatic Podcast' to talk about this latest book, "Environmental Anarchy: security in the 21st Century".
And Climate 200 crowd is celebrating having had 10 000 donors to its cause of seeing independent candidates elected in the May 21 Federal Election.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Australia’s climate failures could double spiralling debt costs, government modelling shows";
"Australia’s new gas projects to struggle financially after 2030 if 1.5C climate goal met, report says";
"Andrew Forrest to consider investing in coal-fired power stations in West Virginia";
"Koala IVF could save endangered species";
"Electric buses to be rolled out in Queensland as Australian-first bus depot opens on Gold Coast";
"Factbox: Who is buying Russian crude oil and who has stopped";
"‘Living within limits’ report investigates the environmental boundaries in which Australia can prosper";
"Three things Indonesia needs to ensure the transparency of its emission trading scheme";
"The climate crisis, education and what we need to do to learn our way out of it";
"Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford";
"Analysis: Ontario sabotages Ottawa's 2030 emissions plan";
"Autocracies and Fossil Fuels Go Hand in Hand";
"What’s brewing? AB InBev’s zero-emissions fleet recipe";
"50 years ago, John Bockris saw the future of Australia's climate crisis";
"Pouring it on: Climate change made 2020 hurricanes rainier";
"Earth Day 2022: How an oil spill in the 1960s led to a global movement to protect the environment";
"To make our wardrobes sustainable, we must cut how many new clothes we buy by 75%";
"Is civil disobedience OK if it’s the only way to prevent climate catastrophe?";
"Climate Can't Wait and we won't either";
"10 Women Scientists Leading the Fight Against the Climate Crisis";
"Vattenfall starts wireless EV charging trials in Sweden";
"SGN secures £29.9mn funding for hydrogen transmission";
"How Michigan could plug into an electric vehicle boom";
"Science: When to question and when to trust";
"Aboard MOSAiC: Hardy fish, powerful waves, shrinking ice floes";
"Energy Change Essentials, 25-27 May 2022 (online)";
"Global warming limit of 2 degrees still possible if Paris Agreement pledges are met, say researchers";
"Coal plant shutdowns won’t short electricity supply: market operator";
"Electric car sector ‘dismayed’ at mounting oil subsidies";
"Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds";
"XR scientists glue hands to business department in London climate protest";
"Early closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired plant could create electricity shortages without grid upgrades";
"Noisily Doing Nothing" - George Monbiot;
"The Zealandia Switch drove rapid global ice retreat 18,000 years ago. Has it switched to a new level?";
"Australia's eastern states face blackout risk from 2025";
"Hunter coal on way to Europe as Russian sanctions bite";
"Bleaching minor at Ningaloo reef";
"‘Historic’: global climate plans can now keep heating below 2C, study shows";
"We’ve Never Seen a Carbon-Removal Plan Like This Before";
"Experts say $250 million fossil fuel handout won’t deliver emissions step change";
"Ulster County, New York, aims for 100% clean electricity by 2040".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Phoebe Gardner (pictured), co-founder and CEO of Bardee, is so excited about her young company, that her positivity is almost palpably and, most certainly, infectious.
The Melbourne-based Bardee is built around, or upon, the wonders of what could be one of our climate heroes, the Black Soldier Fly.
Listen to Phoebe talk and you'll get a sense of just how important this small insect is with regard combating the climate crisis.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Amanda McKenzie (pictured) was the driving force behind the creation of Australia's Climate Council and was the host of a recent webinar featuring inventor, author, entrepreneur and scientist, Saul Griffith, and Climate Councillor, Dr Madeline Taylor, who is an expert on climate policy, gas and energy.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The insect crisis: where did all the bugs go?";
"Protestors Arrested at Coal Waste Plant Affiliated With Manchin's Family";
"Civil unrest due to rising energy bills ‘isn’t far away’, says Martin Lewis";
"Climate activists ‘disrupt supplies from three oil terminals in England’";
"The three Fs: why UK farmers fear the soaring cost of fertiliser, feed and fuel";
"Learn to improve income diversity, gain productivity, achieve carbon credits, emissions reductions, biodiversity benefits"
"‘There’s lots of anger still’: locals in key NSW seat of Gilmore remain split on Morrison";
"Labor Environment Action Network";
"Truck Makers Face a Tech Dilemma: Batteries or Hydrogen?";
"World’s Largest Long-Haul Truckmaker Sees Hydrogen-Fueled Future";
"G.M. Will Sell Only Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035";
"Black soldier fly farm may play a key role in reducing waste, producing sustainable fertiliser";
"Black soldier fly recruited to recycle livestock waste into fertiliser for food production";
"Memphis may have the sweetest water in the world, but toxic waste could ruin it all – a comic";
"Geothermal Powerhouse Iceland Hit by Lack of Electricity";
"A Nebraska climate activist takes a trip down the Missouri River";
"Putin’s war shows autocracies and fossil fuels go hand in hand. Here’s how to tackle both";
"‘My god, what’s happening?’: Dead weedy seadragons wash up on Sydney beaches";
"Federal Election 2022: Simon Holmes a Court emerges as unlikely kingmaker in election";
"Projects in limbo as Morrison’s promised billions evaporate on election call";
"Ukraine says Russian soldiers stole potentially deadly radioactive substances from Chernobyl";
"‘Unthinkable’ flood-related scams fleece victims of more than $50,000, authorities say";
"Electric car sales are rising in Australia but the uptake is behind other markets. When will they be more affordable?";
"Scientists Unveil High-Tech Tool to Save Rainforests of the Ocean";
"Rising temperatures could put an end to bears’ most famous habit";
"The Morrison government wants farmers to profit from looking after the land – but will anyone want to pay?";
"NZ bolsters emergency oil stocks backed by offer of Marsden Point storage";
"Trees on Crown land could offset agencies’ emissions";
"Home water heaters: A new ally in making grids cleaner";
"Carbon storage gets dirty: The movement to sequester CO2 in soils";
"Chart: Which countries get more than 10% of their power from wind?";
"We Are Wasting Time on These Climate Debates. The Next Steps Are Clear.";
"Power companies say expect higher electricity bills within months";
"Carmakers pressure supply chains for cleaner lithium";
"Banks say they're getting tough on coal, but they keep lending trillions to polluters";
"Farm animals and humans should be treated the same, children say";
"Teen climate activist subjected to sexist and racist abuse amid federal court climate case";
"Manitoba storm could be 'worst blizzard in decades,' Environment Canada says";
"World Health Day a reminder of why nurses are pivotal to climate fight";
"Say no to Scarborough Gas";
"We are Tomorrow Movement";
"Signals of a warmed world: Endless Australian rain and 20 years of American drought";
"Dozens killed in Philippines landslides and floods as tropical storm Megi hits";
"‘Can our politics rise to the climate challenge?’";
"NASA mission will monitor air pollution";
"As Climate Fears Mount, Some Are Relocating Within the US";
"Professor David Karoly on the Liberal-National Government’s history of climate inaction".
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Ricky-Lee Tyrell (pictured) said, upon hearing the name of this podcast, that we probably wouldn't have much to talk about as One Nation believes those who support the idea of climate change are desperately deluded.
I quickly convinced her that whatever her views, the Climate Conversations audience needed to hear from her and so make its own judgement.
The Invergordon dairy farmer, Invergordon is only about 20 kilometres northeast of Shepparton, searched for a party based on views and philosophies with which she was comfortable and One Nation had policies that she could easily support.
Ricky-Lee was face the voters when Australia goes to the polls on Saturday, May 21.
Enjoy 'Music for a Warming World".
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Trish Randles (pictured with her prized Tesla) is an enthusiast of the Tesla electric car and we met when she had her personal car on display at the recent Bendigo Sustainability Festival.
This was the second year Trish and her husband had shown their car at the festival and Trish says the questions and interest had changed dramatically.
She said that a year ago the car was simply a novelty, but now, because of the sharp rise in the cost of fossil fuels, many of the questions were of a more practical nature with many people trying to figure out how they could make the switch from their fossil fuel-powered car to an all-electric vehicle.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The U.S. podcast "Rigged" tells us about the disinformation that nation is living with, and through.
It's just day one of the Australian federal election campaign and already I'm exhausted - the election has been set for Saturday, May 21.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Michelle Grattan: An election fought on the political low ground";
"Wood and Gassco partner with European energy supplies";
"Nuclear and renewables to spearhead UK energy security";
"India joint venture aims to produce green hydrogen at scale";
"Lhyfe and wpd Offshore plan 600MW green hydrogen site";
"Acting on climate" - David Pocock;
"In an election following years of disasters, Australians need more than campaign trail soundbites";
"Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group?";
"‘This is an emergency’: Australia’s extreme weather crises spark anger at climate inaction";
"In Chablis vineyards, fear grows that destructive frosts may become the norm";
"Welcome to Climate 200";
"Hysteria, hyperbole, hubris and denial are driving foreign and defence policy";
"Rio Tinto investors vote against financial statements in climate protest";
"The Ukraine war reveals the biggest problem with humanity's approach to climate change";
"An overlooked danger of climate change";
"Marchons, marchons! Defenders of climate and social justice rally across France";
"One Last Climate Warning in New IPCC Report: ‘Now or Never’";
"Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’";
"Texas A&M Shut Down a Major Climate Change Modeling Center in February After a ‘Default’ by Its Chinese Partner";
"Coastal Commission Votes to Move Forward with Humboldt Offshore Wind Exploration";
"Opinion: The Senate’s climate change inaction ought to be the scandal of the century";
"Climate change protest prompts large police presence in DTLA; Activists chain themselves to doors of Chase Bank";
"'Swallowing a toad': Progressives warm to Manchin's fossil fuel demands to clinch climate package";
"Extinction Rebellion stages mass protest in central London";
"Show your support for climate action with animal posters!";
"Top economists care about climate change more than any other election issue";
"Rio Tinto investors vote against financial statements in climate protest";
"We can't just abandon our Pacific neighbours to the climate crisis";
"Businesses in the Hunter want more from politicians than a fear campaign about job losses in the coal industry";
"‘Simply put, they are lying’: Businesses all talk on climate action";
"Anthony Albanese speaks to SBS as federal election campaign formally begins";
"Scott Morrison speaks to SBS after setting date for federal election";
"One issue matters more to top economists than any other this election: climate change";
"How climate-friendly is an electric car? It all comes down to where you live".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Spend a few minutes and have a listen to the Drilled podcast - "More on the IPCC Report: Economics, Conflicts of Interest, Media Manipulation & More".
Our troubled world, troubles podcast listeners less - "Podcast listeners likely to be more curious and less neurotic – study".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Column: The only thing we should be talking about is the climate crisis";
"‘Market failure’: Climate crisis to drive insurance reckoning as premiums soar";
"Plan to ban dark roofs abandoned as NSW government walks back sustainability measures";
"Land swaps, relocations or rebuilds: Lismore community grapples with its future";
"Peatland permafrost closer to tipping point than assumed";
"The future cost of climate inaction? $2 trillion a year, says the government";
"Climate scientists are desperate: we’re crying, begging and getting arrested";
"War won't derail EU clean energy push — analysts";
"Our vision; Our mission - Farmers for Climate Action";
"Broken chargers a headache for electric vehicle owners";
"As Gas Prices Went Up, So Did the Hunt for Electric Vehicles";
"Comparative Total Cost Analysis on Some of the Most Popular Vehicles in the Country".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Dr Grant Blaski (pictured) was the moderator for a webinar especially set up to acknowledge World Health Day.
The Melbourne-based doctor is associated with both the University of Melbourne and Monash University, with event being set up with the cooperation of the latter and with support from Beyond Blue.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The podcast "The Good You Can Do" is worth a listen: "What is the best way to take action on climate change?".
And the Canary Media podcast, Political Climate asks the question: "Are the Paris climate goals still within reach?".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘It’s happening now’: how rising sea levels are causing a US migration crisis";
"I was targeted by Murdoch-owned media for supporting independent candidates and their climate agendas";
"Climate change is our greatest health challenge – we must act to protect future generations";
"Wars, floods and pestilence: These horrors do have an economic upside";
"Governments must heed IPCC final warning";
"Driver found dead in Sydney floodwaters";
"Pinterest bans all climate misinformation on its platform";
"Federal election 2022: Angus Taylor slams Labor for wanting to host United Nations climate summit";
"NSW boosts size of first wind and solar tender after early coal exit";
"Greens aim for negative emissions with generous floor price for carbon offsets";
"Man found dead in NSW as Queensland flood victims face means test to access recovery funds";
"Demand for electric vehicles rising but battery costs, policy inertia keep prices high";
"Scenic flyers didn't think about emissions";
"Earth's CO2 levels to hit alarming milestone";
"'Superblooms of fungus': How climate change is making valley fever worse";
"Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed";
"What would it take to get Australians to buy electric cars? Canberra provides a guide";
"Another day, another flood: preparing for more climate disasters means taking more personal responsibility for risk";
"IPCC report: how New Zealand could reduce emissions faster and rely less on offsets to reach net-zero";
"‘Learning to live with it’? From Covid to climate breakdown, it’s the new way of failing";
"British energy security strategy";
"Youth on the mic";
"How climate-friendly is an electric car? It all comes down to where you live";
"Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels";
"ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels";
"Biden’s Call to Increase LNG Export Capacity on Gulf Coast is Tantamount To Sarah Palin’s Call to ‘Drill Baby Drill’ According to Environmental Advocates";
"It’s Time for a Net Zero Building Boom";
"UN weather agency to spearhead 5 year early warning plan, boosting climate action";
"Evacuation ahead of natural disasters: Evidence from cyclone Phailin in India and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines";
"Climate change as observed in the Bay of Bengal";
"Cyclone Amphan highlights the value of multi-hazard early warnings";
"European Floods Are Latest Sign of a Global Warming Crisis";
"Floods Thrust Climate Change to Center of German Campaign as Toll Mounts";
"WMO Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes";
"Climate change: Wind and solar reach milestone as demand surges";
"Yes, Colonialism Caused Climate Change, IPCC Reports";
"Another Variable in the Winemaking Process: Climate Change";
"Sweden set to be world’s first country to target consumption-based emission cuts";
"Costa Rica’s ‘leave it in the ground’ policy in doubt after election":
"Saudi Arabia dilutes fossil fuel phase-out language with techno-fixes in IPCC report";
"Five takeaways from the IPCC’s report on limiting dangerous global heating";
"In doubling adaptation finance, ‘champions’ aim to avoid repeat of $100bn failure";
"Climate science and financial risk: Forging a path to more climate-resilient businesses";
"Carbon capture and storage: is it a solution for the climate crisis, or a distraction from taking effective climate action?";
"Fan Plastic! How Plastic Waste Could Be Used To Grab CO2";
"Hundreds flooded out as NSW holidays begin";
"Somalia risks a repeat of 2011 famine as drought tightens its grip on Horn of Africa";
"Could climate change lead to the next black plague?";
"Welcome to Australia, a thrilling experiment in carbon capture";
"‘Now or never’: Australia’s responses to decades of damning IPCC climate reports";
"Wind industry must quadruple by the end of decade to ensure net-zero by 2050";
"Methane in Earth’s atmosphere rose by record amount last year, US government data shows";
"Online bank funds climate solutions, not fossil fuels";
"A newfound best friend helps this doctor turn anxiety into action";
"‘It’s now or never’: IPCC warns emissions must decline by 2025 to avoid dangerous climate change";
"‘I hadn’t even held a gun’: Climate activists switch fighting for environment to fighting for Ukraine";
"Chart: Which countries get more than 10% of their power from wind?";
"Carbon storage gets dirty: The movement to sequester CO2 in soils";
"Launch of initiative for a Just Transition in the energy sector";
"Thousand a day displaced by climate change, but they aren’t protected like refugees: Expert";
"Rain bombs and supercells: what’s science and what’s not?".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World
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Bruce Willis (pictured) is well known to moviegoers and will retire from acting because of aphasia - the troubles he experiences are well known to the host of Climate Conversations, Robert McLean.
Learn more about aphasia from the National Aphasia Association's story - "Understanding Bruce Willis’s Aphasia Announcement".
Hear about the devastation caused by New South Wales floods at Cabbage Tree island in an RN Breakfast interview by Patricia Karvelas - "NSW Floods devastate Cabbage Tree Island".
Listen/watch the YouTube clip "We WILL Fix Climate Change!".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Alarm that IPCC WGIII report on climate mitigation accepts overshoot of 1.5°C and relies on unproven technofixes that won’t curb runaway climate change";
"IPCC: New climate report shows accelerating impacts, yet rich countries tried to water down text";
"A Deadly Ring of Coal: VALE’s poisoned gift to Mozambique";
"Testimonies as groups build widows’ capacity on sustainable ‘ugu’ farming";
"Towards a Just Transition from Coal in Australia?";
"Action on environment report card stalls as government slow to release";
"Join the #ClimateActionNow day of action";
"How an ex-coalmining town is turning to ecotourism to rebuild its economy";
"Some young adults are worried about having kids";
"12 books on racial, gender, and environmental/climate justice";
"Russia Is Finished as a Major Energy Power";
"Top 10 clean energy stories from Canary’s first year";
"Carbon removal now ‘unavoidable’ part of fighting climate change, UN says";
"Experts say blending hydrogen into gas pipelines won’t work";
"Woodside's controversial Scarborough LNG project gets final approval amid climate warnings";
"Greens launch $6.1 billion electric vehicle policy in new election pitch";
"Coastal erosion has south coast residents fearing they are one bad storm away from beaches disappearing";
"Flood evacuation orders issued across NSW as Sydney surpasses average annual rainfall";
"Climate Change and the Future of Our Cities";
"Bumper Wheat Crop Looms Again in Australia on Ample Rains";
"Climate change poses looming health crisis";
"The 1.5-Degree Goal Is All But Dead";
"The Left’s Climate Playbook Is Already Outdated";
"Crossbench warn Morrison, Albanese there will be ‘no deals’ in a hung parliament";
"Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels";
"On top of drastic emissions cuts, IPCC finds large-scale CO₂ removal from air will be “essential” to meeting targets";
"Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen?";
"Why is the UK government backing nuclear power when onshore wind is so much better?";
"Scorched Eart: Climate and Conflict in the Middle East";
"West Africa faces its worst food crisis in ten years, with over 27 million people already suffering from hunger";
"Mutual aid in a global food crisis: Rural South African women work together";
"Cities drive climate change, and can provide a solution, UN says";
"Lawmakers fail to override key element of gov’s climate plan";
"Tasmanian government accused of attempting to 'retrospectively' change law to 'legalise' logging";
"Rain in NSW continues to fall, causing flooding after overnight deluges";
"Evacuation orders issued, homes isolated in Sydney as torrential rain causes flash flooding";
"NSW rain updates: Flood evacuation orders for Camden, Woronora, Chipping Norton, Bonnet Bay";
"The Break newsletters";
"Climate and weather";
"What would following Australia’s ‘leadership’ on the climate crisis actually look like?";
"Nepean River forecast to exceed 1988 levels as flash flooding in Sydney forces evacuations";
"Past, Present and Future Climate eBook for the Victorian Mallee";
"Meet the Youth Activist Group Targeting UK Refineries";
"PM to put nuclear power at heart of UK’s energy strategy";
"Enraged, humiliated Taylor looks to block closures of coal-fired plants";
"Thousands ordered to evacuate as major floods hit Sydney".
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Two Victorian farmers have successfully objected to a wind farm and their court case was discussed today on the Law Report during the story "Cheng Lei awaits China trial verdict, and Vic court rules on wind farm noise".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"UN offers new solutions to limit global warming";
"Residents between NSW central and south coasts urged to brace for more rain with over 300mm possible";
"A community battery 'like a corner store': Is this the future of home energy storage?";
"Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns";
"5 Takeaways From the U.N. Report on Limiting Global Warming";
"Electrify Everything";
"Cut public transport fares, urges state’s top infrastructure adviser";
"‘Potentially dangerous’ rain forecast for NSW";
"We can halve emissions by 2030, but time for action is now – IPCC";
"Climeworks Raises $650 Million in Largest Round for Carbon Removal Startup";
"Coalition accused of sitting on environment report to avoid delivering ‘more bad news";
"‘Reckless public spending’: Coalition’s extra $126m for Queensland dam draws fire";
"Rain bomb hits Sydney earlier than expected";
"‘Nasty’: Power bills tipped to rise as wholesale electricity prices surge";
"EU Proposes Ban on Russian Coal Imports, Ships After Atrocities";
"Australia's plastic recycling industry changes are fast taking effect";
"Poll positions for electric car campaign";
"‘Clear message’: Labor promises to bid to host global climate change summit if elected";
"Why Technological Progress Won’t Save Us From a Climate Disaster";
"Traditional fire use is declining globally – here’s why that’s a problem";
"IPCC: We can tackle climate change if big oil gets out of the way";
"‘We are pretty much out of time if we want to limit warming to 1.5C’";
"Do you toss biodegradable plastic in the compost bin? Here’s why it might not break down";
"Natural disasters hit disadvantaged people the hardest, but we can lessen the impact";
"China is gunning for supremacy in the global green hydrogen race. Will it shatter Australia’s dreams?";
"Simulating Earth’s changing climate: why some models exaggerate future warming";
"What to Know About Seagrass, the Ocean’s Overlooked Powerhouse";
"The Ukraine Crisis Threatens a Sustainable Food Future";
"Time Is Running Out to Avert a Harrowing Future, Climate Panel Warns";
"Why a doctor feels a responsibility to speak up for the climate";
"Climate science and financial risk: Forging a path to more climate-resilient businesses";
"IPCC Report: We can halve emissions by 2030, but the time for action is now";
"Qantas zeros in on emissions with interim target";
"Australian businesses bypass federal politics as the switch to renewable energy gathers steam";
"Digital technology key to energy efficiency says IPCC";
"Green Energy Oman selects Worley for green hydrogen project";
"Farm life in the NSW northern rivers: ‘The anxiety is very real every time it starts to rain’";
"Scott Morrison refuses Queensland’s request to split $741m flood resilience funding".
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Professor Frank Jotzo (pictured), from the "Australia National University's Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions", of which he is the Director of Energy, was interviewed this morning on ABC's RN Breakfast by the host Patricia Karvelas in a session entitled: "Climate scientists say it's "now or never".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"'A file of shame': UN chief takes aim as damning new climate report urges phase-out of coal and oil";
"'It’s undemocratic': NSW anti-protest laws spark a civil society backlash";
"How Officeworks is integrating sustainability into all its decision-making";
"Building a Climate Resilient Community Sector Conference";
"Stop Talking About Climate Change and Start Envisioning Climate Health";
"IPCC report: ‘now or never’ if world is to stave off climate disaster";
"UN chief attacks Aust climate approach";
"Offshore oil and gas industry to foot bill for first phase of Northern Endeavour's decommissioning";
“No prohibitions”: Renewables funds can be spent on fossil hydrogen and CCS, officials";
"Hundreds of thousands of fish dead after NSW floods";
"'Now or never' to avoid climate catastrophe, warns UN";
"U.S. Coal Prices Top $100 a Ton for First Time Since 2008";
"Hot climate to stretch Adelaide hospitals";
"Rockefeller's $105M plan to produce climate-friendly food";
"‘They are lying’: UN chief attacks Australia’s climate approach as IPCC report released";
"IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them";
"We urgently need to cut emissions – the good news is we can do it quickly and relatively cheaply";
"IPCC finds the world has its best chance yet to slash emissions – if it seizes the opportunity";
"IPCC says the tools to stop catastrophic climate change are in our hands. Here’s how to use them";
"6 Takeaways from the 2022 IPCC Climate Change Mitigation Report";
"Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns";
"Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA";
"Damages caused by fossil fuel subsidies";
"A deeper dive into 24/7 carbon-free energy";
"Charging Up: Celebrating gender diversity and career moves in climatetech";
"Organised Lying" - George Monbiot;
"Federal budget could see more money for climate programs: Guilbeault".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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RUOK? will play a vital role in helping us navigate the emotional perils of the climate crisis.
It was Victoria's turn to receive a visit from the Sydney-based RUOK support team and so it was a delight to see the group represented at the recent three-day Seymour Alternative Farming Expo.
Other Quick Climate Links for this episode from Climate Conversations are:
"Online toolkit helps Muslims incorporate climate action into Ramadan";
"A small and unpretentious fish is sending a warning message";
"New York is on the brink of historic climate action. One man stands in the way.";
"Lismore residents’ flood response was a DIY model of emergency management";
"Miner Iluka joins EV charge with $1.2b rare earth refinery".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Australia's Climate Council laments the lost years with its latest report: "The Lost Years: Counting the costs of climate inaction in Australia".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The rot began with John Howard";
"Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ From Wildfires Set to Soar";
"Complex Models Now Gauge the Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production. The Results Are ‘Alarming’";
"Indigenous Land Rights Are Critical to Realizing Goals of the Paris Climate Accord, a New Study Finds";
"Warming Trends: How Urban Parks Make Every Day Feel Like Christmas, Plus Fire-Proof Ceramic Homes and a Thriller Set in Fracking Country";
"Germany’s New Government Had Big Plans on Climate, Then Russia Invaded Ukraine. What Happens Now?";
"Facts Haven’t Spurred Us to Climate Action. Can Fiction?";
"UN chief hails net-zero plan in climate change fight";
"High-resolution BoM models showed Lismore was in danger while evacuation order was lifted";
"What causes spring floods?";
"Impacts of Russia war in Ukraine reverberate";
"Two Native tribes are helping create an electric vehicle ‘pipeline’";
"Man on Westminster hunger strike fighting for MPs to get climate briefing";
"A year after floods devastated Timor-Leste, the country is still recovering as more wild weather looms";
"Lismore residents begin second flood clean-up";
"Climate change is one of Australia's biggest challenges. But according to the government and Labor, it's not so clear-cut";
"Waves wash over roads, lap at houses as wild weather hits NSW coast";
"Switching off";
"Scientists urge end to fossil fuel use as landmark IPCC report readied";
"Severe weather and flood warnings – as it happened";
"Bleaching at Ningaloo Reef puts scientists on high alert, as they test coral DNA for heat resistance";
"Victoria to restore area five times size of Melbourne with $31m boost to private land conservation";
"Threatened native animals get $12m boost";
"World’s Scramble For Energy Drives Australian Exports to Record";
"Scientists risk arrest to sound climate alarm";
"Egypt Calls on Countries to Update Their Water and Climate Plans";
"Climate anxiety: Spike in mental health emergencies on very hot days";
"Australia plans to be a big green hydrogen exporter to Asian markets – but they don’t need it";
"A river runs through it";
"Auckland public transport: Do it once and do it right";
"Dire warning on climate change ‘is being ignored’ amid war and economic turmoil";
"Australia's largest-ever climate poll is here";
"Federal Budget and climate change";
"Heard the one about the climate apocalypse? How to joke about the end of the world".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Farmers for Climate Action is an organization mostly celebrated and applauded, but every so often someone comes along with some bizarre reasoning that obviously provides them with some emotional comfort, allowing themselves to be emotionally distracted from the impending difficulties, while attributing troubles the world faces to some other "thing", in the most recent case, plastic.
The 'plastic man' visited a stand at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo held over three days, April 1, 2 and 3.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The Off-Grid Power System Specialists";
"Centre for Climate Science and Engineering";
"Solid aerosols in Arctic may change clouds and climate";
"As energy security concerns trump climate, will drive to cut methane be derailed?";
"The woman at the eye of the storm of Asia’s rising climate risk";
"Florida Republican bill ‘basically erases’ state’s only pro-solar energy policy";
"The psychology of climate change denial";
"Can 24/7 carbon-free energy become a global standard?";
"6 Takeaways from the CEQ Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool";
"The Razor's Edge of A Warming World";
"Coral bleaching hits iconic coast in Western Australia";
"‘Who’s talking climate change now?’ energy producers say";
"As war rages in Ukraine, Pentagon focused on climate change".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Retired doctor, Rob Peterson (pictured), was at the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo talking with people, handing out hats, giving away T-shirts and encouraging people to vote for him and so endorse him at the next Federal Election as the Member for NIcholls.
Rob is aligned with the Australia United Party, a party he believes clearly understands the values that resonate with, and are important to Australians.
The Nicholls candidate can be contacted via phone at 0407 328 358 or by email at nicholls@unitedaustraliaparty.org.au.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Kate Orff (pictured) is the Faculty Director of the Centre for Resilient Cities and Landscapes at Columbia University in the U.S. and with the Lamont Research Professor at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Marco Tedesco was on a webinar today (March 31) hosted by the Director of Columbia University's Earth Institute, Professor Alex N. Halliday.
The Independent for Warringah, Zali Steggall, was on RN Breakfast today talking with host, Patricia Karvelas - "Zali Steggall: Flood-crisis Australia's most expensive natural disaster".
Patricia Karvelas also talked with mining billionaire, Twiggy Forrest - "Andrew Forrest signs new hydrogen deal".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are;
"Climate groups say a change in coding can reduce bitcoin energy consumption by 99%";
"These new double-duty heat pumps can warm both air and water";
"Even east of the Rockies, wildfire smoke harms people’s health";
"Reading up on plastics and climate change";
"Many bird species nesting and laying eggs nearly a month early, study says";
"Misinformation is derailing renewable energy projects across the United States";
"What is Sustainability?";
"The Worst Possible Candidate for Governor";
"The Long Death of Environmentalism";
"Natural Disaster Response Machines";
"A year of hope built on action";
"Climate change impacts our health";
"Supporting community-led regeneration";
"World Water Day 2022 – Groundwater, making the invisible, visible";
"Purpose-led projects can accelerate achievement of the SDGs";
"Voters say the government has failed them on this key issue";
"David Karoly, former CSIRO climate science head, accuses government of gagging criticism";
"Dashed hope: No platypuses left in the Royal National Park, research confirms";
"Wind and solar made record 10 per cent of world's power last year, report shows";
"Alex N. Halliday is the Director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute";
"Barnaby Joyce abolishes body set up to advise on major water projects after dam announcements";
"Why can floods like those in the Northern Rivers come in clusters?";
"Poor policy and short-sightedness: how the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters";
"Federal budget: $160 million for nature may deliver only pork and a fudge";
"As cryptocurrencies take hold, NZ must address the climate impacts of their colossal energy demand";
"Climate action policies a ‘catastrophic failure’";
"Solar hydropanel pulls 10 liters of clean drinking water out of the air per day";
"Veterans can fight climate change by taking jobs in the solar industry";
"A poetic look at ‘Earth’s Black Box’ of data on humanity’s climate action and inaction";
"How to move Europe from gas heat to heat pumps — fast";
"How to shift building heat to electric? NY activists have lots of ideas";
"A cut-and-paste attack on electric vehicle batteries and renewables is spanning the globe. But is it right?";
"Many of New Zealand’s glaciers could disappear in a decade, scientists warn";
"Rex Murphy: Ignore what's happening in the world. The Trudeau government does";
"Evacuation orders remain as NSW flood danger shifts south";
"Here in Byron Bay we survived last month’s flooding – but this is something else".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Climate Conversations today engaged with an independent candidate for the Federal Seat of Nicholls, Rob Priestly (pictured).
From the "full bottle" of facts to speculation about what we should be doing, when we should be doing it and how we should be doing it - the subtle but noticeable change among our scientists.
Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Wilsons River at Lismore expected to peak at 12m, search for missing Nowra woman continues";
"Climate spending cut as Frydenberg delivers empty budget for clean energy and EVs";
"Australia gets a fail-grade for climate action, falls behind G20 peers";
"Mounting opposition to WA government's new Penguin Island tourist centre as bird population dwindles";
"Extra $1.3b for hydrogen, gas and carbon capture";
"Rain forecast to continue as Sydney clocks up wettest March on record";
"‘Twiggy’ Forrest bills himself as Europe’s ‘Putin solution’ in German hydrogen deal";
"Budget lowers tax for oil and gas industry";
"Fossil fuel subsidies soar past disaster relief, even public schools funding. What’s the scam?";
"Beetaloo Inquiry: gas is for export, Santos admits";
"NT Labor opens up Beetaloo";
"Morrison’s dam could lose taxpayers $2.5 billion";
"Lismore residents evacuate as rising water breaches levee and flash floods sweep through Byron Bay";
"Petrol, diesel prices hiked";
"Vote Gas Out: Renewables are our future";
"Am I the Mass Murderer?";
"Budget papers show Morrison government plans to cut climate spending if it wins election";
"Utility-scale solar farms to accelerate in 2022".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Stanley Johnson (pictured), the father of British PM, Boris, visits Australia heaping climate praise on Australia's wonderfully progressive LNP Government and was interviewed on ABC's RN Breakfast by Patricia Karvelas - "Stanley Johnson on climate, Brexit and Russia".
Other Quick Climate Links today are:
"Biolinks Alliance";
"Bendigo Sustainability Festival";
"Feds to pledge $1 billion for faster rail from Sydney to Newcastle";
"Budget to include $3.3 billion for Vic road and rail networks";
"Never mind the economy - the election outlook counts more";
"Property worth $25b at risk from coastal erosion";
"Whistleblower’s ‘fraud’ claim threatens integrity of $4.5 billion carbon offset scheme";
"Government ‘must guarantee’ gas funds won’t benefit Russian oligarch";
"Government pledges $5.4bn for North Queensland dam before business case";
"Dare I become a mum in a changing climate? The debate and guilt is shifting";
"Oil giants under scrutiny as climate pressure intensifies";
"L.A's asphalt-covered schoolyards are an environmental injustice";
"More than a million homes to be powered by offshore wind energy under ‘game-changing’ Victorian plan";
"Victorian towns plead for running water supply, sewerage systems";
"Volkswagen prepares for a deglobalized world";
"Here’s how food waste can generate clean energy";
"Property developers fight NSW bid to make houses more energy-efficient and climate-resilient";
"War Shakes Europe Path to Energy Independence, Climate Goals";
"No, sunscreen chemicals are not bleaching the Great Barrier Reef";
"In 20 years of studying how ecosystems absorb carbon, here’s why we’re worried about a tipping point of collapse";
"FACT SHEET: United States and European Commission Announce Task Force to Reduce Europe’s Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels";
"Why wetlands are a versatile climate and biodiversity hack";
"Sweenies Creek Farm";
"Forage";
"Amid backlash, USPS orders more EVs — but will still mostly run on gas";
"Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?";
"From poop to power: partnership turns pig manure into energy";
"Why are my allergies so bad? Climate change may be partly to blame.";
"Top corporate lobbying group shows its true colors on climate change";
"‘Disruptive action’ on climate only preaches to the converted";
"Antarctic ice-shelf collapses after unprecedented heatwave";
"Severe coral bleaching hits the Great Barrier Reef just as the government is trying to say it’s not in danger";
"Russia’s murderous regime is propped up by oil and gas – Australia and the world must switch";
"Flood peak revised down for Lismore, severe weather threat moves to NSW Mid North Coast";
"Government plan to let renewable agency fund fossil fuels blocked after Liberal-led committee’s motion";
"Gold Coast suburb has $1.4bn in property at ‘very high risk’ from coastal erosion";
"“Perverse:” Australian fossil fuel subsidies will top $22,000 a minute this year";
"‘David and Goliath’ battle over waste-to-energy plan in Angus Taylor’s NSW seat generates electoral heat";
"‘Diverse genetics’: Queensland researchers hope Jagger the koala will help protect his species";
"Flood evacuation orders issued for Lismore after man and dogs die in Queensland";
"Insurers could have been climate heroes. Instead, they have risked a crisis to dwarf 2008";
"Energy regulator backtracks on assessing climate impacts of natural gas pipelines";
"Banks promised climate action. Where is it?";
"Maldives greenlights destructive dredging to build housing and luxury resorts";
"Great Barrier Reef authority confirms unprecedented sixth mass coral bleaching event";
"Meet the people shaping the future of our planet";
"Taylor’s latest $50m gas subsidy splurge deplored as “slap in the face for flood victims”".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Climate Conversations was just one of the many exhibitors at the Sunday, March 26, Bendigo Sustainability Festival organized by the Bendigo Sustainability Group.
The festival was held at the city's Gardens for the Future, which is a part of the Bendigo Botanic Gardens.
Eight people volunteered to be interviewed for this episode, including one of those who operate "Sweenies Creek Farm".
President of the Bendigo Sustainability Group, Colin Lambie, said the festival had more than 60 stalls/exhibitions and about 1500 people enjoyed what was generally said to be a "much needed" event on what was a beautiful Autumn day at a spectacular venue.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Elyse Cunningham was scheduled to be my guest on Climate Conversations to talk about "Sweltering Cities", but I messed up the arrangements and so was forced to resort to creating something based on what I found on the group's website.
The group has a meeting tomorrow at 2:00 pm in Wyndham Park, Werribee, to talk about heat island developments in the west of Melbourne.
Also, tomorrow, March 27, Climate Conversations will be at the "Bendigo Sustainability Festival" in the Gardens for the Future at White Hills.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Safe Ground - reducing the impacts for war";
"Public housing high-rise residents suffering in the heat with inadequate infrastructure";
"Make a submission to the NSW Design and Place State Enviro Planning Policy review";
"New HEATWATCH report for Western Sydney";
"February 2022 Melbourne Online Community Meeting";
"Heatwave fatalities in Australia, 2001–2018: An analysis of coronial records";
"How a deluge of lockdown volunteers rescued UK’s hidden weather history";
"A simple way cities can make it easier for people to go solar » Yale Climate Connections";
"Payday" with George Monbiot;
"Latest Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching puts climate pressure on Morrison government";
"Top videos: Elon Musk opens Tesla factory with a daggy dad dance";
"Smelter’s carbon credit subsidy slashed";
"Maldives greenlights destructive dredging to build housing and luxury resorts";
"After blackouts, China’s green goals take back seat to energy security";
"Australian government welcomes high fossil fuel prices, ships coal to Ukraine";
"Responses to Putin’s war risk impeding international cooperation on climate";
"Climate finance should not be made to compete with aid to Ukraine";
"We’re in a Fossil Fuel War. Biden Should Say So.";
"The energy fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine";
"Bendigo Sustainability Festival".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The Durgas (pictured is the group's latest album) gives us the tools to endure the quickly unfolding climate crisis.
Also helping humanity survive and thrive are the World Citizen Artists, who are raising global awareness through creativity.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"This urban farm is creating jobs for young Australians and refugees";
"Activists slam new anti-protest laws as ‘knee-jerk’ after three days of protests";
"Hundreds of students protest at PM's house";
"Eden scoped for $10 billion floating offshore windfarm";
"Microplastics found in human blood for first time";
"Five walks to save the world – how ‘psychogeography’ can help you confront the climate crisis";
"Alaska air pollution holds clues for other Arctic climates";
"‘Climate smart’ policies could increase southern Africa’s crops by up to 500%";
"‘Vulnerable to climate change in every way’: Mumbai eyes status as south Asia’s first carbon-neutral city";
"Conservation won’t save the Great Barrier Reef from climate: scientists";
"First Australian electric motorcycle wins Victorian design award";
"Is News Corp following through on its climate change backflip? My analysis of its flood coverage suggests not";
"Activists dismiss NSW government crackdown on Sydney port protests";
"Indigenous elders in WA say ‘gag clause’ denies them a say in industrial developments on their land";
"Community-led initiative is putting up Northern Rivers flood evacuees in vacant Airbnb properties";
"Put up for clean up, Govt tells oil drillers";
"Permafrost thawing faster than expected due to extreme summer rainfall";
"A crucial choice to make";
"Severe thunderstorms bring large hailstones to Florida";
"Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species";
"Will today’s booming carbon market be able to avoid a bust?";
"The world's most toxic town: the terrible legacy of Zambia's lead mines";
"Transitioning to zero-emission cars and vans: 2035 delivery plan";
"How this month produced a mind-boggling warm-up in eastern Antarctica (and the Arctic)";
"The ‘whys’ beyond the ‘what’ of the severe western U.S. drought";
"Tasmania’s forests are burning more as climate change dries them out. Our old tools can’t fight these new fires";
"72%";
"The importance of resource security for poverty eradication";
"How heat became the 'silent killer' stalking Australia";
"Farmers win wind farm battle, court rules turbines too noisy";
"Werribee Community Event: Urban heat islands in the West".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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This picture of Dr James Goldie has him with multi-coloured hair, but it always seems to be changing and I even saw one picture of him with green hair.
Dr Goldie is from Monash University's Climate Change Communication Research Hub.
The Australia Institute has many fascinating webinars and an equal number of fascinating guests and the latest, from Wednesday, March 23, was Chris Barrie: "A Climate for Leadership: how Australia should respond to increasing disasters".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"We need to talk about these floods | with Sue Higginson";
"SEC Proposes Landmark Rule Requiring Companies to Tell Investors of Risks Posed by Climate Change";
"Huge cost blowout causes some farmers to withdraw support for new Queensland dam";
"Seymour Alternative Farming Expo";
"Farmers for Climate Action";
"The Australia China Business Council invites you to the Australia-China Agribusiness Summit";
"Donate to create marine parks for our wildlife";
"Shell U-turn on Cambo oilfield would threaten green targets, say campaigners";
"Why we need to get back to thinking of co-operative and mutual enterprise as a social business";
"Mutuals see greater role in disaster resilience";
"Tornado Cuts Destructive Path Through New Orleans as Storms Threaten South";
"The Wentworth Project: polling shows voters prefer Albanese for PM, and put climate issue first in ‘teal’ battle";
"Saving the Great Barrier Reef: these recent research breakthroughs give us renewed hope for its survival";
"Thinking of swerving high fuel prices with an e-scooter or e-bike? 5 crucial questions answered";
"If the UN wants to slash plastic waste, it must tackle soaring plastic production - and why we use so much of it";
"Insider blows whistle on Australia's greenhouse gas reduction schemes";
"Morrison government committed $5.9bn for dams without advice from water infrastructure board";
"UN mission must see coral bleaching to get ‘whole picture’ of Great Barrier Reef, experts say";
"Dropping seeds by drone, Telstra starts carbon farming to offset its emissions";
"There is something acting a lot like a carbon price in our economy and it is called risk";
"The global system for rating companies’ ethical credentials is meaningless";
"France's TotalEnergies 'unable to end' Russian gas purchases";
"Opinion: Why Food Production Is Critical to Climate Change";
"River: Australian documentary narrated by Willem Dafoe highlights the importance and precarity of rivers worldwide";
"For a successful green transition, a data-driven culture is vital";
"Pilbara rock art custodians want WA government, Woodside to hit pause on Burrup projects";
"Leave the car keys at home. We need to get back on public transport";
"Can wind and solar power replace coal in Texas?";
"The remote Shetland Islands are a surprising leader in the race to net-zero";
"Hurricane Michael Hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018 With 155 MPH Winds. Some Black and Low-Income Neighborhoods Still Haven’t Recovered";
"In almost every state, over half of all women of color earn less than a living wage";
"How Europe Got Hooked on Russian Gas Despite Reagan’s Warnings";
"Spain mulls price cap for gas plants to bring down power bills";
"Activists protest tanker as Russian oil imports flow into US ahead of ban";
"Span raises $90M to make smart panels the gateway to home electrification";
"Why ‘maladaptation’ is getting so much attention";
"We need to talk about how we talk about natural gas";
"Insider blows whistle on Australia's greenhouse gas reduction schemes";
"‘We need support’: Councils beg federal government for stronger climate action";
""Everyone disagrees with him”: Turnbull takes aim at Angus Taylor";
"UN chief calls for extreme weather warning systems for everyone on Earth";
"Inside Dan Ilic’s latest plan to take on fossil fuel-funded candidates at the election";
"Kids born in 2020 may live through about 7 times as many heat waves as their grandparents";
"12 books on climate, conflict, and oil";
"Reef bleaches again as new report shows Australia to “blow emissions budget by double”";
"Chile approves the Rights of Nature";
"Fossil Free Research is a new campaign to end the toxic influence of fossil fuel money on climate change-related research";
"Climate change is ‘going to get a lot worse’";
"Senior ex-ADF officers name climate change as Australia's biggest threat".
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Jamie Gilbert is the key player behind the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo but immediately points out that he is just one of a committed and enthusiastic small team that makes the annual event a reality.
But it is more than Jamie and his small team, as working equally diligently to ensure the success of the expo are more than 30 community organizations from in and around Seymour.
Seymour's Kings Park will be packed with exhibitors for the three-day event, opening on April 1, and among them will be Farmers for Climate Action which will help farmers better understand the complexities and challenges of climate change.
The final night in Seymour will see the launch of a six-town roadshow by Farmers for Climate Action (details on the group's website) with the goal of those events being the establishment of a structure that ensures support, connection and knowledge for all farmers.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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UN Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres (pictured) has been described by Australia's Communications Minister, Paul Fletcher, as being of the "chattering classes" and you can read about that in The Guardian story: "‘Chattering classes’: Australian government dismisses UN secretary general’s climate criticism".
And the World Wildlife Fund wants us all to become a part of its "Earth Hour".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Climate crisis is greatest threat to Australia’s future and security, former defence leaders warn";
"The federal government is pouring millions more into gas projects. Does this fit with its net-zero" ambitions?";
"Federal funds of $5.4 billion for Qld dam";
"Forest fires erupt around Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine";
"‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late";
"Record-smashing heatwaves are hitting Antarctica and the Arctic simultaneously. Here’s what’s driving them, and how they’ll impact wildlife";
"The Morrison government wants a ‘khaki’ election. How do the two major parties stack up on national security";
"The legacy of Lake Pedder: how the world’s first Green Party was born in Tasmania 50 years ago";
"Coming of age: research shows old forests are 3 times less flammable than those just burned";
"ADVISORY: Press Call on Energy and Food Implications of Ukraine Invasion";
"6 Pressing Questions About Beef and Climate Change, Answered";
"17 Countries, Home to One-Quarter of the World's Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress";
"Climate change stands to worsen seasonal allergies";
"Report calls for UK to rethink strategy to ensure success of landmark agricultural support reforms";
"UK and Turkey agree clean transport deal worth £1.7 billion in boost to British rail industry";
"How one California transit agency electrified its fleet 18 years ahead of schedule";
"From trash to treasure: Illinois dump becomes community solar farm";
"Rich countries must stop producing oil and gas by 2034, says study";
"‘Easiest thing to help the planet’: How grocery startups are tackling food waste";
"Defining generations: Where Millennials end and Generation Z begins";
"The 2021 Law Firm Climate Change Scorecard";
"U.N. Chief Warns of ‘Catastrophe’ With Continued Use of Fossil Fuels";
"178 Texas fires have torched more than 108,000 acres in the past week. But one major fire is now under control";
"California’s Climate Reputation Tarnished by Inaction and Oil Money";
"Councils’ rubbish deal crumbles over 25-year trash commitment";
"‘Easiest thing to help the planet’: How grocery startups are tackling food waste".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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George Marshall is one of the world's clearest thinkers in the climate change conversation and just yesterday (Tuesday, March 23) he was the special guest on a webinar organized by the Melbourne-based "Psychology for a Safe Climate".
George is the founding director of Britain's "Climate Outreach" and is presently in Australia adding to research for a new book with the working title of "What happens next?".
He was last in Australia in 2015 when he spoke at the annual "National Sustainable Living Festival" and while there was able to find a free evening to visit Shepparton in northern Victoria to speak at an event organized by "Slap Tomorrow".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Yale Climate Connections has recognised the fact that children are, in a sense, excluded from the climate conversation and so have recommended a book - "New children’s book explains systemic nature of climate change".
Quick Climate Links is not about pedagogy, rather it's about helping you better understand the climate crisis and subsequently be in a stronger position to make your own choices and decisions.
A Melbourne Age story by NIck Toscano - "ExxonMobil fires warning over Victoria’s plan to turn off gas" - needs to be read with a critical mind and looked at through a doubting and questioning prism.
Listen to RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, talk with an atmospheric scientist with the Australian Antarctic Program, Dr Andrew Klekociuk - "Record heatwave hits eastern Antarctica".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Flood victims dump debris at PM’s house";
"Wirral RSPB reserve ravaged by fire police suspect was started deliberately";
"Putin Is a Fossil-Fuel Gangster. Clean Energy Could Cut Him Off at the Knees";
"Weather Conditions Continue to Fuel Texas Fires";
"There’s a Messaging Battle Right Now Over America’s Energy Future";
"Problem plastic chip, bread packets tackled with $60 million recycling fund";
"A drowning world: Kenya’s quiet slide underwater";
"Hundreds of schools, organizations to host teach-in on climate and justice";
"Extremes of 40C above normal: what’s causing ‘extraordinary’ heating in polar regions?";
"We need to talk about how we talk about natural gas";
"Natural gas explained";
"Realtors can be ambassadors for energy efficiency";
"International Day of Forests 21 March";
"‘Urgent national priority’: Pandemic’s staggering mental toll on young Australians";
"Why electric pickup trucks are so hot";
"‘Chattering classes’: Australian government dismisses UN secretary general’s climate criticism";
"Why boomers are set for intergenerational payback as Australian millennials look to square the ledger";
"Grid-scale battery 'really exciting' option as AGL Liddell power station site winds down — analysts";
"Record fuel prices to usher in 'unaffordable' petrol, $7 coffees and costlier holidays, industry warns";
"UN boss: ‘Madness’ to back fossil fuels as global energy crunch bites";
"Reef mission arrives amid access concerns";
"Australian government ‘aggravating extinction’ through land-clearing approvals, analysis finds";
"‘It’s not supposed to be white’: one of the Great Barrier Reef’s healthiest reefs succumbs to bleaching";
"Gladstone hydrogen, renewable energy transition prompts strategy for change";
"Business groups and economists call for tax reform as politicians remain silent";
"How Victoria got hooked on gas, and why the heat’s on to find new fuel";
"Push to turn off gas to help reach state’s climate goal" (published 10 months ago);
"Guardian Essential poll: voters mark Morrison government down on flood response";
"Cicada wings inspire packaging innovation";
"Nations vet climate solutions as world 'sleepwalks' to catastrophe";
"Better use of groundwater could transform Africa, research says";
"Adapt, move, or die: repeated coral bleaching leaves wildlife on the Great Barrier Reef with few options";
"Governments love to talk about ‘shared responsibility’ in a disaster – but does anyone know what it means?";
"No future without safe water";
"The S.E.C. moves closer to enacting a sweeping climate disclosure rule.";
"India installed 1.2GW of unsubsidized solar in 2021";
"Universities must reject fossil fuel cash for climate research, say academics".
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Georgia Steele (pictured) is unhappy about the 'climate vandals' running Australia and so has decided to contest the Seat of Hughes as an independent in the forthcoming Federal Election.
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is about to have its health assessed by a delegation from the United Nations and you can hear an advisor to the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Imogen Zethoven, talking about this critical event with RN Breakfast host, Patricia Karvelas, at "UN delegation to assess health of Great Barrier Reef amid bleaching".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Political fight develops over delayed aid for flood-hit towns";
"Why Is the World Ignoring the Latest U.N. Climate Report?".
"Is Australia really beating other countries at cutting emissions?";
"‘Streets were flowing’: Broken Hill reeling after record rainfall and deadly flash flooding";
"As his ‘fauxgan’ act wears thin, desperation is driving Scott Morrison deeper into the dress-up box";
"Repowering Australian manufacturing through renewable energy industrial precincts";
"Australia Security Leaders Climate Group on Mad As Hell";
"Can oysters save New York City from the next big storm?";
"School Strike for Climate - March 25 Strike & Election Actions!";
"How we discovered that sea turtles in Seychelles have recovered from the brink";
"Barnaby Joyce tags $500m for Queensland dam despite lack of environmental approvals";
"The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEx)";
"Connection to Sea Country: Cultural fisheries program launched for Tasmania's Aboriginal people";
"Great Barrier Reef hit by sixth mass bleaching event, leading coral scientist says"';
"‘Obsessed by coal’: former Queensland LNP minister hits out at Morrison government";
"Black Summer bushfire smoke altered ozone-depleting chemicals in atmosphere, study finds";
"Two years after devastating bushfires donated funds remain unspent";
"Motor homes for flood-affected Lismore residents empty while more temporary housing yet to arrive";
"To really address climate change, Australia could make 27 times as much electricity and make it renewable";
"‘May you always taste the sweetest fruit’: uncovering the history and hidden delights of your neighbourhood";
"The audacity of oil";
"H.G. Wells, the Rational Escapist";
"Grief, like death, is still taboo for many of us. But is that starting to change?";
"Europe taps Australia’s coal miners to replace Russian supplies";
"When will EV trucks be ready for large-scale adoption? It’s complicated";
"Solar canopies over Indiana airport parking lot provide shade and power";
"Green groups worried new ‘unchecked powers’ will lead to more logging";
"Government offers $150 million in flood funding, signals more to come";
"Implementation of Ogoni clean-up: Govt seeks effective stakeholder cooperation";
"Environmental policies are taking a back seat in the SA election. Should voters be worried?";
"How lightning killed nine Queensland cattle in one strike – and what it has to do with climate change";
"Urannah Dam funding would direct $500m to company run by LNP-linked figures";
"Most of Australia’s threatened species not monitored by government, audit finds";
"Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching";
"More trees and EVs won’t hack it";
"Largest Federal Utility Chooses Gas, Undermining Biden’s Climate Goals";
"Biden to Withdraw Nomination for Fed’s Top Bank Cop";
"Citing a Chevron Tanker, Ukraine Seeks Tougher Restrictions at Russian Ports";
"Nations Should Conserve Fuel as Global Energy Crisis Looms, Agency Warns";
"How the War in Ukraine Could Slow the Sales of Electric Cars";
"Europe moves forward with carbon border taxes";
"Beavers return to London more than 400 years after they were hunted to extinction";
"The Amazon is the Planet’s Counterweight to Global Warming, a Place of Stupefying Richness Under Relentless Assault";
"How did a vast Amazon warehouse change life in a former mining town?";
"Hopes to make Australia rich off waste";
"Grid-scale battery 'really exciting' option as AGL Liddell power station site winds down — analysts";
"Windfall taxes on energy companies are a bad idea";
"Converting Work Vehicles To EVs Could Be Economical As Well As Environmentally Friendly";
"Green startups, flush with cash, face pressure to make climate advances";
"Plum job: UK public asked to track fruit trees for climate study";
"Disputed flood timeline shows confusion about state-federal responsibilities still reigns";
"Live near a park or civic garden? Your risk of stroke drops by 16 per cent";
"Net Zero Tracker";
"Massive peatland carbon banks vulnerable to rising temperatures";
"10 Things You Can Do For Birds";
"As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Rein on Public Lands";
"Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield";
"Coal Mining Emits More Super-Polluting Methane Than Venting and Flaring From Gas and Oil Wells, a New Study Finds";
"At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition";
"California’s Climate Reputation Tarnished by Inaction and Oil Money";
"US Blocks Illegal Imports of Climate Damaging Refrigerants With New Rules";
"Warming Trends: Why Walking Your Dog Can Be Bad for the Environment, Plus the Sexism of Climate Change and Taking Plants to the Office";
"Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage, But Is Its Promise an Illusion?";
"After Ukraine, how will the world replace Russia’s oil products?";
"Activists fear PIA, oil company divestments will further impoverish Niger Delta";
"Antarctica 90 Degrees Above Normal. Nothing to See Here";
"Flood-affected Lismore residents with nowhere to go return to homes deemed uninhabitable";
"A guide to the UK energy security strategy";
"Angus Taylor’s $3.5 billion carbon blunder";
"Deliver the 5-step plan to Net Zero for Australia" - Zali Steggall;
"Carbon credit companies to cash in on multi-billion-dollar windfall from the government";
"Great Barrier Reef experiences severe bleaching event: 'Failure to protect'";
"Foreign oil dependence a 'massive vulnerability' as defence experts call for EVs, green transport";
"Winds of change blowing strong with $1bn in projects in pipeline";
"Woodside contradicts CSIRO report debunking key climate claims";
"Chemical from tyres linked to mass salmon deaths in US found in Australia for first time";
"More funding for recycling in budget: PM";
"These methane-eating bacteria could show us how to slow climate change";
"Energy bills are spiking after the Russian invasion. We should have doubled-down on renewables years ago";
"Extend life of key climate sensor that maps world’s forests, Nasa told";
"I simply haven’t got it in me to do it again’: imagining a new heart for flood-stricken Lismore";
"It may not be cute, but here’s why the humble yabby deserves your love";
"The making of a climate alarmist";
"Vested interests, inertia and a lack of political will slow renewable energy progress";
"Climate change is here today";
"Fatal Texas Wildfire Forces Evacuations and Destroys 50 Homes";
"Lights Out: Profitable Utility Company Shut Off Electricity to Homes Hundreds of Thousands of Times";
"A Climate Wake-Up Call for the Chemical Industry";
"2022 World Happiness Report";
"Decades of Lobbying Weakened Americans’ Gas Mileage and Turbocharged Pain at the Pump";
"Healthcare Workers Call on Hospitals and Medical Institutions to Divest From Fossil Fuels";
"As EU leaders split on Russian energy sanctions, Commission moots 5-year plan";
"‘Betrayal’: US approves just $1bn climate finance for developing countries in 2022";
"Some EU members turn back to coal to cut reliance on Russian gas";
"Carney, Kyte oversee carbon offset rules to address greenwashing concerns";
"A 10-Point Plan to Cut Oil Use";
"Hailstorms and climate change: What to expect";
"February 2022: Earth’s 7th-warmest February on record";
"What a researcher learned from monitoring Atlanta’s tree canopy";
"UK Research and Innovation report outlines key priorities for climate change adaptation";
"How to get the US to 100% electric vehicles by 2035";
"Why lithium-ion batteries are so important";
"Sadiq Khan: ‘Climate crisis is a racial justice issue’ as black and Asian Londoners most affected";
"Hundreds of schools, organizations to host teach-in on climate and justice";
"Heatwaves at both of Earth’s poles alarm climate scientists";
"NSW announces inquiry into flood crisis after criticism of state’s response".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The small town of Tatura, just 18 kilometres west of Shepparton, got together today to "Re-boot your Mojo".
The event was led by the town's Comunity House and saw involvement from a host of local organizations, among them Zero Cabon Tatura; Tatura Transition Towns; the local; the town's "Irrigation and War Museum"; "GV Health": the Tatura station of Ambulance Victoria; Climate Conversations went along and was able to have short chats with two fellows.
Tatura's Mojo was successfully rebooted.
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Professor Kirsten Zickfeld (pictured) takes us through and explains what net-zero really means, making the complexities and simplicities of this aspect of climate science understandable, even for the layperson.
Professor Zickfeld, who is from Simon Fraser University was speaking at the latest webinar in a series organised by the University of Toronto.
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Barnaby Joyce (pictured) has no grasp whatsoever of climate change and what it means for Australians and other people around the world.
Today (March 17) Cloe Read reported about an appearance by Australia's Deputy Prime Minister at the Rural Press Club in the story: "‘Those carrying coffins in Ukraine are not focused on climate change’".
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Finland's PM Marin Sanna (pictured) wants to see her country rid itself of Russian fossil fuels "just as soon as possible".
The Ford Motor Company is one of the world's largest car manufacturers and until now had controlled a large share of the market with its fossil fuel-powered internal combustion engines, but now has shifted its gaze and intent to consider electric cars.
In what is a major change, "Ford plans seven electric models in Europe by 2024".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Latest NASA GIF Showing Change in Earth's Temperature Shocks Internet";
"Bechtel turns to US veterans to meet renewable energy boom";
"Queensland to provide $3,000 subsidy to buy electric vehicles";
"Environment groups say Coalition plan to bypass federal approvals a ‘step towards industry free-for-all’";
"Attorney General’s Office Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil";
"States leave feds in the dust as Taylor and Bowen play politics on energy transition";
"Clean Energy Regulator attacks think tank, defends Santos";
"Coalition delivers two punches to the climate in one night";
"The Water Collaborative";
"Resilient Landscapes Program: Working with Nature to Foster Resilience";
"The San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) is one of California’s premier aquatic and ecosystem science institutes";
"Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine push Europe towards energy independence and faster decarbonisation?";
"Thanks to heavy rain, Australia’s environment scores a 7 out of 10 – but the future remains bleak";
"Farmers for Climate Action";
"To get to the rainforest canopy, it helps to have a crane";
"Thinking of buying an electric vehicle for your next car? Here’s the market outlook and what to consider";
"Renters sweltering in ‘unhealthy temperatures’ due to lax rental standards: Report";
"Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns";
"Why Russian Oil and Gas Matter to the Global Economy";
"IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’";
"Russian Federation: Energy resources and market structure";
"We’re Releasing the Data Behind Our Toxic Air Analysis";
"‘It’s stuff you can’t replace’: experts fear priceless local history will be thrown out in NSW floods cleanup";
"NSW Liberal upper house MP to quit over flood funding";
"Alan Kohler: Don’t touch the petrol excise. It’s Australia’s carbon tax";
"The Global Oil Market Is Based on a Fiction";
"World far short of climate goals during 'decade of action' -report";
"Yemeni city looks to ancient past to survive climate change";
"EU countries back plan for world-first carbon border tariff";
"Europe sizes up renewables to reduce reliance on Russian gas";
"The disasters that never happened: how to soothe rising climate anxiety";
"After much-praised waste export ban, Australia under fire for shipping plastic trash as 'fuel'";
"From food to floods, Africa 'not ready' for climate stress, its scientists say";
"OPINION: How COP27 can deliver climate justice for rural women";
"17 ways to get about without using fossil fuels";
"Clearing alien trees can help reduce climate change impact on Cape Town’s water supply";
"Russia and Ukraine are important to the renewables transition. Here’s what that means for the climate";
"Pollen season is getting longer and more intense with climate change – here’s what allergy sufferers can expect in the future":
"The trouble with drought as an explanation for famine in the Horn and Sahel of Africa";
"Scientists sound the alarm over drought in East Africa: what must happen next";
"There are solutions to the food crisis. But ploughing up Britain isn’t one of them";
"Ukraine: how the global fertiliser shortage is going to affect food";
"Microsoft heads up $34M investment in software platform to cut cargo ship emissions";
"A heat pump can help you avoid burning fossil fuels at home";
"In the Sharma decision the federal court says: we see the climate risk but cannot act";
"SA environment minister challenges Morrison government to ‘fast-track’ electric vehicle transition";
"Turtle's tragic X-ray exposes flood problem";
"Origin says there are better technologies than coal, as grid moves away from baseload".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Jane Caro (pictured), a Walkley winning Australian columnist, author, broadcaster, documentary maker, feminist and social commentator, is representing the Reason Party as she seeks to win a Senate seat in the forthcoming Federal Election.
And just this week she held a second webinar with her Senate running partner, Hannah Maher, for which the special guest was Australian Climate Council member and retired New South Wales Commissioner of Fire and Rescue, Greg Mullins.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Anjali Sharma (pictured) was among a group of young people who had felt success, but then have it turn to tragedy when a court case considered their future safety from climate change fell from being in their favour to be reversed, allowing Australia's Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, to again progress fossil fuel projects without consideration of Australia's young people.
An outraged, and obviously unhappy Anjali penned a story in The Melbourne Age: "Losing this court case feels like we’ve lost our chance for a safe future".
Listen to The Guardians 'The Full Story' in which you will hear about "The Greens’ next power play".
And from RoCo films there is "The Revolution Generation".
The New York Times repeats the warning that "Time Is Running Out to Avert a Harrowing Future, Climate Panel Warns".
Go on a deeper diver with the World Resources Institute and its "Big Ideas into Action" podcast.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Teen activists vow to keep fighting for 'climate justice', despite Federal Court ruling against them";
"How Fossil-Fuel Companies Are Stonewalling Sarah Bloom Raskin’s Nomination to the Fed";
"Group seeks inclusion into UN systems, canvasses health coalition";
"Welsh solar farm exceeds expectations in powering Swansea hospital":
"Federal Environment Minister does not have a duty of care to protect children from climate harm: court";
"February 2022: Earth’s 7th-warmest February on record";
"The war in Ukraine puts new urgency behind Europe’s nuclear energy transition";
"Today’s disappointing federal court decision undoes 20 years of climate litigation progress in Australia";
"Russia and Ukraine are important to the renewables transition. Here’s what that means for the climate";
"The local plan to train Lismore’s flotilla of flood rescue tinnies";
"Michael Pascoe: Scott Morrison set precedent for carbon levy";
"Who’s to blame for the energy crisis?";
"Is Remote Work Actually Better for the Environment?";
"Is Behavioral Science the Secret Ingredient for Effective Climate Action?";
"5 Ways the Glasgow Climate Pact Aims to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions";
"3 steps to boost energy security and relieve gas price spikes";
"The Tories railed against ‘green crap’. Why trust them to solve the energy crisis now?";
"War in Ukraine disrupts key supply chains - and lives";
"Carbon removals and rapid decarbonisation needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C";
"UK Government gives £11.6m boost for local authorities to tackle air pollution";
"2022 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill";
"Who Has The Most Historical Responsibility for Climate Change?";
"The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset";
"About the Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP)";
"Before the Next Shock How America Can Build a More Adaptive Global Economy";
"Rebuild or leave? In a flood-prone Tennessee town, one family must decide";
"EPA advises FERC to consider impact of LNG and pipeline project on Biden's climate goals";
"Biden Administration Falls Short on Crucial Climate Goal";
"Can the west slaughter Putin’s sacred cash cow?";
"Will Russia’s War Spur Europe to Move on Green Energy?";
"Former Telegraph Editor Charles Moore Quits Climate Denial Group";
"Climate change: Low water levels at key U.S. reservoir 'putting us in uncharted territory,' expert says";
"Manchin ‘very reluctant’ on electric cars in ominous sign for Biden’s climate fight";
"Environment groups say Coalition plan to bypass federal approvals a ‘step towards industry free-for-all’";
"Is battling back-to-back disasters distracting us from fighting the climate crisis?";
"Sparkling pools, empty taps: Cape Town's stark water divide";
"BlueScope promises steel for first NSW-built wind turbines after securing $55m grant";
"As sea levels rise, coastal megacities will need more than flood-barriers";
"The Big Sneeze: Climate change to make pollen season nastier";
"SES units in flood-hit NSW raised alarm in 2020 that restructure threatened ‘future of the service’";
"Children's climate change case overturned on appeal as Federal Court dismisses government's 'duty of care'";
"Sussan Ley’s appeal hasn’t overturned the facts in climate case";
"Let’s talk about the weather!".
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It was nearly 115 years ago that Dorothea Mackellar wrote lovingly about Australia from her home, at the time in Great Britain, using a stunning array of metaphors in 'My Country' to give her words life and today, put those words, unintentionally, into the mouths of our climate deniers.
The Mayor Lismore, Steve Krieg (pictured), talked about the troubles facing his city, and the people who live there with Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast - "Lismore mayor: 'You'd almost just wish for a bit more humanity from our Federal Government'".
Climate change and public health were discussed on the 'Health Report' - "Climate does impact your health".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Bendigo Sustainability Festival";
"Climb it for Climate";
"Environmental activists disrupt Bafta red carpet in London";
"Why coal is an each-way bet for a government that both backs and undermines it ahead of federal election";
"Tree Planting Is Booming. Here’s How That Could Help, or Harm, the Planet.";
"Gastastrophe" - George Monbiot;
"Beyond the floods: How we win climate justice this election";
"CLIMARTE GALLERY";
"Kogi bans charcoal production";
"PM accused of ignoring warnings on floods";
"Your Induction Stove Is the First Step Toward Plugging In the Whole House";
"Nigel Farage’s hard-right faction won Brexit. Now net-zero is in its sights";
"Maps link air pollution and redlining in 200 US cities";
"All-American Oligarchs: The Big Oil CEOs profiting from war in Ukraine";
"Oil Companies Are Making a Fortune From Soaring Prices. Democrats Want to Take Some of It Back.";
"The Far-Right Is Trying to Blame the Climate Crisis on Immigration";
"Green groups say gas crisis makes transition to renewables even more urgent";
"Half of Ukraine's renewables threatened with destruction, industry body says";
"Here are the countries that import the most Russian oil";
"Climate Change Is Killing Her Country. Who Will Decide if It Lives?";
"How to shift building heat to electric? NY activists have lots of ideas";
"Democrats insist they haven’t abandoned climate goals";
"First a hurricane, now wildfire: Climate disasters are colliding in Florida";
"Frustrated With Utilities, Some Californians Are Leaving the Grid";
"NSW flood: farmer watches as half of 300-cow herd swept away in eastern Australia floods – video";
"American Battery Factory plans battery cell gigafactories to support U.S. storage market";
"A 1972 Black political convention offers a road map for fighting climate change";
"Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?";
"Sun sets on Mexico’s paradise beaches as climate crisis hits home";
"What a researcher learned from monitoring Atlanta’s tree canopy";
"Public, private funds to drive renewable replacement for Latrobe coal";
"‘Lessons have not been learnt’: Royal commission being ignored, experts say";
"‘The government pays out every time’: Experts call for natural disaster insurance scheme";
"Funding boost for ‘single-touch’ environment approval regime";
"‘Humanitarian disaster’: Flood victims call for end to government blame game";
"Over-reliance on volunteers at the peak of the flood emergency in northern NSW must be addressed, locals say";
"Jetties, caravans and fridges displaced by floods float down Hawkesbury River during clean-up";
"Scott Morrison says coal power stations should ‘run as long as they possibly can’";
"Stunning deepwater rose-veiled fairy wrasse confirmed as new species";
"'Appalling' chemical spill in Melbourne's west leaves dead wildlife strewn through waterways";
"Ukraine invasion may lead to worldwide food crisis, warns UN";
"‘It’s bigger than just New England’: mayor during black summer bushfires to run against Barnaby Joyce";
"Microbe's potential for climate change";
"Conservationists buy fishing licence in Great Barrier Reef to create net-free safe haven for dugongs";
"Court reverses climate duty of care ruling";
"Can we raise livestock sustainably? A win-win solution for climate change, deforestation and biodiversity loss";
"Tax cuts? COVID management? On the search for the Morrison government’s legacy (so far)";
"Trees: why they’re our greatest allies against floods – but also tragic victims";
"How New Zealand’s review of ecologically important land could open the door to more mining on conservation land";
"Coalition to allow some projects, including mining, to bypass federal environmental approvals";
"Manipulating the Climate: What Are the Geopolitical Risks?";
"Electric delivery vans set to take off in the US";
"How to get Americans out of cars and onto electric bikes and scooters";
"GM and PG&E to test how EVs can power homes during blackouts";
"Why is California wasting millions on hydrogen fuel pumps?";
"Chart: Outpacing even China, the US takes the lead in grid battery investment";
"How to support fact-based journalism on climate solutions";
"Koch Industries continues doing business in Russia";
"The Big Switch: Australia's Electric Future".
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The recent screening of Damon Gameau's film, "Regenerating Australia" in Shepparton attracted nearly 50 people and ignited a thoughtful conversation about the value and importance of independent candidates in the coming Federal Election.
The independent member for the State seat of Shepparton, Suzanna Sheed (pictured), was on a panel immediately following the screening and so was able to talk with authority about the value and importance of independent politicians.
The ABC's weatherman, Nate Burn, has given sound advice about how to prepare for and cope with both heatwaves and floods.
Listen to the Full Story and you will hear - "Are flood-affected communities getting the help they need?"
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘The LNP are feeling threatened’: the growing ambition of independents challenging Coalition MPs";
"‘We Could Lose It All’: BP’s Bet on Russia Was Always a Gamble";
"Canberra wine region adds drones to climate battle arsenal";
"Really worth a crack’: bringing Tasmania’s giant kelp forests back from the brink"";
"France Cares About Green Causes, but Not Its Green Party";
"Paralympians fear for future of winter sports as climate change takes hold";
"Your independent voice for Mackellar!";
"Recycle like our planet depends on it";
"Sukkar escalates row over pace of disaster response";
"Anxious nation: Eco-grief takes hold as ‘code red for humanity’ hits home";
"Satellite images show NSW floods transform Woodburn in Northern Rivers from sea of green to sea of mud";
"California’s Ambitious High-Speed Rail at a Crossroads";
"Emergency chiefs slam Coalition’s ‘fumbling’ response to floods, claiming they were warned of a potential crisis";
"Research shows voters favour financial relief after disasters, but we need climate action too";
"After the floods, the distressing but necessary case for managed retreat";
"Kelp won’t help: why seaweed may not be a silver bullet for carbon storage after all";
"Morrison government blasted for 'bungling' eastern Australian flood disaster after refusing to heed warnings";
"Sun Cable’s giant Northern Territory solar project gets $210m funding boost";
"Ban Ki-moon warns UK against fracking as world stands at ‘dangerous’ point";
"Tens of thousands march for the climate in France";
"Three things we get wrong about agricultural emissions";
"Why coal is an each-way bet for a government that both backs and undermines it ahead of federal election";
"In Queensland’s food bowl, farmers fear the gas bores from next door";
"Flood disaster response is Black Summer all over again, ex-fire and emergency chiefs say";
"Can these high profile independents running in safe Liberal electorates live up to the hype?";
"Billionaire-backed Sun Cable’s power link edges ‘one step closer";
"Blaming the states for national policy failures won’t wash".
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Dr Chiara Holgate (pictured) is a Hydroclimatologist at the Australian National University, ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes and was interviewed today, March 13, on the ABC's Sunday Extra by Julian Morrow - "Why is the rain so relentless?".
A second event featuring Dr Holgate was also on the ABC and this time it was the podcast ABC News Daily - "Making sense of the endless rain".
Australia's "Climate Council" recently conducted a webinar to help people better understand the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and have just released a recording of the event - "Special Briefing: What you need to know about the latest IPCC Report (Webinar)".
Read here about the challenges facing Scott Morrison - "The cabinet minister organising against Morrison" and listen to "Is Scott Morrison about to be toppled".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Aerial Photo: Race to Zero Emissions, Sat 19 March";
"Gas leak at ConocoPhillips Alaskan drilling site forces some to leave";
"‘It was weirdly functional’: the inside story of the extraordinary evacuation of Ballina hospital";
"‘Next level destruction’: NSW residents detail the moments floods devastated their homes";
"Sydney biennale 2022: amid floods arrives art with an urgent climate message";
"Now is the right time to talk about climate change adaptation";
"Climate change will make QLD’s ecosystems unrecognisable – it’s up to us if we want to stop that";
"Australia has taken a new climate adaptation blueprint to Glasgow. It’s a good start but we need money and detail";
"Senate inquiry on extreme weather won’t help Australia prepare";
"Clean-up or adaptation? ‘Disaster-proofing’ Queensland";
"Experts urge caution when rebuilding after disaster";
"Fire and rain: Scott Morrison seems paralysed by disaster";
"Scott Morrison defends move to leave Queensland off emergency declaration as ADF boosts flood recovery efforts";
"Successive floods take toll on primary producers as clean-up continues";
"Northern NSW flood crisis takes an emotional toll on medical staff involved in rescue and recovery";
"Insurers brace for rising flood damage amid climate change, and they warn you should too";
"Strong Late-Winter Storm Knocks Out Power and Snarls Travel";
"No 10 must not cave into Tory climate sceptics on fracking, says Ed Miliband";
"Press Release: Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe Brings First “Rights of Salmon” Case";
"A New World Energy Order Is Emerging From Putin’s War on Ukraine";
"From soaring gas prices to another world war, economic sanctions can lead to dire unintended consequences";
"Are the devastating floods a continuum in Australia?";
"Bass Strait carbon dioxide to be used in fizzy drinks as Esso Australia works to lower carbon footprint";
"Octopus farming: critics say plans are unethical for ‘exceptionally intelligent animal’";
"How BlackRock, Vanguard, and UBS Are Screwing the World";
"Australia must adapt to climate change as floods ravage Queensland and northern NSW";
"The Case for Preserving Spontaneous Nature in Cities";
"Whatever His Motives, Putin’s War in Ukraine Is Fueled by Oil and Gas";
"Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage, But Is Its Promise an Illusion?";
"Looking to Reduce Emissions, Apparel Makers Turn to Their Factories in the Developing World";
"Biden Administration Stops Short of Electric Vehicle Mandates for Trucks";
"Warming Trends: A Famed Mountain Hut Falls Victim to Warming, Climate Concerns Brazil’s Voters and an Author Explores the Intersection of Environmentalism and Social Justice";
"Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression in Ukraine";
"Will Nigeria’s climate change law put the brakes on gas flaring?";
"Rural bushfire survivors forecast an insurance storm for flood regions";
"Roads ripped apart by NSW and Queensland floods must be rebuilt stronger, councils say";
"Climate change is already impacting the maple sugaring industry";
"Five city-changing ideas for Melbourne’s roads";
"Why does Scott Morrison find it so hard to say sorry? And does it really matter?";
"Can we still afford a home among the gum trees?".
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The movie, the short by truly effective movie, "Regenerating Australia" came to Shepparton last night (March 11) and was watched and enjoyed by about 50 people.
The ABC's 'stats man' Casey Briggs helped people understand more about Australia's recent rains and floods through the story "Understanding the rare weather event that's flooded eastern Australia".
And Yale's Climate Connections talks about "How a coal town is preparing for a future without coal".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Mothers Out Front: mobilizing for a livable climate";
"How La Niña and climate change 'supercharged' the flooding crisis in NSW and Queensland";
"‘The government pays out every time’: Experts call for natural disaster insurance scheme";
"Rising temperatures are posing a threat to our most beloved Aussie animals";
"Govt denies flood funding allocation ‘political’";
"Scott Morrison’s tone-deaf leadership is the last thing traumatised flood victims need. Here are two ways he can do better";
"Offshore wind will come to Australian waters – as long as we pave the way for this new industry";
"In the dark, freezing ocean under Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, we discovered a thriving microbial jungle";
"From field to store to plate, our farmers are increasingly worried about climate change";
"Whether people prepare for natural disasters depends on how the message is sent";
"Big Oil's actions louder than words";
"How oil companies rebranded deceptive climate ads as ‘free speech’";
"What are conservative commentators saying about the floods and climate?";
"The Dulwich Society";
"Queensland Conservation Council";
"‘It’s appalling’: Lismore flood response stirs dark memories in Mallacoota";
"Regenerating Australia";
"Understanding the promise and peril of fusion power: Chimera or climate panacea?";
"Supreme Court hears case on EPA GHGs regulation";
"Weather whiplash dominated U.S. winter 2021-2022";
"Global carbon emissions rebounded to highest level in history in 2021";
"US holds biggest ever offshore wind sale along New York and New Jersey coastline";
"Progress of Energy Transition Accelerates in America";
"Wolf experts warn of ‘extremely abnormal’ behaviour of animal in Minnesota";
"California weighs naming heatwaves to emphasise their deadly nature as third year of drought looks likely";
"‘Defining moment’: how can the US end its dependency on fossil fuels?";
"Putin Is a Fossil-Fuel Gangster. Clean Energy Could Cut Him Off at the Knees";
"Climate Change’s Threat to the Glorious Redwood, Both Here and Afar";
"‘Australia Is Getting Harder to Live In’: Unending Rain, Growing Floods";
"Wildfires likely to increase by a third by 2050, warns UN";
"In heatwave conditions, Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests no longer absorb carbon";
"Mass starvation, extinctions, disasters: the new IPCC report’s grim predictions, and why adaptation efforts are falling behind";
"Millions suffering in deadly pollution ‘sacrifice zones’, warns UN expert";
"Can Alberta help solve Europe’s energy crisis? It’s complicated";
"Unesco to visit Great Barrier Reef as coral bleaching risk rises";
"Washington Post and NPR Ignore the Rural Backlash Against Renewables";
"Bridget McKenzie grilled on Today as anger grows at government flood crisis response";
"The science is settled: The catastrophic result of climate change is playing out in our backyard";
"Sustainable lithium extraction: Taupō’s economic future?";
"Mothers of East Los Angeles";
"Earth is overheating. Millions are already feeling the pain.";
" NYC Climate Families Coalition";
"Biden Restores California’s Power to Set Stringent Tailpipe Rules";
"The physical scars of our warming planet are everywhere";
"Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation";
"Carbon removals and rapid decarbonisation needed to limit global warming to 1.5°C";
"Britishvolt and Aston Martin partner to develop high-performance battery technology";
"Six Months After Hurricane Ida, Recovery for Many In South Louisiana Remains Aspirational While The Risks From Climate Change Increase";
"UN climate change negotiating bloc ejects Russia, condemning its invasion of Ukraine";
"Vanessa Nakate confronts rich world’s ministers over loss and damage";
"Mapping vulnerability: why the IPCC’s geography of climate risk is contentious";
"China plans huge wind and solar power rollout in Gobi desert";
"Around the world, women are putting their lives on the line to defend the climate";
"Climate change is biggest 'dealbreaker' on popular dating app";
"SEC will consider climate disclosure rules for US companies on March 21 – it’s already facing threats of lawsuits";
"Climate change fundamentally affecting European birds, study shows";
"How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle";
"How the Clean-Energy Revolution Is Sweeping Through Markets";
"2024 Volkswagen ID Buzz electric microbus revealed: less flower, more power";
"Is This Finally the Year of the Electric Car?";
"US Banks and Asset Managers Fueled Russian Oil For Years. Now They’re Silent on Ukraine";
"‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out";
"Suddenly, oil companies are upbeat again";
"45M Americans breathing dirty air due to redlining, outlawed 50 years ago: research";
"Coalition canvasses nation’s transformation into knowledge economy, society".
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Victoria's Energy and Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio appeared at a Friends of the Earth (Melbourne) event last night (Thursday, March 10) to talk about the Victorian Government's plans to develop major offshore wind farms.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The Taming of the Slough: Humanity’s History of Trying to Control Water"
"IBC Solar Energy signs two solar parks in Hungary";
"Shell withdraws from 'all Russia hydrocarbons'";
"Smoke from nuclear war would devastate ozone layer, alter climate";
"Communities of Color See Spike in Flood-Related Illness After Hurricanes";
"The GLO discriminated against minorities in Houston and Harris County when denying federal flood relief, HUD says";
"Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire";
"As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, right-wing media is pinning the blame on Greta Thunberg and climate activists";
"The behind-the-scenes plan to protect natural gas stoves and furnaces in Colorado";
"Shining a Light on Suicide Risk for Wildland Firefighters";
"Colorado steel mill goes solar";
"Advancing solutions to climate change, the energy transition and disasters";
"China’s 2060 Climate Change Gambit";
"The Real Brake on America’s Electric-Vehicle Revolution";
"Nuclear, coal, LNG: 'no taboos' in Germany's energy about-face";
"Russia’s Ukraine Invasion Scrambles Biden’s Green Agenda";
"History repeating: Morrison too slow on a natural disaster";
"Tory peer attended Cop26 summit for Russia, UN list shows";
"Sustainability: The Business Imperative for a Brighter Future";
"‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out";
"What are conservative commentators saying about the floods and climate?";
"Parts of Australia suffer drought and low rainfall as La Niña and climate change create weather extremes";
"New health alarm for battered NSW flood regions";
"Afforestation: Communities urged to cooperate, take ownership of projects";
"‘Don’t put lipstick on it’: UN to inspect Great Barrier Reef ahead of critical status decision";
"Flood-affected Australians call for action on climate change";
"RBA heir apparent Guy Debelle unexpectedly quits to join Forrest’s green hydrogen play";
"‘Chilling effect’: Universities criticise minister’s research veto powers";
"‘They will never forget, never forgive’: Flood backlash tipped at polls";
"In Lismore, it’s getting harder to tolerate climate inaction – and Morrison’s cowardly silence spoke volumes";
"Why Do We Still Subsidize Fossil Fuels?";
"Putin’s Megaphone" - George Monbiot;
"170M Americans lost 824M IQ points from leaded gas exhaust";
"Ukraine is a climate story. Because everything is a climate story":
"Conservationists claim that their aim to place thirty per cent of the planet in protected areas by 2030 is supported by science. It isn’t. What the science does and doesn’t say about 30×30";
"How Air Pollution Across America Reflects Racist Policy From the 1930s";
"Is super-polluting Pentagon’s climate plan just ‘military-grade greenwash’?"
"Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds";
"Six promises you can make to help reduce carbon emissions";
"Opposition’s climate confusion a lesson in policy fumble";
"State opposition owes voters a clear climate agenda".
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Retired Admiral Chris Barrie (pictured) questions PM's climate claims during RN Breakfast interview with Patricia Karvelas - "Australia unprepared for climate threats to national security".
Act quickly and you'll get to hear Victoria's Climate and Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio, talk about plans to develop the State's offshore wind farms, courtesy of Melbourne's Friend of the Earth.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Angry locals prepare to confront PM in Lismore";
"Just 0.1% of idling drivers fined in central London, data reveals";
"Severn estuary tidal energy plan back on agenda amid Ukraine crisis";
"Angus Taylor attacks Beetaloo Basin activists and says Australia right to expand fossil fuels";
"When it comes to climate-induced disasters the Coalition wants to save for a rainy day – but it’s already pouring";
"A flood of climate action";
"Home insurance premiums tipped to jump more than 10% after floods";
"History repeating: Morrison too slow on a natural disaster";
"‘I do apologise’: PM Morrison promises more flood support to victims";
"Forward to the past: NSW to stop carbon ratings for major projects, coal mines: What’s the scam?";
"Why the listless reaction from governments, the hush on climate change?";
"Nigeria demands synergy between stakeholders, donors in addressing climate challenges";
"In a disaster zone on the frontline of the climate crisis, the PM resorts to self-serving pontification";
"Bendigo Sustainability Festival 2022";
"Monica Morgan: reflecting on 50 years of activism";
"Radical Plan to Make Earth's Deepest Hole Could Unleash Limitless Energy";
"First come floods, then domestic violence. We need to prepare for the next inevitable crisis";
"Crowdfunding disaster relief offers hope in desperate times. But who gets left behind?";
"Weather forecasts won’t save us – we must pre-empt monster floods years before they hit";
"Higher petrol prices hurt, but cutting the fuel excise would harm long-term energy security";
"Floods left thousands without power. Microgrids could help communities weather the next disaster";
"One in 1,000 years? Old flood probabilities no longer hold water";
"Alan Kohler: The optimists have failed us. Pessimists, please report for duty";
"Scott Morrison’s stage-managed flood tour revives memories of bushfire embarrassment";
"Climate ‘on steroids’ drives extreme flooding in Qld, NSW: Report";
"Anthony Albanese: It’s time to seize a once-in-a-generation opportunity";
"Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment bills";
"Addressing Climate Damages: A Call to Action from the IPCC Report";
"The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.";
"Women’s History Month - Meet Today’s Innovative Leaders";
"We are all Daughters for Earth";
"Insurance fine print may mean thousands of flood victims are unable to claim, report says";
"NSW, Queensland floods on track to be among country's worst-ever natural disasters, Climate Council says";
"Climate 'on steroids' drives extreme flood";
"On Top of Everything Else, Nuclear War Would Be a Climate Problem";
"Shaw’s mixed messages on 1.5C goal';
"The giant puddle that could power NZ";
"Don’t hold your breath for the Govt’s response on emissions targets";
"Is the Amazon rainforest on the verge of collapse?";
"Polluting SUVs will be on roads for the next two decades – what should we do with them?";
"Tyre Extinguishers: activists are deflating SUV tyres in the latest pop-up climate movement";
"Insulate Britain: blocking roads will alienate some people – but it’s still likely to be effective";
"How Extinction Rebellion can make climate action successful without antagonising the public";
"Climate change in Vietnam: impacts and adaptation";
"Wind turbines can breathe new life into our warming seas";
"The UK’s policing bill will make climate activism almost illegal – just when it’s most needed".
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Manik Suri (pictured) through his company "Therma" is working to ensure the temperature of the world is just right - not too hot and not too cold.
Those Goldilocks-like conditions - not too hot, not too cold, but just right - are aimed at ridding the world of its massive food waste numbers, numbers that are, according to Manik, "crazy".
Manik appeared with his counterparts at a New York Times event at last year's Glasgow COP 26 to talk about getting back to basics and building resilient supply chains.
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Jeremy Moss (pictured) was on stage yesterday at the Writers' Week at the Adelaide Festival and warned those listening to the session featuring himself and Professor Ian Lowe, "Bad Energy", that we, Australia, needed to be careful of the company we keep.
Both were at the festival because of their most recent books: "Long Half-Life: The Nuclear Industry in Australia" by Ian Lowe; and "Carbon Justice: The scandal of Australia’s biggest contribution to climate change" by Jeremy Moss.
The challenges of insurance during the present troubles in Queensland and New South Wales were discussed on the ABC's RN Breakfast this morning in a session - "Climate change will reshape how and where we live".
The Climate Council also staged a special webinar to celebrate, acknowledge and recognise International Women's Day and the leader of Australian Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, Jo Dodds, gave an impassioned presentation.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"African nations reiterate commitment to accelerate SDGs achievement";
"International Women’s Day: Group clamours gender equality, clean cooking";
"NNPC introduces new project approval method to curb gas flaring";
"EV Special Report: Subsidise cars before coal";
"Sydney deluge turns deadly, Manly Dam spills";
"Don’t let high energy prices derail UK green agenda, say climate experts";
"How important is Russian oil and how high could prices go?";
"After the floods, Mullumbimby is a disaster zone. But the community pulls together like no other";
"Greater Sydney smashed by floods with winds set to cause more chaos";
"‘How bad will it get?’: Scientists brace for Great Barrier Reef bleaching";
"Tell Chubb Executives to Drop Fossil Fuel Projects";
"Live Updates: Biden Bans Russian Oil Imports and Major U.S. Brands Close Outlets";
"E.P.A. to Tighten Tailpipe Rules for the Biggest Polluters on the Road";
"Wildfires in Florida Panhandle Prompt Evacuations";
"Can the UK wean itself off Russian energy?";
"Civil Rights Lawyers Ben Crump and Jasmine Rand Lead an International Coalition of Attorneys to Call on UN to Condemn Discrimination Against Africans In Ukraine";
"Amazon Is Less Able to Recover From Droughts and Logging, Study Finds";
"EXCLUSIVE Wall Street regulator to propose climate risk rule as early as next Wednesday -sources";
"Check out the most popular houseplants around the world";
"Biden is expected to ban Russian oil imports into the United States.";
"The Largest Oil and Gas Companies in the World";
"Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects";
"‘Women of the wild’: the platform giving India’s nature experts a voice";
"'Tough 24 hours ahead' as rains drench Sydney, forcing snap evacuations";
"The Bible is full of passages about caring for the Earth";
"Supreme Court hears case on EPA GHGs regulation";
"CDP reveals only a third of companies that disclosed in 2021 have climate transition plans";
"Russia threatens Europe’s gas supplies as west mulls oil import ban over Ukraine invasion";
"Half of US adults were exposed to harmful lead levels as kids, study finds";
"Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows";
"The Amazon Rainforest Is at Risk of Becoming Savanna";
"More politicians back expanding Australia’s cyclone reinsurance scheme to cover fires and floods";
"Climate change: EU unveils plan to end reliance on Russian gas";
"Sydney experiences wettest start to the year since records began in 1859";
"This is the future for natural disasters: the cavalry won’t be coming";
"Farmers’ report warns climate crisis puts Australia’s food supply at increasing risk";
"Sydney floods captured on social media as roads turn into rivers and cars become boats";
"‘A year’s worth of landfill’: what will happen to all the waste from flood-damaged homes in Queensland and NSW?";
"Anthony Albanese to embrace Labor luminary Bob Hawke’s consensus style if ALP wins election";
"Farmers warn climate crisis will empty shelves and raise food prices";
"Michael Pascoe: Australia riding on its freeloading carbon industries";
"4000-year-old oyster shells reveal how climate change transformed ancient societies";
"EXCLUSIVE U.N. climate chief: Ukraine crisis must not delay global action";
"The floods have killed at least 21 Australians. Adapting to a harsher climate is now a life-or-death matter";
"Under-resourced and undermined: as floods hit south-west Sydney, our research shows councils aren’t prepared";
"As the army joins the flood clean-up, locals wonder why help took so long";
"Renewable Energy Shouldn’t Be Blamed for Spiking Energy Prices — It's the Solution".
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Australian Parents for Climate Action want action now! and the group is saying "Support Climate Action. Host a sign!"
A "Startup company works to develop elusive solid-state battery technology" is working to build a better battery.
Dr Erlijn van Genuchten writes about "5 Ways To Make Climate Action Communication More Effective".
The Guardian reports about "‘Unscientific’: Morrison government wanted IPCC to say Great Barrier Reef ‘not yet in crisis’".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Locals take charge of NSW floods helicopter food and rescue efforts amid frustration with ADF";
"Severe weather warning extended to cover much of eastern NSW, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast";
"IPCC Report: The Climate Crisis Requires Solutions That Do It All";
"Nigel Farage slammed after launching Brexit-style campaign for 'referendum on net zero'";
"Stop the proposed Third Runway at Melbourne Airport petition";
"Bet the Farm with Gabrielle Chan and Anika Molesworth" - Chaired by Natasha Mitchell;
"Saving the planet doesn’t come cheap: Cannon-Brookes’ tilt for AGL hits price wall";
"Evacuation warning for thousands in NSW, ahead of dangerous storms";
"‘BS, to be frank’: Barnaby Joyce in heated Sunrise clash";
"Inflation on track for 14-year high as floods and war drive up prices";
"‘Lasting changes’: Oil fears ignite prices for Australian energy giants";
"South-east Queensland flood damage bill revised to cost up to $2.5b but return to surplus remains on track, Treasurer says";
"Who is Mike Cannon-Brookes: The billionaire tech entrepeneur who tried to buy Australia's biggest energy provider AGL";
"Flood fears for parts of NSW, authorities warn";
"Our climate solutions are failing - and Big Oil’s fingerprints are all over them";
"Victoria’s offshore wind plan is biggest thing since Loy Yang. Shame the media missed it";
"Germany to spend $220 billion for industrial transformation by 2026";
"The east coast rain seems endless. Where on Earth is all the water coming from?";
"‘The sad reality is many don’t survive’: how floods affect wildlife, and how you can help them";
"NYC’s First Net Zero Community Brings Housing to Storm-Ravaged Neighborhood";
"NZ’s fair contribution to the climate fight";
"A treaty to tame our ‘Wild West’ oceans";
"Business needs to urgently embrace climate resilience";
"Flood-hit NSW residents face ‘wet and dangerous’ week of weather";
"Two bodies found after car discovered in Western Sydney floodwaters";
"Dugongs, turtles will starve after floods";
"Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows";
"The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe";
"‘We’re not the party of 2018’: State Liberals adopt net-zero target";
"PM says further assistance coming as ‘rain bomb’ set to cost Queensland billions – as it happened";
"’Forget it’: Warning for NSW floods after deluge sparked transport chaos across Sydney";
"Pitt uses Russian invasion to justify another handout for gas drilling in Beetaloo Basin";
"Daintree rainforest residents a step closer to getting power from solar-to-hydrogen microgrid";
"Coalition shortlist for nuclear submarines base were not in Defence’s top five in 2011 review";
"Chefs lead volunteers to feed NSW flood victims in absence of government food relief";
"ADF defends floods response after Lismore residents organise helicopters for supply drops";
"Climate crisis: Amazon rainforest tipping point is looming, data shows";
"US beef industry emerges from Biden’s climate pledges ‘relatively unscathed’";
"What to Do With Spring’s Wild Joy in a Burning World";
"Understanding the promise and peril of fusion power: Chimera or climate panacea?";
"What if the Mid-Atlantic’s worst nor’easter on record struck today?";
"The First Step Toward Saving the Planet Is Ignoring the Economists";
"Sweltering Cities".
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Listen to an interview with Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory on "Climate Conversations".
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Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory (pictured) is from near the small northern Victorian town of Murchison but is now the Director of the Centre for Business, Climate Change, and Sustainability and lectures inClimate Change and Business Strategy, at the University of Edinburgh Business School.
Dr Ivory, who is on a sabbatical, has been living near her family with her husband and two children, who have been at school in Shepparton getting a true taste of life in Australia.
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Jane Golding (pictured) from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology discusses the continuing crisis in New South Wales and Queensland in the story: "NSW residents warned to prepare again as more dangerous weather forecast".
A story from The Guardian quotes the Climate Council pointing out that climate change is not a footnote to the story of what's happening in NSW and Qld, it is the story - "Climate Council says too many leaders are silent on global heating’s role in ‘megafloods’".
In 'Making Money Easy' Gillian Bowen talks about flooding in NSW and Qld and war in Ukraine in "Energy costs - the impact of war and disasters".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Indigenous fight for ‘water justice’ intensifies as Victoria hands back Murray-Darling entitlement";
"The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors";
"From bushfires, to floods, to COVID-19: how cumulative disasters can harm our health and erode our resilience";
"Floods can worsen inequality. Here are 4 ways we can ensure people with disabilities aren’t left behind";
"You can’t talk about disaster risk reduction without talking about inequality";
"Perrottet defends NSW flood response amid Lismore anger as Qld death toll rises";
"Wildfire on South Korea's east coast threatens nuclear and liquefied natural gas plants";
"Central banks should ignore soaring energy costs";
"The Fake-Meat Revolution Has Stalled";
"‘Everything Boris Johnson says is just slogans’: the 14-year-old school climate striker fighting to save the oceans";
"Big Oil is exiting Russia. What does that mean for the climate?";
"Q&A: Has the IPCC’s bleak warning of climate breakdown been heard?";
"Activists Deplore the Human Toll and Environmental Devastation from Russia’s Unprovoked War of Aggression in Ukraine";
"‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts";
"Q&A: Gov. Jay Inslee’s Thoughts on Countering Climate Change in the State of Washington and Beyond";
"Warming Trends: Banning a Racist Slur on Public Lands, and Calculating Climate’s Impact on Yellowstone, Birds and Banks";
"Five key points in the IPCC report on climate change impacts and adaptation";
"Crypto, clean cars and Arnold: Super Bowl ads on the climate crisis";
"Ukraine is a climate story. Because everything is a climate story";
"The Observer view on Ukraine and the climate emergency";
"Worse weather and more floods: The IPCC report contains warnings Australia should heed";
"IPCC report: Australian coral, kelp, alpine and some forest ecosystems at risk of irreversible damage due to climate change";
"AGL rejects higher bid from Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield, potentially ending takeover push";
"Sydney news: Rail commuters warned of delays due to impact of severe weather";
"‘Beyond dire’: how the Queensland and NSW floods are worsening the rental crisis";
"Man found dead after being swept off road during severe storms in Queensland";
"Oil spills: A major marine ecosystem threat";
"Conservationists call for tighter rules around tree removal as aerial images show Adelaide's canopy coverage is shrinking";
"Extinction crisis: native mammals are disappearing in Northern Australia, but few people are watching";
"IPCC reports still exclude Indigenous voices. Come join us at our sacred fires to find answers to climate change";
"People could’ve prepared for the floods better if the impacts of weather forecasts were clearly communicated";
"NSW flood cleanup continues as south-east Queensland again lashed by thunderstorms";
"Alan Kohler: Some difficult, expensive decisions will have to be made by whoever wins this election";
"‘Uninsurable’: Bleak outlook for once-idyllic riverside homes amid climate crisis";
"Australia must adapt to climate change as floods ravage Queensland and northern NSW";
"Climate perceptions towards climatic evolution";
"The squit and the whale: can artificial faeces revive the ocean ecosystem?";
"HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys £3.3mn stake in Gen2 Energy".
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Ruby Jones has said on 7 am from Schwartz Media that Australia is far behind the rest of the world in terms of its attention to climate change and author, Tim Winton, has told ABC radio in Western Australia that in relation to climate change "last drinks was a long time ago".
“Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same” - that's the kicker headline from story on Medium by Even Reginal H. - "Climate Change: An Inevitable Doom Coming For Us". Check out the short video clip.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Coles gears up to deliver groceries by drone in Australian first";
"Anatomy of a ‘rain bomb’: scientists strive to understand phenomenon that caused Australia’s east coast floods";
"Tim Winton: Big Daddy Gas";
"Revealed: Energy companies turn on Angus Taylor";
"Videos from the flood crisis that shocked and inspired us this week";
"Six tips you need to know about getting an insurance payout on your property";
"Make Solar Easy" – Lighter Footprints:
"A greener economy: how we make sustainability central to business".
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Marta Gomez (pictured) uses the creativity of song to help us better understand peace, one of the essential ingredients needed to enable the world to avoid the worst of climate change.
The World Citizen Artists sees the solution to many of the world's dilemmas in creativity and here presents Marta Gomez singing the "Anti-war song".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Can we save coral reefs? | Problem Solved";
"‘All life on Earth is vulnerable to a changing climate’";
"Anne Salmond: IPCC report condemns forestry use planned by NZ";
"IPCC Report Calls Out ‘Vested Interests’ Delaying Climate Action";
"Energy Transfer Continued Work After Telling Investors Mariner East Pipeline Was Completed";
"Republicans at CPAC Say ‘Drill Dummy Drill’ in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine";
"U.S. liquefied natural gas export capacity will be world’s largest by end of 2022";
"U.S. Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion to Push for More Drilling at Home";
"End global fossil fuel addiction that feeds Putin’s war machine";
"Before Invasion, Ukraine’s Lithium Wealth Was Drawing Global Attention";
"Private Report Shows How Amazon Drastically Undercounts Its Carbon Footprint";
"Only 6% of G20 pandemic recovery spending ‘green’, analysis finds";
"A Philadelphia couple wrote a children’s book to help parents have ‘The Climate Talk’";
"How to address the looming crisis of climate anxiety";
"Climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: A nexus?";
"Six behavior changes that can heal people and the planet";
"Designing and Delivering an Equitable Net Zero Future in the U.S.: Climate-Smart Infrastructure Investment Implementation";
"UN climate report urges world to adapt now, or suffer later";
"IPCC report spotlights mental health impacts of climate change";
"Scientists warn seawalls can make rising waters worse in the long run";
"Five takeaways from the UN’s 2022 climate impacts report";
"Revealed: How rich and at-risk nations fought over science of climate impacts";
"We must disrupt Davos culture to end decades of failure on climate";
"High-risk geoengineering technologies won’t reverse climate breakdown";
"Ukrainian official calls for Russian fossil fuel boycott at UN Environment Assembly";
"Defending girls’ rights at the intersection of the climate crisis and Covid-19";
"How African youth are helping to define climate adaptation";
"Ford announces new plans to strengthen operation and scale EVs";
"This company wants you to feed insects to your dog";
"IPCC report: Seven key findings for Asia, from sea level rise to glacial flooding";
"Climate crisis poses global risk to biodiversity causing mass mortality events and threatening food shortages, IPCC report warns";
"Cities facing flooding and ‘unbearable’ heat but key to tackling climate crisis, UN report says";
"Floods and livestock losses leave NSW and Queensland farmers reeling from third disaster in three years";
"How Clever Marketing Sold the World The Myth of the Carbon Footprint";
"‘Unscientific’: Morrison government wanted IPCC to say Great Barrier Reef ‘not yet in crisis’";
"UN, Cairo Discuss Preparations for COP27 Climate Conference";
"Analysis-Big Oil's plastic boom threatens U.N.'s 'historic' pollution pact".
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Listen to the "Full Story" from The Guardian and you will hear about "the atlas of human suffering".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors";
"Morrison’s deathly silence on IPCC report as floods devastate east coast";
"“A misinformation ecosystem:” Scott Morrison’s climate ads given Public Disservice Award";
"IPCC report: Australian coral, kelp, alpine and some forest ecosystems at risk of irreversible damage due to climate change";
"David Ross: Scotland needs more public ownership to keep communities alive and thriving";
"Transformational change is coming to how people live on Earth, UN climate adaptation report warns: Which path will humanity choose?";
"‘Extremely unstable’: Qld to be smashed by dangerous storms";
"Refillable groceries to be made available to every UK shopper";
"Lobbyist opposed to UK petrol cars ban is director of fuel additive firm";
"War Abroad and Politics at Home Push U.S. Climate Action Aside";
"Feeling overwhelmed by world events? Treat yourself the way you would a friend";
"There is no comprehending the sound and fury of the flooding that pulverised Brisbane";
"Climate change: IPCC scientists on the narrowing window to adapt – podcast";
"Stalled weather: how stuck air pressure systems drive floods and heatwaves";
"New Zealand farmers and growers are already adapting to changing climate conditions – just not enough";
"As industry lines up to take water from a wild Top End river, trees tell the story of a much drier past";
"We can’t keep relying on charities and the food industry to supply food after disasters – the government must lead";
"Europe looks to fossil fuels as Russian invasion sends energy shockwaves";
"‘Atlas of human suffering’: More drought, fire and flood, less snow and coral, UN report says";
"‘Face reality’: Don’t build in flood-prone areas, resilience boss says";
"The End of Oil Drilling in L.A.";
"Are eastern Australia’s catastrophic floods really a one-in-1,000 year event?";
"Zali Steggall reveals plan for net zero, says current disasters just “tip of the iceberg”";
"Greens unveil $25bn grid plan to deliver 700 per cent renewables vision";
"We cling to our memory of the perfect summer – before flood, fire and plague. But the past is gone and we have to wake up";
"The power of the sun: cleaning water and charging cell phones in the Navajo Nation";
"What is the IPCC climate change report – and what does it say?";
"This climate crisis report asks: what is at stake? In short, everything";
"Impact of climate crisis much worse than predicted, says Alok Sharma";
"Being the Change - Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution";
"Three Critical Factors In The End-Permian Mass Extinction";
"Federal Election Petition";
"Drumbeat - Melbourne Changemakers Gathering";
"Qld flood toll rises, as two states begin enormous clean-up";
"Coal-fired power in Australia could be over within 10 years concedes lobbyist Ian Macfarlane";
"Fast fashion is getting faster with data-driven designs but experts worry about its environmental impact";
"Too much water? Argentina farm belt rains mark shift away from drought fears";
"Climatologists: Drought to worsen in Oregon, Idaho this year";
"Stalled weather: how stuck air pressure systems drive floods and heatwaves";
"Oil and gas prices reach highest point in nearly a decade";
"When It Comes to Climate Change, Wealth Equals Adaptation";
"Energy Abundance Is Possible And Europe Shows Us Why It Is Necessary";
"Editorial: The other doomsday: Climate change isn’t as flashy as war, but just as much of a threat";
"Ford Christens EV Unit As Model e — A Name Elon Musk Was After For Tesla Sedan In 2014";
"More than a million homes to be powered by offshore wind energy under ‘game-changing’ Victorian plan";
"Cool it for Climate";
"‘Rain Bomb’ Hits Northeastern Australia, Killing at Least 9";
"Turn down heating by 1C to reduce need for Russian imports, Europeans told";
"Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened";
"Window to save ourselves from climate change 'rapidly closing', IPCC warns".
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Zali Steggall (pictured), who represents the Federal Seat of Warringah, organized and hosted a forum just last night, Thursday, March 3, entitled "Climate Leadership".
Zali was joined by Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance Australasia; the CEO of Beyond Zero Emissions, Heidi Lee; and Tim Flannery from the Climate Council.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Dr Simon Bradshaw (pictured) helps us better understand the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the explainer: "Breaking Down the Latest IPCC Report".
Also, the "Big Ideas in Action" podcast from the World Resources Institute gives us "A Deeper Dive Into Electric Mobility."
And from Mint we hear about the evolving challenges for India being brought on by a changing climate.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Risks of climate change are ‘unavoidable’ and growing deadlier, says UN climate report";
"Sydney Environment Institute";
"How do we force our leaders to lead and ourselves to take action in the face of multiple crises?";
"As extreme weather ravages the Pacific, there is much to do and no time to waste";
"'Prepare now’: Woman dies, as lethal weather heads for Sydney";
"What caused the ‘rain bomb’? How the unprecedented Queensland and NSW 2022 floods unfolded";
"Climate Change Brings Extreme, Early Impact to South America";
"Aussie farms face 'disruption and decline' due to climate change: IIPC report";
"Dorset police’s shiny HQ could pose ‘lethal threat’ to birds, says council";
"California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat";
"How one of Florida’s most beloved animals may be close to climate extinction";
"Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds";
"How Climate Change Affects Health and How Countries Can Respond";
"‘Fudged’: Has the federal government spent $17b on disaster relief?";
"Climate change will cost Australia hundreds of billions of dollars: UN report";
"Europe looks to fossil fuels as Russian invasion sends energy shockwaves";
"Renewable energy drives fall in Australia’s carbon pollution";
"Our climate window is closing, this is what needs to happen";
"The climate-change changes the politicians don’t want to talk about";
"While Australia fights for coal, the Pacific fights for its survival";
"‘We can’t wait to fix this’: Why the latest IPCC report should spur action";
"The facts we need to face if Australia’s coastal towns are to survive devastation";
"We must adapt how we live in face of floods, fires";
"The IPCC climate report is grim – but there is still room for hope";
"Britain’s weather is becoming ever more extreme. Why are we failing to prepare?";
"Supreme Court Considers Limiting E.P.A.’s Ability to Address Climate Change";
"U.S. Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion to Push for More Drilling at Home";
"Time Is Running Out to Avert a Harrowing Future, Climate Panel Warns";
"Athens Is Only Getting Hotter. Its New ‘Chief Heat Officer’ Hopes to Cool It Down";
"‘Adapt or Die,’ U.K. Environment Agency Warns on Climate Change";
"A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us.";
"Sea Ice Around Antarctica Reaches a Record Low";
"These Climate Scientists Are Fed Up and Ready to Go on Strike";
"Sale of Leases for Wind Farms Off New York Raises More Than $4 Billion";
"China Banished Cryptocurrencies. Now, ‘Mining’ Is Even Dirtier.";
"Extreme heat raises risk for mental health crises in U.S., study finds";
"Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)";
"Natural gas flares were behind dozens of early deaths in 2019";
"IPCC report forecasts impending and unavoidable climate hazards over the next two decades";
"UK Government announces boost for new renewable energy storage technologies";
"Sea-level rise could bring toxic floods to California coast";
"Climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: A nexus?";
"New IPCC report highlights urgency of climate change impacts";
"The Latest U.N. Climate Report Paints Another Grim Picture";
"Reef protection money is useless if we're still refusing to properly cut emissions";
"What does the IPCC climate report mean for the Pacific";
"Huge renewable energy deal for 25 councils in NSW";
"Why scientists are 'weeding' coral reefs";
"NSW's severe weather hits Sydney; fourth death confirmed in Lismore";
"Canadian filmmaker, Avi Lewis";
"Climate Emergency Australia";
"UK overrules scientific advice by lifting ban on bee-harming pesticide";
"EXCLUSIVE Tax energy firms' windfall profits to raise green cash, EU to tell countries - sources";
"In Lismore, this is more than a flood, it is a catastrophe – and I am still praying we will be saved";
"Want to help people affected by floods? Here’s what to do – and what not to";
"IPCC report: Coastal cities are sentinels for climate change. It’s where our focus should be as we prepare for inevitable impacts";
"As petrol prices rise, will carbon emissions come down?";
"Flood death toll mounts as Australians brace for more wild weather";
"How India Can Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action";
"Summary for Policymakers Headline Statements";
"After the floods comes the disaster of underinsurance: we need a better plan";
"‘One of the most extreme disasters in colonial Australian history’: climate scientists on the floods and our future risk";
"George Monbiot: Regenesis";
"Britain’s weather is becoming ever more extreme. Why are we failing to prepare?";
"The High Cost of Ikea Furniture";
"Tasmania endures driest summer in 40 years, fourth driest since 1900";
"Climate change: IPCC report reveals how inequality makes impacts worse – and what to do about it";
"On land and sea, climate change causing 'irreversible' losses: UN":
"Addressing global warming".
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Atiya Jaffar (pictured), the senior digital specialist for 350.org in Canada, was the host for an event titled, "A Conversation With Climate Leaders: Where do we go next?"
350.org Canada and Council of Canadians held a conversation with community organizers Anjali Appadurai, Avi Lewis and local organizers to discuss the implications of the latest IPCC report on the climate emergency, and how we organize to win critical climate action to transition off fossil fuels fast.
The webinar began with a "moment's silence" among attendees to recognize the events presentlyricocheting around the world.
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Greater Shepparton's Environment Manager, Sharon Terry (pictured), has implored people to get involved with a council plan to ensure the city has a climate-safe future.
Residents can do that by completing the questionnaire/survey at "Our Climate Safe Future", which is a part of the City of Greater Shepparton website.
The move to create a climate-safe future for all Greater Shepparton residents is a collaborative effort with the city being aligned with "Climate Emergency Australia".
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Professor Lesley Hughes (pictured) outlines some of the details from the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and paints a startling picture about the need for the world to act immediately and in unison.
Professor Hughes is a member of the Climate Council and was one of four speakers at today's media briefing staged by the council.
Climate matters were front and centre everywhere today with two reports on the ABC's RN Breakfast program - the first being a discussion with Professor Mark Howden - "Climate report says urgent action required" and the second an interview with the Federal Member for Page, Kevin Hogan - "Flood devastated Lismore a "train wreck": Kevin Hogan".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Russian official apologises for war in Ukraine at UN climate meet";
"A Climate Change Book That Is Not Based On Fear";
"Flood victims have ‘lost everything’ in northern NSW disaster";
"Major new report says it's not too late to stop runaway climate damage";
"Drinking water can be a dangerous cocktail for people in flood areas";
"Don’t go wading in flood water if you can help it. It’s health a risk for humans – and dogs too";
"Mass starvation, extinctions, disasters: the new IPCC report’s grim predictions, and why adaptation efforts are falling behind";
"New IPCC report shows Australia is at real risk from climate change, with impacts worsening, future risks high, and wide-ranging adaptation needed";
"6 Big Findings from the IPCC 2022 Report on Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability";
"2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report";
"OPINION: Big changes are needed for more sustainable, inclusive transport";
"Vision Zero Challenge Recognizes Four Cities for Strides in Road Safety";
"Labor criticises Coalition for not spending more from emergency fund amid severe flooding";
"What Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Possibly Mean for Climate Change";
"What caused the ‘rain bomb’? How the unprecedented Queensland and NSW 2022 floods unfolded";
"Queensland, NSW floods live updates: Deluge hits northern NSW, Queenslanders wait for waters to recede";
"Tim Winton uses Perth Festival address to denounce fossil fuel reliance, arts sponsorship";
"Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns";
"Aerial Photo: Race to Zero Emissions, Sat 19 March".
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The mayor of Lismore Shire, Steve Kreig, was interviewed by Patricia Karvelas on RN Breakfast this morning in a discussion about "Northern NSW braces for intensifying flood crisis".
The University of New South Wales has a wonderful podcast covering a host of interesting and fascinating ideas, and you can access them here: "UNSW Centre for Ideas Podcast".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"South-east Queensland weather emergency live updates: Fears for people missing in floodwaters as Brisbane River peaks, record water level reached in Lismore";
"Zali Steggall, MP Climate Leadership Forum";
"Ireland Looks to Pass Media Law Pushing Climate Change Propaganda";
"Economics: How An Intelligent Society Would Deal With Climate Change";
"Breaking up: ice loss is changing one Anishinaabe fisherman’s relationship with Lake Superior";
"Evacuation orders amid deadly Qld, NSW floods";
"Life-threatening floods forecast for Queensland as Sydney records wettest summer in 30 years";
"U.S. Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion to Push for More Drilling at Home";
"Humpback whales removed from Australia’s threatened species list but feeding grounds still at risk";
"Very hungry bear ‘Hank the Tank’ is in fact three bears, DNA shows";
"The Saboteurs" - George Monbiot;
"Climate change drives rise in extreme lake water temperatures";
"Vatican launches online platform to help Catholics fight climate change";
"UK Government announces funding to ensure households cut costs while reaching climate targets";
"Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows";
"Pitt re-issues government millions to Beetaloo gas projects after court slap down";
"One way to combat Russia? Move faster on clean energy";
"Access to green energy is shipping's greatest challenge";
"Electricity 4.0 'fastest route to net-zero and carbon free'";
"Eurocell shortlists three countries for European Gigafactory";
"‘A very anxious night’: City under siege as south-east flood crisis deepens";
"Poorest areas of England have less than third of garden space enjoyed by richest";
"Orange Book 2022: Policy priorities for the federal government";
"UN report warns climate change could spur 50% more wildfires by 2100";
"Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Lowest Level Since 1970s";
"Republicans Respond to World-Historical Drought by Propping Up Fossil Fuels";
"America’s largest inland port is running out of water";
"The Case for Good News in Climate Coverage";
"Panama Enacts a Rights of Nature Law, Guaranteeing the Natural World’s ‘Right to Exist, Persist and Regenerate’";
"In this age of climate crisis, humanitarians need to learn to love tech";
"'Unrelenting' Queensland flood emergency claims another life as state braces for more heavy rain";
"Like rivers in the sky: the weather system bringing floods to Queensland will become more likely under climate change";
"1 in 5 fossil fuel projects overshoot their original estimations for emissions. Why are there such significant errors?";
"Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine push Europe towards energy independence and faster decarbonisation?";
"AGL said no to a $5 billion bid, but it isn’t over – here’s how takeover bids work";
"10 Steps to Personal Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate";
"The Canadian Government Is Funding A Researcher Who Spent Years Denying Climate Science";
"‘It’s not rocket science’: how the world’s fastest parrot could be saved";
"Eighth death confirmed in Queensland floods but missing Goodna man found alive";
"Lismore flood emergency sees people stranded on roofs, evacuation warning issued for entire NSW Northern Rivers";
"Lismore flood: hundreds rescued and thousands evacuated as NSW city hit by worst flooding in history";
"Flood trauma resurfaces from 2011 as Lockyer Valley couple escape with their lives – again";
"Thinktank linked to tech giant Canon under pressure to remove ‘dangerous’ climate articles";
"Floods in south-east Queensland and northern NSW: what has happened and which areas could be hit next";
"Emergency services struggle as ‘life-threatening’ flood crisis worsens";
"AR6 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability".
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Sam Birrell (pictured) is passionate and committed to making this place, the Federal Seat of Nicholls, a thriving, better and more exciting spot to live, even within the confines of a changing climate.
Sam had become well-known as the CEO of the Committee for Greater Shepparton where he was able to demonstrate and put into practice his enthusiasm for and commitment to the Goulburn Valley.
You can find out more about Sam and his role as the National Party candidate through the website "Sam Birrell for Nicholls".
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The rather beautiful Capitol Theatre in Melbourne's Swanston Street was the venue for an equally beautiful forum "Why a Call to Art" staged by "Climarte" as a part of the month-long "National Sustainable Living Festival".
Dr Lara Stevens was the host and the additional presenters were Professor Brian Martin, Professor Patricia Piccinini and Dr Jen Rae.
The forum was introduced by Jo Lane from Climarte and the Melbourne City Council (a major sponsor) was represented by Rohan Leppert.
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Zoe Daniel (pictured) and former reporter with the ABC, actually a foreign correspondent, was one of two speakers at a webinar organized by the Bayside Climate Crisis Action Group (BCCAG).
Zoe, through her work, has had powerful encounters with the practical realities of the climate crisis is standing as an independent candidate for the seat of Goldstein in the forthcoming Federal Election.
Inventor, engineer and author, Saul Griffith, was the guest on a webinar organized by The Australia Institute.
Saul Griffith talked about his new book, "The Big Switch", and the importance of Australia electrifying everything.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The Zambian company turning tyres into fuel";
"Damp, sticky, record-breaking: La Nina delivers a ‘classic’ summer";
"Climate change could cause more septic system failures";
"What the latest science says about Antarctica and sea-level rise";
"Building a sustainable future requires "green" skills";
"Germany puts a stop to Nord Stream 2, a key Russian natural gas pipeline.";
"Black carbon pollution from tourism and research increasing Antarctic snowmelt, study says";
"Dakota Access Pipeline operator loses legal battle";
"FACT SHEET: Securing a Made in America Supply Chain for Critical Minerals";
"Ohio road budget could run out of fuel as drivers switch to electric vehicles";
"Toyota and Yamaha are developing a hydrogen-fueled V8 engine";
"China lithium deposit discovered near Mount Everest may be boon in push to secure critical resource";
"Meet Peat, the unsung hero of carbon capture";
"How a high-tech twist on a 19th-century process could clean up steel and cement making";
"What winter weather forecasts, wildfires and mosquitoes mean for our health";
"Maryland must reduce its natural gas consumption";
"Democrats’ Anti-Energy Agenda Hurts Working Families and Helps Putin";
"Opinion: PUC proposal to alter rooftop solar policy hurts working families";
"Biden Joins Europe in Punishing Russia With Sanctions";
"We Must Learn to Look at Grief, Even When We Want to Run Away";
"Italy’s Push to Create Greener Cities Led to $5 Billion in Fraud";
"Almost 15,000 ‘ghost flights’ have left UK since pandemic began";
"Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows";
"A fifth of Australia’s fossil fuel facilities emit more greenhouse gas than originally estimated, report says";
"Electrify everything – a blueprint for decarbonising Australia";
"Vegetarians have 14% lower cancer risk than meat-eaters, study finds";
"‘Danger to life’ warnings in West Midlands after flooding";
"Sunlight helps clean up oil spills in the ocean more than previously thought";
"Limitless power arriving too late: why fusion won’t help us decarbonise":
"Why the Australian government should welcome Mike Cannon-Brookes’ plan to takeover AGL";
"Greens unveil $19bn plan to subsidise coal workers to transition away from fossil fuel jobs";
"Major Queensland coal port to investigate pivot to green hydrogen exports";
"Broken coral fragments now reproducing in major milestone for Great Barrier Reef program";
"UK backs Australian invented hydrogen storage tech to cut use of fossil fuels";
"Facebook overlooks half the climate denial content on its platform, study finds";
"Climate change: effect on forests could last millennia, ancient ruins suggest";
"Europe’s next climate challenge: Getting off Russian gas";
"Obesity crisis: Chemicals in plastics appear to drive weight gain";
"Ministry’s extreme weather budget boosted amid droughts and floods";
"Until airlines tackle the scourge of ‘ghost flights’, Britain will never reach net-zero";
"Dennis Meadows on the 50th anniversary of the publication of The Limits to Growth";
"Newsletter: Here’s how California plans to spend $37 billion fighting climate change";
"Supreme court case could restrict Biden’s effort to tackle climate crisis";
"Wildfires getting worse globally with governments unprepared, UN warns";
"BOM outlook signals a wetter-than-average autumn";
"Damp, sticky, record-breaking: La Nina delivers a ‘classic’ summer";
"Revel launches all-electric, all-employee ride-sharing service in NY";
"‘Green Schools Challenge’ teaches Miami kids about climate problem, solutions";
"The state of Arctic ice – and why it matters".
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The Geelong-based "The Sustainable Hour" has just published its 400th episode - congratulations to Mik Aidt and his team, what a wonderful effort.
Free gifts are not something I can overlook and just recently when leaving a lecture by Saul Griffith in which he talked about his new book, "The Big Switch", there, in the foyer, was a range of free things, including the Margaret Klein Salmon book, "Facing the Climate Emergency".
Other Quick Climate Links for today:
"75% of people want single-use plastics banned, global survey finds";
"Energy issues firmly in the spotlight at Sustainability Live";
"Why is a tech billionaire trying to buy Australia’s dirtiest energy company AGL?";
"Farmers in England and Wales ‘face toughest times in a generation’";
"Shrewsbury residents frustrated as floods grow more frequent";
"Welcome to the Celsius Initiative!";
"Energy poverty in the climate crisis: what Australia and the European Union can learn from each other";
"Show fierce opposition to Keith Pitt's fracking handout";
"Pauline Hanson v the gas giants: who would have thought?";
"How Scott Morrison might junk the Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield mega-bid for AGL";
"Santos has paid tax! What’s the scam?";
"‘Zero’ chance Australian LNG can replace Russian gas, analysts say".
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Common Sense, something many think they have, is a subjective thing, and surprisingly rare.
I have, however, been fortunate enough only recently to have been exposed to this rare commodity when I heard Saul Griffith speak in Melbourne as a part of the National Sustainable Living Festival and then read the latest book from the chief economist at The Australia Institute, Richard Denniss.
The book, "Big: The Role of the State in the Modern Economy", is really just an essay, but packed into its less than 100 pages (and small pages at that) is boundless common sense about shaping Australia's economic future.
Regular listeners to the ABC's RN Breakfast program will be familiar with the voice of Matt Bevan, which has been absent for a couple of months now he has been putting together the new podcast, "Australia, if You're Listening?"; a podcast that takes an in-depth look at Australia and the climate crisis.
The practical, intellectual, emotional and physical experience surrounding the climate crisis has produced for many a certain "climate anxiety" and that is being looked at by The Conversation again through a podcast - "Ten years to 1.5°C: how climate anxiety is affecting young people around the world – podcast".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The business leaders who love cycleways and public transport";
"Storm Franklin: ‘danger to life’ flood warnings in Shropshire and Worcestershire";
"The Politics of Science";
"Germany needs a more joined-up climate diplomacy strategy";
"Move quickly and make small changes: how to reduce the impact of your polyester clothes";
"The way we use air conditioning is changing, and it’s time we talked about it, expert says";
"Some Coalition MPs say that arson is mostly to blame for the bushfire crisis. Here are the facts";
"How to Calm Your Climate Anxiety";
"New report shows major investment is needed in long-duration storage to ensure energy security in UK";
"What is the IPCC and what will its next report cover?";
"Biden Administration Halts New Drilling in Legal Fight Over Climate Costs";
"China Provided Abundant Snow for the Winter Olympics, but at What Cost to the Environment?";
"US, Egypt launch joint working group ahead of UN climate change summit";
"Climate change reports on ‘thought/think’ pieces";
"Why natural gas prices spiked in winter 2021-2022";
"Morrison digs in for last ditch battle to protect coal generators";
"‘World is waking up’: ex-energy boss Kerry Schott says AGL bid a sign of big changes ahead";
"COLUMN-Coal will exit Australia's power market despite AGL's recalcitrance: Russell";
"Warnings Australia could 'lock in' fossil fuel dependency with $26b worth of new gas pipelines";
"Endangered hammerhead sharks migrating to waters as far south as Perth, study finds".
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Mike Cannon-Brookes has grabbed the attention of the national media, well, also the international media, in his attempt through his company Atlassian and the Canadian asset management firm Brookfield, to buy Australian energy operation, AGL.
Cannon-Brookes points out that AGL is Australia's largest emitter of carbon dioxide and he has plans to change that making the company dependent on renewable energy.
He said the move by AGL to being a totally green company would be the world's single largest decarbonization project.
Also, check out the new, and small book by The Australia Institute's Richard Denniss - "Big: The Role of the State in the Modern Economy".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"London flooding poses ‘significant risk’ unless immediate action taken";
"Climate scientist tells Joe Rogan he refuses to debate dissenters on climate change";
"How Australia’s geology gave us an abundance of coal – and a wealth of greentech minerals to switch to";
"In heatwave conditions, Tasmania’s tall eucalypt forests no longer absorb carbon";
"‘This is what the country is asking for’: Cannon-Brookes defends AGL deal after PM swipe";
"Mike Cannon-Brookes dismisses PM’s suggestion that coal plants should run to end of scheduled life";
"Biden Administration Halts New Drilling in Legal Fight Over Climate Costs";
"Inside ‘Project Arise’: Cannon-Brookes’ secret plan to take over AGL";
"The battle for AGL heralds a new dawn for Australian electricity";
"The battle over Australia's brumbies intensifies in a clash of culture, colonialism and conservation";
"New plan could save swift parrot from 'imminent danger of extinction', researchers say";
"The secret ultraviolet colours of sunflowers attract pollinators and preserve water";
"Why doctors are prescribing 2 hours outside per week to boost brain and heart health";
"Scott Morrison commits $804 million over a decade for the Antarctic";
"Why is a tech billionaire trying to buy Australia’s dirtiest energy company AGL?";
"We’re not doomed after all (if we act quickly on climate)";
"A mild-mannered biker triggered a huge debate over humans’ role in climate change – in the early 20th century";
"Ecuador: Oil spill in Amazon rainforest 'could have been avoided'";
"Why urban greening isn’t a panacea for extreme weather under climate change";
"‘This is what the country is asking for’: Cannon-Brookes defends AGL deal after PM swipe";
"Q&A: Can Mike Cannon-Brookes’ plan to close AGL’s coal plants work?";
"Climate hero turns corporate predator: Cannon-Brookes powers up his green credentials";
"Cannon-Brookes’ revolutionary plan a short, sharp shock to the system";
"We banished fracking once in Lancashire, and we’ll do it again";
"Roundtable on Tax Climate Change".
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Tech billionaire, Mike Cannon-Brookes (pictured), through his company, Atlassian, and in association with Canadian Asset Management firm, Brookfield, made an offer for the Australian energy company AGL.
The board of AGL rejected the $8 billion bid by Cannon-Brookes to take over the company and to close its coal generators by 2030 and you can hear him talk about that on the Radio National's Breakfast interview - "Mike Cannon-Brookes pursuing AGL bid, despite a knockback".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"AGL rejects takeover bid by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Canadian fund manager Brookfield";
"Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield in bid to take over AGL and shut down coal plants earlier";
"Matthew Priestley | Why a smarter grid is key to a renewable future";
"Fiacre Rougieux | The solar energy future is already here… ";
"Second deadly storm sweeps across northern Europe, causing chaos";
"The great greenwashing scam: PR firms face reckoning after spinning for big oil";
"Clean energy companies plea for government ‘not to get in the way’ of renewable shift";
"Australia’s largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there’s still no national plan for coal’s inevitable demise";
"‘Danger-to-life’: Storm Eunice pummels UK with fastest winds on record";
"Dropping coal will hike power costs – unless the government gets its act together";
"Storm Eunice death toll hits three, including woman killed by falling tree in London";
"Zenobe signs partnership with National Express for the UK’s largest ever single EV fleet";
"Mayor of London announces £90 million towards new green bonds";
"The charge to keep EV batteries out of the trash";
"Rising seas could flood 300,000 US homes and make coastal communities ‘unviable";
"Climate crisis forcing Zimbabwean women and children into prostitution";
"Chilling footage shows entire flock of blackbirds mysteriously dropping dead on Mexico street";
"The Brexiteer brigade are bored and now they’re coming for net-zero";
"Uber and Lyft passengers are ultra-wealthy. Will this keep cities from investing in transit?";
"Climate change is coming for rich people’s favorite things. Should we care?";
"No more yelling at TV now candidate has voiced her case for Casey";
"White House Takes Aim at Environmental Racism, but Won’t Mention Race";
"Coastal Sea Levels in U.S. to Rise a Foot by 2050, Study Confirms";
"How Billions in Infrastructure Funding Could Worsen Global Warming";
"A musical interpretation of climate change pays tribute to Beethoven";
"Relocalizing Technology";
"Biden’s 500,000 EV charging stations get a $5 billion start";
"Angry Men" - George Monbiot:
"What is a sting jet and could Storm Eunice be deadly?";
"Storm Eunice travel chaos: Rail industry issues blanket 'do not travel' warning";
"One million hit by power cuts – and Storm Eunice chaos could go on into next week";
"Storm Eunice: at least four dead as worst storm in decades roars in";
"Thinking about buying an electric vehicle in 2022? We tackle your top 5 concerns";
"Conversion Infrastructure — The Only Viable Solution to Climate Change";
"New Federal Report Warns of Accelerating Impacts From Sea Level Rise";
"Corn-Based Ethanol May Be Worse For the Climate Than Gasoline, a New Study Finds";
"Nature’s Say: How Voices from Hawai’i Are Reframing the Climate Conversation";
"How Brisbane EV-charger company Tritium made it to the White House, selling 'picks and shovels to the gold rush'";
"Explained: Petrol prices are smashing records, so why isn’t fuel tax on the agenda?";
"Africa’s Fossil-Fuel Trap";
"Ocean water along U.S. coasts will rise about one foot by 2050, scientists warn";
"Britain braces for 70mph winds as Storm Eunice repair bill estimated at £360m";
"Conflict and Climate Change Ravage Syria’s Agricultural Heartland";
"Cannon-Brookes leads green bid for AGL, to fast-track coal closures";
"Mike Cannon-Brookes lodges AGL takeover bid to ‘accelerate coal exit’";
"The Future of Global Coal Production (2021-2024F)".
Enjoy "Music for the Warming World".
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Saul Griffith is many things, but among them, he is a fellow who wants Australia and Australians to electrify everything.
He was a guest at an event organized on Sunday, February 20, by the National Sustainable Living Festival at which he talked with host and ABC radio announcer Paul Barclay about his new book, "The Big Switch: Australia's Electric Future".
A professional recording of the event featuring the discussion between Paul and Saul will feature on ABC's "Big Ideas" program on Wednesday evening, February 23.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Patricia Karvelis (pictured) hosts the ABC's Breakfast program on Radio National and yesterday talked with Australia's Energy Minister, Angus Taylor, about the surprise closing, well, at least it was surprising to Mr Taylor, of the Eraring coal-fired power station.
You can hear the entire interview "Energy Minister doesn't know why he wasn't consulted about the early closure of Eraring Power Station" here.
Also, you can read an ABC Rural News story about the issue - "Exit of coal-fired power station Eraring 'unlikely' to hit prices, but grid stability's a concern".
A further story from The Guardian also explores the issue - "The early closure of Australia’s biggest coal plant caught Angus Taylor by surprise – but it shouldn’t have".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Our Climate Safe Future" - Shaping Greater Shepparton;
"World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds";
"‘Loading the dice’: climate crisis could increase southern California wildfires";
"‘Almost impossible’: Scientists study secrets of inland mangrove forest";
"Britons brace for Storm Eunice - the worst in over 30 years";
"Constituents set up ‘Steve Baker Watch’ over MP’s climate stance";
"Your Country Set a Net-Zero Target: What's Next?";
"Water Peace and Security Quarterly Update #1: Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya";
"It’s Not Grain Putin Wants – It’s Water";
"‘Not backing down’: Narrabri bid to reroute inland rail gathers steam";
"‘We tend to mean what we say’: Why Midnight Oil won’t tour again";
"The Netherlands - Fact Sheet";
"World funds own destruction with $1.8 tn subsidies: study";
"Pointless Taylor exiles himself from energy policy";
"RideLondon cycling festival to return after pandemic with new route into Essex";
"Energy crisis: What can the government do to reduce soaring gas and electricity bills?";
"Climate crisis and systemic inequities drive push to reform California water laws";
"Khamenei Urges Nuclear Energy Progress amid Talks";
"Poorest Londoners most at risk from toxic air, Sadiq Khan say";
"Small pets at risk of heatstroke as temperatures rise, study finds";
"Inside Clean Energy: Texas Is the Country’s Clean Energy Leader, Almost in Spite of Itself";
"January 2022: Earth’s 6th-warmest January on record";
"Tackling climate change includes seeking equitable mental health care";
"A first-hand account: Lessons learned from artists at COP26 conference";
"Study: Climate-changed rainfall dampens economic growth";
"The difference between gray, blue, and green hydrogen";
"NASCAR racing team cuts carbon pollution";
"Bitcoin miners revived a dying coal plant – then CO2 emissions soared";
"Western mega-drought is most severe in 1,200 years, research finds";
"Storm Eunice batters Europe, killing at least 9";
"NYC’s Big Clean Energy Plan Is Under Attack From One-Time Advocate";
"The ban that wasn’t - mining on conservation land".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Simon Holmes à Court (pictured) took the message about Climate 200 to the National Press Club and although there was some hostility in the room, the founder of Climate 200 handled himself with aplomb - you can watch the presentation and make your own judgement.
A major two-day virtual conference considering transportation has just concluded and the recordings from that event can be found at the World Resources Institute website.
The Climate One podcast tells us about the "Enablers: Behind the Fossil Fuels Falsehoods".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Climate Essentials";
"Holmes à Court insists Climate 200 doesn’t have any agreements with the independents it’s backing";
"Climate 200's Simon Holmes à Court says 'no strings attached' to campaign funding to challenge Liberals";
"Tesla signs major lithium deal with Australian mining minnow";
"New Polestar 5 electric grand tourer to weigh less than a small car";
"Buttigieg punts on ‘rethinking’ Postal Service truck contract";
"Opening Remarks by World Bank Vice President for Infrastructure Riccardo Puliti during the 2022 Transforming Transportation Conference";
"Sweltering mother from Sydney’s west puts son, 3, to sleep in car for the aircon";
"Billionaire’s letter urges Australian politicians to act on $4200 saving to households";
"Big oil all talk, no action on climate change? Researchers say they've got the proof";
"NSW threatened species list grows by almost 20, environment report finds";
"From sleeping in the stairs to four showers a day, desperate public housing residents try to escape Melbourne's summer heat";
"Brazil mudslides from torrential rains kill at least 58";
"How ancient plants ‘learnt’ to use water when they moved on to land – new research;"
"As The World Heats Up, Could ‘Carbon Clubs’ Supercharge Climate Action?";
"Santos's Bayu-Undan carbon capture and storage plans may not stack up, report says";
"Western Sydney will swelter through 46 days per year over 35°C by 2090, unless emissions drop significantly";
"How to make your diet more sustainable, healthy or cheap – without giving up nutrients";
"Harnessing the fossil fuel industry to combat climate change? It’s more than a pipe dream";
"Fortescue iron ore profits drop amidst green energy questions";
"Climate projections paint a grim future for WA if emissions not cut".
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Shane Stone (pictured) is the head of the Federal Government's National Recovery and Resilience Agency, the organization responsible for ensuring those impacted upon in the 2019/20 Black Summer bushfires are cared for - he was interviewed on Radio National by Patricia Karvelas - "Are grants for bushfire affected communities going far enough?"
Today's episode includes addresses by two speakers from the Rotary Clubs of Sydney Climate and Peace Forum - "Climate Risks - making choices". A recording of the webinar should be on the website within a couple of weeks.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Australian sport has been captured by carbon – but a sliver of light has emerged";
"Australia is spending billions on the Great Barrier Reef. Will it do any good?";
"That Organic Cotton T-Shirt May Not Be as Organic as You Think";
"Calls to reject 'gassy' extension of Whitehaven Coal's Narrabri mine over methane concerns";
"Narrabri mine expansion would make it dirtiest thermal coalmine in Australia, environmentalists say";
"WA motorists about to be hit with more pain at petrol bowsers on back of rising oil prices";
"Zali Steggall defends $100,000 donation from coal investor, saying ‘most people have through super’";
"Have fewer kids to cut emissions: report";
"Veteran of climate wars still fighting for a habitable planet, and for science";
"Here’s how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy";
"The report everyone needs to see";
"Australian Parents for Climate Action";
"Fossil Fuel Companies Have the Nerve to Claim That Taxing Them Will Hurt the Climate";
"An Australian manufacturer of electric batteries has charged into the US market";
"Coalition spends $31m on ads spruiking efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions";
"Zero Carbon Tatura";
"Legal threat over planned hydro scheme";
"Hyundai joins Newsroom";
"Cheap abundant energy is the problem, not the solution";
"Report: Preparing for SEC Climate Reporting Rule Changes in 2022";
"Britain’s sea eagles are a magnificent sight – so why are people poisoning them?";
"TPI publishes new report identifying sectoral decarbonisation pathways for all high emitting sectors";
"EY launches new sustainability service to prepare for net-zero plans by 2023";
"BMW Group significantly increases use of low-carbon steel in series production at European plants";
"Why is permaculture gardening so popular?";
"Dry winter drains reservoirs, ruins crops in Spain, Portugal";
"The difference between gray, blue, and green hydrogen";
"Tackling climate change includes seeking equitable mental health care";
"January 2022: Earth’s 6th-warmest January on record";
"Interest in $100 billion worth of renewable energy projects registered for Hunter Valley coal region";
"Three years on, Morrison’s electricity underwriting scheme still has nothing to show";
"Hope floats: Greenpeace Esperanza retires after two decades, but light shines";
"Northern Territory government rejects Glencore's bid to override sacred sites watchdog on McArthur River mine";
"World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion";
"Microchips, 3D printers, augmented reality: the high-tech tools helping scientists save our wildlife";
"Eucalypt of the Year: 25 species from tall to small vie for top tree";
"Lethal ‘blackwater’ in Barwon-Darling river prompts fears of another mass fish kill";
"Climate grant illustrates growth in philanthropy-funded news";
"What is biocultural diversity, and why does it matter?";
"There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy";
"‘Not going to be pretty’: Australian petrol prices on track for new high";
"The Big Switch: Australia’s Zero Emission Future";
"How To Save Our Planet: The Facts".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Martin Tye (pictured) is doing all he can to see Australians embrace the idea of a steady-state economy and he leads the Regional Communities Chapter of the U.S-based "Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy".
The idea of an economy focussed on the General Domestic Product (GDP) is, in Martin's view, contrary to improving the quality of life for all and restoring Earth's damaged ecosystems.
He is convinced answers to those challenges can be found through the application of a steady-state economy.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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This cartoon (episode artwork) delights Professor Mark Maslin, who is a Professor of Earth System Science at the University College London and the author of "How to Save Our Planet; the facts".
You can watch Professor Maslin talk about his book - "How To Save Our Planet" - here. Also, you can read the interview: "‘We really have contaminated everywhere’".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘Stabilising global population is not the solution to climate change’ – Mark Maslin";
"The end of natural gas has to start with its name";
"Lost Viking ‘highway’ revealed by melting ice";
"The environmental activists bringing the climate crisis to the courtroom";
"Blooming flowers, fledgling birds … the UK’s spring is early – and always will be";
"‘Sewage discharges will be routine’: Chichester protests at Tory housing targets";
"Renewables account for 79% of energy construction";
"Embracing low-carbon hydrogen in the energy transition";
"Equinor posts US$15bn earnings on high gas prices";
"Arctic seed vault to receive rare deposits";
"Oil majors face backlash as era of big profits returns";
"Crossbench MPs put climate in focus";
"Experts sceptical of Shine Energy’s proposed ‘flexible’ coal power station";
"Oceans are better at storing carbon than trees. In a warmer future, ocean carbon sinks could help stabilise our planet";
"We couldn’t have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what’s the environmental cost?";
"The ban that wasn’t - mining on conservation land";
"AGL’s early coal closures spark job security fears";
"Green Energy: Australia’s largest wind project hits milestones on way to delivering 8pc of Victoria’s power";
"UN: Australia pushes for plastic export ban in pollution crisis";
"Senate launches inquiry into politicisation of research grants";
"Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest hits record January high";
"With just 20 facilities operating commercially, carbon capture and storage has failed, says Marco Magrini".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Jeremy Jones (pictured) is a professional snowboarder and the man behind "Protect our Winters", he was interviewed today on the ABC's Radio National - "Is climate change threatening the future of Winter Olympics?"
You can also see and hear Jones in an interview on ABC in the U.S. - "Legendary snowboarder, climate activist: 'I was seeing changes to that snow'".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Green-fingered couple must get planning permission for garden vegetable patch, council orders";
"Blatant Opportunism" - George Monbiot;
"Is post-capitalism post-money?";
"Windfarm off Norfolk coast gets second green light after court battle";
"Working together for Victoria’s environment and future";
"Rep. Ro Khanna Wants Big Oil to Confront Record of Climate Denialism, Meet Emissions Reduction Vows";
"No McKinsey, it will not cost $9 trillion per year to solve climate change.";
"Morrison pins his hopes on the complacency or ignorance of voters";
"Chile’s Green Dream to Reinvent Itself Is Spooking Investors";
"Here’s how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy";
"The great climate backslide: How governments are regressing worldwide";
"Can we block the Sun to fight climate change? The controversial science, explained";
"A California Water Board Assures the Public that Oil Wastewater Is Safe for Irrigation, But Experts Say the Evidence Is Scant";
"Is the California Coalition Fighting Subsidies For Rooftop Solar a Fake Grassroots Group?";
"To Counter Global Warming, Focus Far More on Methane, a New Study Recommends";
"Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Includes an Unprecedented $1.1 Billion for Everglades Revitalization";
"It’s Not Just Climate: Are We Ignoring Other Causes of Disasters?".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Dr Saul Griffith (pictured) the author of "The Big Switch: Australia's Electric Future" will speak in Melbourne on Sunday, February 20, at an event that is a part of the "Sustainable Living Festival". He was a guest a few days ago on ABC's "Life Matters".
Beyond the fact that he is influential, noisy and a "hawk", Australia's Defence Minister, Peter Dutton, has little direct influence on Australia's climate mitigation moves.
However, he does oversee a force that, through its activities, is a major player with regard to Australia's carbon dioxide emissions - the U.S. military is the world's largest single user of fossil fuels and while the Australian military is, by comparison, insignificant, it would be, in parochial terms, a major user.
Australian born climate activist, Clover Moore, is featured in Glamour magazine in a story headed: "Gen Z activist Clover Hogan on how we can transform our eco-anxiety into actually saving the planet".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"A rainforest cries: music, art, books and more to help you deal with climate anxiety";
"Cate Blanchett is launching a climate crisis podcast to address";
"Is the Fear of Climate Change Keeping You Up at Night? How to Cope With Eco-Anxiety";
"Highest glacier on Mount Everest loses 2,000 years of ice in three decades";
"Urgent plan to decarbonise farming needed to hit net zero, UK government told";
"Climate Expert Debunks Big Oil's Lies About Carbon Capture, Nature-Based Solutions";
"Volunteers translate climate research into more than 100 languages";
"A tale of two steel mills, and yet they’re the same one";
"Koalas officially an endangered species in NSW, Queensland";
"Why the shutdown of AGL’s coal-fired plants will probably happen even sooner than power giant says";
"Renewable energy overtakes gas as biggest SWIS power supplier";
"How Australians can cut emissions – and save $5000 a year";
"Macron hails 'French nuclear renaissance'";
"National parks are not enough – we need landholders to protect threatened species on their property";
"New Zealand is reviewing its outdated conservation laws. Here’s why we must find better ways of getting people on board";
"Explainer: How a German 'climate' fund set out to help Russia dodge U.S. sanctions";
"Great Barrier Reef: cooler weather reduces threat of mass bleaching outbreak this summer";
"Heat waves hit the poor hardest – a new study calculates the rising impact on those least able to adapt to the warming climate";
"Big Green Brands Have a Dirty Supplier Problem, CDP Says";
"Ikea’s Race for the Last of Europe’s Old-Growth Forest";
"Climate change solution could come from 'electrifying everything', Australian inventor Saul Griffith says";
"Work starts on environmentally ‘catastrophic’ Triangle Tower in Paris";
"‘What the hell were you thinking?’: fighting flares in Narrabri over inland rail";
"Little penguins on WA island will be pushed to ‘breaking point’ by construction of new centre, expert says";
"Koalas in NSW, Qld and ACT to be listed as endangered";
"In Venezuela, damage from party on sacred mountain spurs outrage";
"The big plans cooking for clean energy storage";
"The Biden administration outlines a plan to build a network of electric vehicle chargers.";
"South Africa in Talks With Investors on Green Hydrogen Projects";
"France’s Macron calls for a nuclear power ‘renaissance’, building at least 6 reactors";
"Claims of Kurri plant gains an 'insult' to Hunter";
"Permian Oil Output to Grow for Several Years, Plains All American CEO Says";
"On Peru's protected Fishermen's Island, birds are still dying a month after oil spill";
"Climate change bills in Northern Ireland edge closer to completion";
"Saudi Arabia's Economic Growth Stays Near Decade-High as Oil Powers Rebound";
"At the prospect of ending a decade of climate bollocks, the PM donned a dusty Abbott onesie and zipped up";
"Simon Holmes à Court addresses the National Press Club of Australia on "Independents and Climate - the hope to end the lost decade";
"Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir";
"Perth festival production of climate change work criticised for ‘farcical’ fossil fuel sponsorship";
"Why women are key to solving the climate crisis";
"Solving The Climate Crisis: Why We Need Women In Energy";
"Veteran power worker explains why an early end to coal-fired electricity is inevitable";
"The case for a UK windfall tax on oil and gas giants is unanswerable";
"An antidote to climate despair: ‘How to Save Our Planet: The Facts’";
"‘Misleading’ Polish billboards blame EU climate policy for electricity costs";
"BMW Group significantly increases use of low-carbon steel in series production at European plants";
"Hurricanes can cause ocean acidity to spike near the seafloor";
"Video: Denver area’s December flames are gone, the impacts endure";
"A state on fire";
"The Winter Olympics are taking place in the era of climate collapse – it’s hard to watch".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Professor Mark Howden (pictured) is quoted in a 7News story explaining how climate change is robbing Australia of rain.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Weather: Cyclone Dovi headed towards New Zealand";
"Gas-fired power falls to lowest level since 2005 as Coalition pushes ahead with its ‘gas-fired recovery";
"Coalition’s latest coal jobs scare campaign reveals a big renewables blindspot";
"Twiggy’s Fortescue plans $10 billion Pilbara wind and solar farm";
"Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar rises to 80, state agency says";
"Nuclear fusion breakthrough opens door to clean and near limitless energy";
"The stunning recovery of a heavily polluted river in the heart of the Blue Mountains World Heritage area";
"Exports key to future hydrogen economy";
"Fortescue plans for massive Pilbara wind and solar farms";
"Our meat obsession is destroying the planet – the solution is to change how we see animals";
"Victorian government orders Environmental Effects Statement on plans to turn Hazelwood mine into lake";
"Paint Is The Largest Source Of Microplastics In The Ocean, Study Finds";
"Time for a reckoning: Cricket Australia, fossil fuel sponsorship and climate change";
"How the Circular Economy Can Help Nations Achieve Their Climate Goals";
"Ocean Management is Not Yet Sustainable. A New Approach Could Change That.";
"Beijing Wanted the Winter Olympics. All It Needed Was Snow";
"How Spiking Energy Prices Complicate the Fight Against Global Warming";
"‘A Sense of Crisis’ for Wasabi, a Pungent Staple of Japanese Cuisine";
"The Moral Quandary of ‘Slow Fashion’ Influencers";
"Is the California Coalition Fighting Subsidies For Rooftop Solar a Fake Grassroots Group?";
"Solar stills help people obtain clean water using the power of the sun";
"Update: Supreme Court to weigh EPA authority on greenhouse pollutants";
"2022 Smart Energy Council Conference and Exhibition";
"US Army releases first climate strategy with goal to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050";
"A Hotter Future Is Certain, Climate Panel Warns. But How Hot Is Up to Us.";
"Texas’ power grid held up during last week’s winter weather. Experts say it wasn’t seriously tested.";
"The Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication";
"The fall of Eric Lander and the end of science’s ‘big ego’ era";
"Post Growth by Tim Jackson review – life after capitalism";
"MSDI 2021 Annual Report - A year of hope built on action";
"AGL brings forward closure date of two largest coal-fired power plants as market shifts to renewables";
"Can you really carbon offset a power station? Sure – but it’s unimpressive";
"Hopes high for sea change as France opens One Ocean Summit";
"Delhi govt to build electric vehicle charging stations at all state-run offices";
"UN seeks $1.1bn to aid millions displaced in Nigeria";
"Electric vehicle charging company to build Tennessee factory";
"Frogs show Macquarie Marshes wetland recovery in full swing after drought";
"Italy makes constitution greener, environmentalists call for action";
"Worst-Case Climate Change Scenarios Are Highly Implausible, Argues New Study";
"2 Chinese Electric Vehicle Stocks Struggling With the Global Chip Shortage";
"Essar plans furnace at refinery to run on hydrogen";
"Energy crisis: What can the government do to reduce soaring gas and electricity bills?";
"California’s Drought-Relief Dreams Are Quickly Drying Up";
"EU slams plan to expand water use near Spain's Donana park";
"Flint schools have clean water for first time in years after $480K Elon Musk donation";
"Why Words Matter in the Fight Against Climate Change";
"Vic sets out wide-ranging climate strategy";
"New York’s Pension Fund Plans to Restrict Its Investments in Oil and Gas Companies";
"The Oben Rorr Is a Sharp Electric Naked Bike From India";
"Granting of coal mining licence in south Wales faces court challenge";
"Tesla's Model Y Is Taking Over California, The Largest Auto Market In The US";
"Most aren't impressed by their leaders' climate choices, poll finds";
"Climate change will be expensive. Who should pay?";
"Exports key to future hydrogen economy".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Amali Tower (pictured) was one of three speakers on a webinar organized by Canada's University of Fraser Valley.
The webinar, entitled "Climate migrants the global climate exodus" helped participants better understand what impact the climate crisis is having on people from many parts of the world.
Amali is the founder and executive director of the U.S.-based "Climate Refugees".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"9 Black environmentalists you should know about";
"Welcome to Climate Signals"
"Rightwing lobby group Alec driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry";
"World’s glaciers contain less ice than thought - report";
"An antidote to climate despair: ‘How to Save Our Planet: The Facts’";
"Extreme Mobility Living
"Lost time means a steeper climb on climate";
"‘Guilty of greenwashing’: Major electricity retailers panned in climate rankings";
"Arctic Sponges Survive Dark, Hostile Conditions by Feasting on The Extinct";
"Behind an electrified fence are thousands of hectares where cats and foxes aren’t welcome";
"Koalas have lost the equivalent of 10,000 cricket grounds of habitat in the last decade";
"Govt told to put green steel and hydrogen at heart of manufacturing rebuild";
"Oceans of opportunity: How seaweed can help fight climate change";
"Morrison government spends $50 million saving koalas while taking away their homes";
"How Australia can boost the production of grains, while lowering its carbon footprint";
"Long overdue conservation land review raises anxiety";
"WHO warns of strain from spike in plastic waste during pandemic";
"Top 5 questions to ask about sustainable investing";
"EU Plan to Label Gas and Nuclear Power as ‘Sustainable’ Leads to Charges of ‘Greenwashing’";
"The Pots";
"Kate Raworth - Exploring Doughnut Economics";
"Tories fighting net-zero plans are dragging climate into new culture war, experts say".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Climate Anxiety had not been on my radar until when a collision of events led me to the podcast "Climate Change and Happiness" and then ,by chance, or was it something else? I discovered the website "Is this how you feel?" while reading the new book, "A Bigger Picture" by Ugandan climate activist, Vanessa Nakate.
Then it was The New York Times that took me deeper into that rabbit hole with the story "Climate Change Enters the Therapy Room", and then I stumbled upon a 2021 report from the Lancet: "Climate anxiety in children and young people and their beliefs about government responses to climate change: a global survey".
Humboldt University Associate Professor, Sarah Jaquette Ray, then crowded my thoughts as she has written the book, "A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet" and who had been a guest on "Climate Conversations". This is Professor Ray talking about climate change.
And this is where you will find the "Steady Stater" podcast from the Centre for Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
Today's other Quick Climate Links are:
"Freight trucks ignite as homes, businesses burn across ‘unprecedented’ fronts in WA";
"'Horrendous' Wheatbelt bushfires still pose a threat, says fire chief";
"Climate-Aware Therapist Directory";
"10-Steps to Personal Resilience & Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate";
"Will climate change melt the Winter Olympics?";
"Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa";
"What could possibly go right?" - with Paul Hawken;
"Tybee Island residents see more flooding as sea levels rise";
The "In-Convenience podcast":
"Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022";
"The psychological impacts of global climate change";
"We Need to Stop Pretending — We Already Know the Results of Our Inaction";
"Govt seeks overseas trees to meet Paris climate pledge";
"How oceans are the key to climate change solution";
"Freedom’s Prison" with George Monbiot;
"‘Cutting through the greenwash’: Australian energy retailers ranked on climate action";
"Electric cars touted to recharge Australian manufacturing sector";
"Webinar: Everyone's Business, Indigenous Critiques on COP26";
"Twiggy rebukes Morrison’s ‘clean’ hydrogen claims";
"Dubai Set to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags in Two Years".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Swedish environmental activist, Greta Thunberg (pictured) has come out in support of that Nordic country's indigenous Sami population, protesting about plans for an iron ore mine in northern parts of the country.
Read the story: "Greta Thunberg protests against Sweden iron mine on land of Indigenous Sami people".
More Quick Climate Links for today are:
"How does the COVID-19 pandemic compare to the worst years in human history?";
"Beneath the ice";
"Climate change: Deal to help end deforestation misses first deadline just months after it was signed at COP26";
"When you can't tell the snow from the sky";
"WA holds the key to Australia’s emissions goals. Can a government so committed to gas deliver?";
"Businesses are underestimating net-zero timeline: EY’s Blair Comley";
"‘Higher prices on the horizon’: Coal price surge stokes power bill warnings";
"Australia's bird-rich continent is no more";
"Greens set climate terms for backing Labor in the case of a hung parliament after 2022 election";
"Native birds have vanished across the continent since colonisation. Now we know just how much we’ve lost";
"Just 16% of the world’s coastlines are in good shape – and many are so bad they can never fully recover";
"A third of Americans are already facing above-average warming";
"‘I’m afraid’: Texas butterfly sanctuary forced to close after far-right threats";
"How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Martin Tye (pictured) is the Director of the Australian Regional Communities for the U.S.-based Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy and just today, February 6, he presented a case for moving from our present GDP-based economy to one that employs the values of the steady-state economy.
The Brooklyn Public Library epitomises the value of "public" to the wider community and has recently celebrated its one billionth loan.
Katharine Morris talks with us on Tedx about "How to Collaborate for Environmental Justice".
Here we hear about Exploring the Sound of Activism with guitarist Tom Morello on the "Death Sex and Money" podcast.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Will Climate Change End The Winter Olympics? [Infographic]";
"Brief response to the UK Government’s “net-zero” proposal";
"The Transitions Film Festival";
"Top EU banks to publish 'pioneering' climate data";
"Can plastics be circular?";
"Queensland government buys out grazier to secure 'The Lakes' for a massive new national park";
"Seen From Space: Huge Methane Leaks";
"Ecuador Court Gives Indigenous Groups a Boost in Mining and Drilling Disputes";
"Explore the Sound of Activism With Tom Morello";
"‘A drop in the ocean’: government’s $50m koala pledge won’t tackle root cause of decline";
"'Too late to leave', fire nears WA town";
"Australians ingest a credit card’s worth of plastic a week – so what’s it doing to us?";
"‘We need politicians and experts’: how Chile is putting the climate crisis first";
"The Stats Guy: The generational demographics behind the climate change conflict";
"Drones help re-seed critical koala habitat ravaged by wildfires";
"Hunter coal driving national exports";
"Overwhelmed by Solar Projects, the Nation’s Largest Grid Operator Seeks a Two-Year Pause on Approvals";
"One Year Later: The Texas Freeze Revealed a Fragile Energy System and Inspired Lasting Misinformation";
"Beavers Are Flooding the Warming Alaskan Arctic, Threatening Fish, Water and Indigenous Traditions";
"Increased Flooding and Droughts Linked to Climate Change Have Sent Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing";
"Why Are Fossil Fuel Firms and Senate Republicans So Afraid of Sarah Bloom Raskin?";
"UK Government’s Reforms to CfD Scheme Focus on Supply Chains, Floating Wind".
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Hannabeth Luke (pictured) never imagined herself as a politician, but frustrated by the LNP Government's refusal to take any serious action on climate change has driven her to stand as an Independent for the Federal Seat of Page.
You can learn more about her at the Hannabeth Luke website.
This YouTube clip will enable you to learn more about "The Intersectional History of Environmentalism".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Degrowth is the Future.";
"NSW fossil fuel projects approved since Paris agreement set to release 3bn tonnes of emissions";
"Electric Monaros and hotted-up skateboards : the ‘genius’ who wants to electrify our world";
"Australia’s hard rubbish heroes risk council fines to recycle and re-home their kerbside plunder";
"Bike trail plan a salve for many but there’s a tiny fly in the ointment";
"Natural gas is a fossil fuel, but the EU will count it as a green investment – here’s why";
"Energy poverty is linked to physical and mental health – our research proves it";
"The Big Switch: Australia’s Electric Future";
"Nineteenth-century wisdom helps a grandmother find hope";
"12 reports identify small but steady steps forward in 2022";
"WWF-UK faces backlash over plan to sell NFTs to fund conservation work";
"Innovation, pastoralism and climate change in Africa’s drylands";
"Heating and cooling: a route to net-zero emissions";
"Analysis: Cutting the ‘green crap’ has added £2.5bn to UK energy bills";
"IIGCC launches first net-zero guidance for private equity portfolios";
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
"‘Carbon footprint gap’ between rich and poor expanding, study finds";
"As glaciers melt, some of Canada’s alpine lakes lose their turquoise hue".
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General Motors has updated its logo (pictured) in keeping with its move into an electric future and today we hear from CEO, Mary Barra, who was thrilled with her first ride in a "driverless car".
From the U.S. we switch to Australia to hear from Australian National University Vice-Chancellor, Brian Schmidt, share his personal experiences of climate change and then some advice on how we can rise to the challenges in his Message to Youth special video.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Green opportunities missed in UK levelling up strategy, say experts";
"Ruling on Rooftop Solar Called a 'Game-Changer' for Clean Energy";
"A critical review of climate change risk for ski tourism";
"A Town That Saved a Mountain, and a Mountain That Saved a Town";
"Biden Administration to Reinstate Mercury Pollution Rules Weakened Under Trump";
"Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change";
"On the Cajun Coast, a Chef Grapples With Threats to a Seafood Tradition";
"Koenigsegg’s First Electric Motor Is a Tiny 335-HP Box of Engineering Magic";
"Hundreds of thousands without power as "massive" winter storm hits U.S.";
"Scientists dispute Morrison government claim to UN its Great Barrier Reef approach ‘second to none’";
"Australian power prices now 'among lowest in the world' as renewable energy drives costs down";
"Why Strike Energy’s fast-tracked urea plant is latest example of hydrogen greenwashing";
"Top cricketers join war on climate change";
"Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food – now is the time to plan for it";
"New German leader proposes a ‘climate club’ of leading economies that would punish free-riders like Australia";
"Feeding the World: Climate Change and the Global Diet";
"These Holiday Inn windows have a secret job";
"How 2022 could be a national and global pivot point for carbon emissions";
"‘We have to adapt’: US Pacific north-west weighs plans to cope with extreme weather";
"Paving the way towards a sustainable, equitable and net-zero global economy";
"‘Second to none’: Australia responds to UNESCO’s Great Barrier Reef warning";
"ANU Climate Update 2022";
"Aussie farm dams help cut greenhouse gases";
"Climate anxiety is real. Why talking about it matters";
"How regional Australia beats the heat";
"Love of nature is in the genes, say scientists".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The podcast "Outrage and Optimism" is most certainly worth a listen.
The prevailing economic system is at the root of the world's climate difficulties as it celebrates individualism and in many instances is devoid of ethics and it was just today that I stumbled upon a webinar organized by the Friedberg Economics Institute.
The webinar wasn't about the climate crisis, but Professor Guy Standing, a prolific author from the University of London, discussed the Universal Basic Income (UBI), and it is a process that counters the damaging existing economics.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"On the attribution of the impacts of extreme weather events to anthropogenic climate change";
"We Live on a Factory Planet: But it doesn’t have to be that way";
"Forget coal and gas for prosperity: poll";
"Brisbane firm to trial new tech to manage grid voltages and boost solar penetration";
"Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract";
"COP President Alok Sharma outlines Presidency aims for the coming year";
"Homeless people die in large numbers as northern India suffers coldest January in a decade";
"Mining company says federal loan for SA graphite project will benefit electric car development";
"Infographic: How wetlands can help fight climate change";
"Fortescue full steam ahead on green hydrogen venture";
"The frog and the gecko: why tropical species are at greater climate risk";
"Japan wants to burn ammonia for clean energy – but it may be a pyrrhic victory for the climate";
"Voters in coal and gas heartlands are ready to cash in on a clean energy future";
"Customers in Texas Paid More For Deregulated Electricity";
"Named: The oil companies gambling on climate failure";
"The Rise of Greenflation";
"Could small nuclear reactors help protect the climate?";
"Winter sports feeling the heat of warming atmosphere";
"Wireless Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Systems Market Worth $827.03 Million by 2027";
"Cost to rehabilitate Kakadu uranium mine site could blow out by $1.2bn";
"Does Labor’s green hydrogen plan for the Kurri Kurri gas power plant stack up?";
"Monsoon system wreaking havoc across Australia leaves towns cut off and roads flooded";
"Jessica Hernández, the Indigenous scientist who dares to criticize Western environmentalism".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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General Motors Chief Executive, Mary Barra (pictured), talks about the shift to electric vehicles. Listen to Mary tell the story behind GM's awe-inspiring transformation.
Emma Thompson says burning trees for energy is anything but clean, just or green. She argues that politicians are subsidizing the forest biomass industry internationally to the tune of billions of dollars a year, and pretending it’s a climate solution - listen to "Beyond Burning".
Diplomat, architect of the Paris Agreement on climate change, and former Executive on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres is a force to be reckoned with, draw some inspiration from her here when she talks about Australia being the energy centre of the world.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Poland’s border wall to cut through Europe’s last old-growth forest";
"‘My apartment is literally baking’: calls for minimum standards to keep Australia’s rental homes cool";
"Coalition calling for moratorium on Ontario's gravel quarries";
"Melbourne’s hot January nights smash record";
"Carbon Colonialism";
"Coming of Age at the End of the World? A Generation Faces COVID, Climate Change, and the Anthropocene";
"How 3 Cities Can Turn Downed Trees Into Revenue";
"Renewable Energy Shouldn’t be Blamed for Spiking Energy Prices — It's the Solution";
"‘More money than ever’: gas companies made almost $1m in donations to Labor and Liberals";
"Supercell storm tears off roofs, downs trees and cuts power across Brisbane and Logan";
"NSW's Blue Mountains could lose World Heritage status if Warragamba dam plan goes ahead: experts";
"New metric shows how severe global warming is getting";
"Why we resigned from the ARC College of Experts after minister vetoed research grants";
"Queensland has an important network of private conservation areas, but they’re dangerously exposed to mining";
"The $1 billion Great Barrier Reef funding is nonsensical. Australians, and their natural wonder, deserve so much better";
"It’s summer, so bushfires and COVID collide. 3 ways one affects the other";
"Sir David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, WHO among Nobel peace prize nominees";
"Forests will have smaller trees in the future";
"Global Schools Case-Study Guide";
"Winter Updates from SDSN Switzerland";
"This home and studio in Thailand is energy efficient";
"Plant Prefab aims to make housing accessible and affordable";
"Kyrsten Sinema courted Republican fossil fuel donors with filibuster stance";
"What Can One Teenager Do About Climate Change? Adah Crandall Will Find Out";
"No climate change refuge for coral reefs: study";
"NSW to co-fund 1,000 electric vehicle charging stations across the state over four years";
"Morrison Government missing in action as Reef outlook goes from bad to catastrophic";
"Australia’s hottest temperature this century ‘sounding alarm’ for action on emissions reduction";
"New Look commits to becoming climate positive by 2040 in new sustainability strategy";
"Hotter summer temperatures prompt fly fishing restrictions in Montana";
"Repeat photography shows climate change impacts on real places";
"Epic week of snow: High Plains hammered, Northeast nailed";
"North Sea Abigail oilfield plan approved despite climate goals";
"UK beer and meat producers breathe sigh of relief after CO2 deal is struck";
"Extreme heat in oceans ‘passed point of no return’ in 2014";
"A new Tory faction is ‘scrutinising’ net-zero – with tactics learned from Brexit";
"Paris Agreement limits still catastrophic for coral reefs: study".
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Professor David Karoly (pictured) retired yesterday, January 31, from his role as the Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO Climate Science Centre.
He is also an honorary Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is an internationally recognised expert on climate change and climate variability.
Today's Quick Climate Links are:
"Decarbonising the economy could lead to hundreds of thousands of job losses, so what can be done?";
"Farmers place fresh value on Gippsland saltmarshes to earn blue carbon credits";
"Are ills of the Arctic hitting California? Hundreds of migratory seabirds wash ashore";
"Extreme Heat Event May Have Caused A Penguin Die-Off In Argentina";
"Climate change and hotter summers endanger health of pets, livestock, wildlife";
"How a rundown servo fuelled the revival of Yackandandah";
"‘Dangerous, dirty’: Health workers turn up the heat for AGL coal exit";
"How to care for animals in a flood";
"Hottest 7 years on record. Dr Garnett Hall";
"2021 is the world's fifth hottest year on record";
"Denying science with opinions and fairy tales";
"Using Cycling as an Indicator for Urban Quality of Life";
"'Widespread and Severe.' The Climate Crisis Is Here, But There’s Still Time to Limit the Damage";
"2021: A yearly review in six graphs";
"Labor to unveil support for taxpayer-funded construction of gas-fired power station in the Hunter Valley, but it comes with a caveat";
"The US lags in the race to build an electric vehicle battery industry";
"Plastic Cutlery? Fork that!";
"Funding for the Reef: A one billion dollar drop in the ocean";
"Climate Action is Driven By Values — You Should Know The Hidden Ones";
"Labor to support $600m Kurri Kurri power plant but only if it runs on green hydrogen by 2030";
"Australia on the ‘precipice’ of an electric vehicle boom";
"How Extinction Rebellion can make climate action successful without antagonising the public".
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The January newsletter from Psychology for a Safe Climate alerted Climate Conversations to the work of Jane Hirshfield (pictured) and you can hear some of that at "On the Fullness Being" with Krista Tippett.
That same newsletter also discussed the book "Psychological Roots of the Climate Crisis: Neoliberal Exceptionalism and the Culture of Uncare" by Sally Weintrobe.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Green energy measures saving households £1,000 a year – analysis";
"Consultation launched on HyNet North West Hydrogen pipeline";
"Hunting Energy Services targets European geothermal";
"EV boom: ‘Australia should be an electric vehicle leader’";
"Net-zero brings uneven job losses: Report";
"More time to debate carbon credit farm veto plan";
"Australian regulator finds large-scale emissions misreporting by coalminer Peabody";
"New electric vehicle sales triple in Australia with Tesla outstripping other makers";
"‘We pray for rain’: Ethiopia faces catastrophic hunger as cattle perish in severe drought";
"Our hospitals are at greater risk of flooding as the climate changes. We need better evacuation plans";
"Crypto bubble: The hype machine behind a $70,000 carbon credit";
"Activists demand stop to Japan-funded coal plant in climate-vulnerable Bangladesh".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Humanity, should it be bold enough, to resolve climate change will also put an end to climate injustice, climate racism, climate-induced poverty and, of course, climate anxiety.
The BBC has taken an in-depth look at two of these issues, first "The world's fight for 'climate justice'" and, second, "Why climate change is inherently racist".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"TotalEnergies, Masdar and Siemens Energy join forces to drive green hydrogen development";
"Barclays launches Green Home Mortgages for Buy-to-Let";
"UK supports international efforts to protect over 500,000 km of ocean with £2M investment";
"Electric trucks could save lives";
"People haven't just made the planet hotter. We've changed the way it rains.";
"Instead of putting more massive trucks on our roads, we need to invest in our rail network";
"Our PM’s Favourite Climate Protester";
"Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young’s Spotify protest over anti-vax content";
"Water-Sipping Showers Are the Next Luxury Buy in a Parched World";
"World's biggest billionaire climate scroungers speeding up global heating";
"Germany's climate-focused Greens elect new leadership duo";
"Alan Kohler: Long-duration energy storage systems are writing coal’s death certificate";
"ConocoPhillips’ Plan for Extracting Half-a-Billion Barrels of Crude in Alaska’s Fragile Arctic Presents a Defining Moment for Joe Biden";
"Activists Target Public Relations Groups For Greenwashing Fossil Fuels";
"Increased Flooding and Droughts Linked to Climate Change Have Sent Crop Insurance Payouts Skyrocketing";
"Inside Clean Energy: As Efficiency Rises, Solar Power Needs Fewer Acres to Pack the Same Punch";
"Warming Trends: Cooling Off Urban Heat Islands, Surviving Climate Disasters and Tracking Where Your Social Media Comes From";
"Earlier coal phase-out for Victoria likely as renewables surge";
"As Melbourne heats up, the city’s trees are changing";
"Oh, the humidity: why does Melbourne feel like Darwin?";
"Birds are remarkable and beautiful animals – and they’re disappearing from our world";
"The Battle to Save Waikiki Beach";
"Climate change communication should focus less on specific numbers";
"Winter Storm Moves Into Maine After Pounding Northeast With Heavy Snow";
"Scientists slam Joe Rogan's podcast episode with Jordan Peterson as 'absurd' and 'dangerous'".
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Áine Kelly-Costello (pictured, a young smiling white woman) has written a Master's thesis focusing on how and why climate change reporting can be kept in the mainstream media beyond major climate conferences.
Áine's Master's thesis focuses on understanding the practice of climate journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand. Based on this research, she has written for The conversation about the importance of embedding regular, wide-ranging climate coverage into newsrooms, and covering the subject responsibly.
Áine has also worked as a journalist, podcaster and in campaigning on climate and disability. Find her work here.
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Associate Professor Jodie Rummer (pictured) is one of those who have criticised the Australian Federal Government's intention to spend $1 billion on protecting The Great Barrier Reef.
The researcher in Marine Biology and James Cook University said in a Melbourne Age story - "‘Band-Aid on a broken leg’: Experts say Great Barrier Reef plan won’t save it" - "Yet, we are barrelling toward warming of more than 2 degrees, which will be fatal for coral reefs and the organisms – including the humans – that depend on them. We need to do more, faster, to cut emissions this decade.”
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Skyrocketing energy bills to hit £1,900 from April";
"$1b plan to save Great Barrier Reef will fail without climate change action, expert says";
"Live Updates: Thousands of Flights Canceled as Storm Barrels Up East Coast";
"Court Revokes Oil and Gas Leases, Citing Climate Change";
"Climate Change in the Geological Record";
"No silver bullet train for Auckland emissions";
"Great Barrier Reef on verge of another mass bleaching after highest temperatures on record";
"The Joe Rogan v Neil Young furore reveals Spotify’s new priority: naked capitalism";
"Environmental and mental health progress go hand-in-hand";
"Third-costliest year on record for weather disasters in 2021: $343 billion in damages";
"2020 a COVID-year of major energy industry job losses";
"West accused of ‘climate hypocrisy’ as emissions dwarf those of poor countries";
"America’s hottest city is nearly unlivable in summer. Can cooling technologies save it?";
"Living near fracking sites raises risk of premature death for elderly, US study finds".
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Doctors for the Environment, Australia, constantly warn about the threats to health arising from climate change.
The Scott Morrison led Liberal National Party Government has promised $1 billion to protect Australia's Great Barrier Reef, but it is doing nothing about the root cause of damage to the reef, climate change.
Several stories consider that issue:
"Morrison government announces $1bn pledge for Great Barrier Reef over the next decade";
"$1 billion to be injected into Great Barrier Reef to stave off ‘in danger’ listing";
"Morrison promises extra $1 billion to save the Great Barrier Reef";
"Have tipping points already been passed for critical climate systems? (5) Coral Reefs: A death spiral".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘Word salad of nonsense’: scientists denounce Jordan Peterson’s comments on climate models";
"I’m a climate scientist. Don’t Look Up captures the madness I see every day";
"Watching Don’t Look Up made me see my whole life of campaigning flash before me";
"Global Warming Attitudes Frozen Since 2016";
"The Reason Fossil Fuel Companies Are Finally Reckoning With Climate Change";
"This climate problem is bigger than cars and much harder to solve";
"How expensive is an energy transition? A lesson from the German Energiewende";
"Government projection report confirms Germany clearly off-track from 2030 climate target";
"Carbon Footprint of High-Speed Rail";
"EU in row over inclusion of gas and nuclear in sustainability guidance";
"Belgium approves auction of two to three gas-fired power plants";
"Indian Point Is Shutting Down. That Means More Fossil Fuel";
"What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?";
"Carbon Capture SCAM (CCS) - How a False Climate Solution Bolsters Big Oil";
"Nuclear Power Learning and Deployment Rates; Disruption and Global Benefits Forgone";
"LEAK: EU drafts plan to label gas and nuclear investments as green";
"CLIMARTE collaborates with artists, scientists and activists to create powerful artworks and public programs";
"Better air in lockdown may have saved hundreds of lives in Europe, study finds";
"‘He’s a villain’: Joe Manchin attracts global anger over climate crisis";
"‘Dangerous’ storms roll through Victoria";
"Melbourne, Geelong drenched, more than 20,000 without power";
"Central Park Is Opening a Lab to Study Climate Change";
"Global Investment in Low-Carbon Energy Transition Hit $755 Billion in 2021";
"All you need to know about climate change and how to mitigate it";
"How Are the US and Other Countries Doing on Fighting Climate Change?";
"Report: Taxing the World’s Richest Would Raise US $2.52 Trillion a Year";
"Coal, gas power shrinking in Australia as renewable energy shines";
"Cooking with gas? Research finds health and emission risks even when stoves are off";
"‘Living in swelter boxes’: January 27 the deadliest day for heatwave deaths";
"Great Barrier Reef to be given another $1 billion to protect environment";
"Tropical storm Ana death toll rises to at least 12 as homes in Malawi are destroyed";
"Australian energy giant Woodside withdraws from Myanmar almost one year after military coup";
"Big Oil In Decline May Fund Energy Transition Better Than High-Flying Renewables";
"Higher cost of fossil fuels drives wholesale power prices up despite falling market share";
"The gap between Australian climate policy and the science is closing far too slowly – we have to keep up the pressure";
"How to teach children about climate change, inspire hope and take action to change the future";
"‘Swept away in their sleep’: relentless cycle of climate shocks plague southern Africa";
"5 U.S. Cities Where Bike Commuting Is Booming";
"Greenhouse gas emissions must peak within 4 years, says leaked UN report";
"One in five UK councils have no climate action plan, campaigners say";
"Kayak for Earth";
"Scientists warn climate change could unleash ‘rivers in the sky’";
"Imagining the End of Capitalism With Kim Stanley Robinson".
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Dr Sarah Jaquette Ray (pictured) has been Program Leader of the Environmental Studies Program at the Humboldt State University since 2013.
She received her PhD in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policy, with a focal department of English, at the University of Oregon in 2009.
Her most recent book - "A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety" - prompted an episode on "Climate Conversations" and as it was less than hoped, this episode is published as something of an apology, however it is a great episode in its own right.
You watch and listen to Dr Ray on the YouTube clip - "Climate Anxieties with Dr Sarah Ray".
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Vanessa Nakate (pictured) is a Urgandan youth climate justice advocate and was among those who spoke at COP26 in Glasgow who has said "Humanity will not be save by promises".
John Wren wrote in the Independent Australia that: "Scott Morrison's Pentecostal beliefs have affected Liberal Party policies".
Today's other Quick Climate Links are:
"Exxon Threatens Critics With “Unusual” Texas Law"
"Oatly ads banned by UK watchdog over ‘misleading’ green claims";
"Divestment campaigns — and reinvestment efforts — gain strength as climate change intensifies";
"The Fed has a clear mandate to mitigate climate risks";
"Dimming Sun's rays should be off-limits, say experts";
"South Africa’s Heaviest Rain on Record Causes Destructive Floods";
"Melbourne swelters through hottest Australia Day in 16 years";
"Thinking about buying an electric vehicle in 2022? We tackle your top 5 concerns";
"Territory-bound road trains blocked by flooded Stuart Hwy make 3,000km detour";
"Drought-hit Queensland graziers 'over the moon' after biggest rainfall in more than a decade";
"A Fight Over Rooftop Solar Threatens California’s Climate Goals";
"Covering Climate Now";
"Coal-based liquid hydrogen pivotal for green energy? The experts doubt it";
"Clean Air Toolbox for Cities";
"Fish growth slowed by high temperatures and plastic chemical BPA, research finds";
"Engaging with climate change and eco-distress";
"EPA Takes Action to Combat Industrial Air Pollution";
"Climate Anxiety Is an Overwhelmingly White Phenomenon";
"Carbon offsetting is not warding off environmental collapse – it’s accelerating it".
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French astronaut, Thomas Pesquet (pictured), who spent six months last year on the international space station, has described his view of the Earth as both "alarming and breathtaking".
Read the story: "'If we can make a space station fly, we can save the planet': An astronaut's view on protecting the Earth".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"McKinsey: fundamental transformation of global economy needed for net-zero";
"Climate change and the future of the Olympic Winter Games: athlete and coach perspectives";
"Cumulative carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions";
"Bronx Fire Highlights How Energy-Efficiency Push Could Save Lives Beyond Climate Change";
"After snowy December, California suddenly turns dry, magnifying drought concern";
"Why doesn’t every big box store have rooftop solar?";
"Analysis-Rio Tinto has few options to save Serbia lithium mine, none good";
"Indonesia starts construction of $2.3 bln coal gasification plant";
"GM to invest $6.5 billion at 2 Michigan sites for EV, battery production";
"Habitat for Humanity homes go solar in Harrisonburg, Virginia, area";
"There's nothing radical about climate action in 2022";
"Will the Independent women standing in 2022 listen and act for diverse voices?";
"Extinction Rebellion activists Anthea Falkiner, Lesley Mosbey sentenced over Parliament House protest offences";
"Rihanna's philanthropy grows: Singer's foundation donates $15 million climate justice";
"Labor can end climate wars, Albanese says";
"A Mayor Makes the Case for Investing in Micro-Businesses";
"Paris Buried a River 100 Years Ago. Now The City Needs To Resurface It to Combat Climate Change";
"European Demand Is Threatening Key Ecosystems Around the World, the WWF Says";
"Some endangered species can no longer survive in the wild. So should we alter their genes?";
"What drove Perth’s record-smashing heatwave – and why it’s a taste of things to come";
"Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia";
"6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People";
"5 Ways US States Can Get More Electric School Buses on the Road";
"The U.S. plans to bolster the fuel supply to Europe, in case Russia cuts off gas and oil.";
"Irving-based ExxonMobil pledges to go net-zero by 2050".
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The Place-Based Climate Action Network (PCAN) podcast provides us with fresh insights into the climate crisis, introduces listeners to new and fresh thinkers, and helps listeners betters understand what is happening with the climate conversation.
Every day I encounter people who talk with great authority and knowledge about the climate crisis and that made me think about a story I had read a couple of years ago that quick research illustrated that it came from The Washington Post - "What’s behind the confidence of the incompetent? This suddenly popular psychological phenomenon".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Disability Crosses Borders"
"‘Build Back Better’ Hit a Wall, but Climate Action Could Move Forward";
"Australia’s inland rail: a long-held dream, but for whom and at what cost?";
"Peruvians donating hair to assist oil clean-up";
"£262bn investor says it will target bosses who fail on climate or human rights";
"Oil explorers shrug off critics and hone drill bits";
"Australia’s best performing wind and solar farms in 2021, and the leading states";
"Danger that climate promises made at Cop26 ‘will wither on the vine’, Alok Sharma admits";
"America’s Favorite Pickup Truck Goes Electric";
"The Road Warriors";
"Energy Efficiency Ratings Aren’t Actually Predicting Energy Efficiency";
"How co-operative housing gave me the peace of mind I thought I’d never find";
"Navajo Nation Methane Pollution Rate Double National Average";
"Port in a storm: the trailblazing town welcoming climate refugees in Bangladesh";
"Risky moves: More Americans are relocating to climate-vulnerable areas";
"The CLIMATE & PEACE FORUM";
"Kerry warns about efforts to blunt climate change: 'We're in trouble'";
"‘It’s a slow catastrophe’: artists try to tackle the dangers of rising sea levels".
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Manik Suri (pictured) is the co-founder and CEO of Therma and was among the guests at an event staged by The New York Times Climate Hub during the Glasgow COP 26 entitled - "Back to Basics: Building Resilient Supply Chains".
Manik was a guest on Timmy Bauer's podcast, "The Purpose-Driven Entrepreneur".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Global electricity demand grows 6% in 2021"
"Hynion steps up hydrogen fuel profile in Sweden";
"Unlocking net-zero solutions by coupling energy networks";
"JPMorgan Chase selects NextEra Energy's Optos platform";
"Tour Down Under - BreakAway From Gas";
"January 2022 on track to be driest January on record in parts of California";
"Wildfire in Big Sur closes part of California's Highway 1 and forces evacuations";
"UAE to convene world leaders to take climate action";
"In a hotter Sydney, some trees will thrive while others will wither";
"Dedicated lanes for driverless cars an opportunity to fix transport network in NSW: report";
"‘They are dreaming’: Why Santos boss Kevin Gallagher still believes in oil and gas";
"Australian Firefighters Climate Alliance";
"Business leaders believe climate at 'tipping point', survey shows";
"A year on from a landmark report, nature - and law reform - is floundering";
"Floodwaters submerge parts of outback SA as rain washes away highway and cars";
"What Would War in Ukraine Mean for Europe’s Energy Crisis?";
"Nuclear power: an industry whose glory years never arrived";
"Alan Kohler: Long-duration energy storage systems are writing coal’s death certificate";
"Perth swelters through record six consecutive days over 40C temperatures";
"What is a climate stress test? A sustainable finance expert explains";
"5 ways climate change increases the threat of tsunamis, from collapsing ice shelves to sea level rise";
"Anne Salmond: NZ’s climate planting asking for trouble":
"Chevron’s #BlackLivesMatter Hypocrisy";
"Chinese officials arrested for concealing true scale of flood death toll";
"Tax on parking: UK cities to impose levy on cars in bid to cut pollution";
"Food waste: are you throwing your money in the bin?";
"Therma Raises $10.2M to Make A Global Impact On Climate";
"What Antarctica's 'Doomsday' Glacier Could Mean For The World";
"Minerals and the clean-energy transition: the basics".
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U.S. climate scientist, Professor Michael Mann, was among the guests on a "Science in Action" show from the BBC World Service where it covered everything from the volcanic eruption near Tonga to ocean warming.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Energy bills: ‘I got a green deal, so why am I paying eye-watering sums?’";
"Kamala Harris to announce wildfire money in visit to California on Friday";
"What does hope look like in 2022?";
"22 Predictions for 2022";
"The cities of 2121: Changemakers envision the future they’re working toward";
"Environmentalists vow to fight latest Kimberley fracking proposal to unearth Australia's largest oil resource";
"Fake Snow for China Olympics Needs 49 Million Gallons of Water";
"The deal with Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party is proving toxic for New Zealand’s Greens";
"Tennis Australia ends partnership with Santos after one year";
"EU Climate Chief Wants Renewables to Stop Making Putin ‘Rich’";
"People in glass houses… Scientist gives interview on environmental harm of conservatories – from her conservatory";
"‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems";
"Walking and cycling must be made safe in England. Here’s our plan to do just that":
"The U.S. Military Emits More Carbon Dioxide Into the Atmosphere Than Entire Countries Like Denmark or Portugal";
"Inspired by King’s Words, Experts Say the Fight for Climate Justice Anywhere is a Fight for Climate Justice Everywhere";
"Heading for a Second Term, Fed Chair Jerome Powell Bucks a Global Trend on Climate Change";
"China Moves to Freeze Production of Climate Super-Pollutants But Lacks a System to Monitor Emissions";
"Warming Trends: Winterless Olympics, a Disaster Novel Shows the Importance of Storytelling in Climate Conversations and a New Lab Studies Parks and Warming";
"‘Just a new fossil fuel industry’: Australia to send first shipment of liquefied hydrogen to Japan";
"Record-breaking Western Australia heatwave has days to run before it moves east";
"Nanoplastic pollution found at both of Earth’s poles for first time".
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Laura Tingle (pictured) has a cleared eyed view of what Australia's Scott Morrison-led Liberal National Party Government is doing in response to Covid-19 crisis and nimble thinkers can easily equate what she says about that dilemma with how the same government is handling the climate crisis.
Australia's Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, is presently beating his chest about Australia's efforts in exporting the world's first shipment of liquified hydrogen, skimming over the fact that it is in fact "brown" hydrogen, produced using coal and wholly dependent on carbon capture and storage, a process not proved and not yet scalable, in any sense.
Listen to the ABC interview - "Angus Taylor: Australia shipping liquified hydrogen will be 'crucial' for global emissions reduction".
Today's Quick Climate Links are:
"Make no mistake – Labor and the Coalition have starkly different climate policies";
"Why electric pickup trucks are so hot";
"Kids anxious about climate change threat";
"Net-zero: UK government sued for weak strategy – so here’s what makes a good climate change plan";
"Can low carbon jobs really level up post-industrial towns? We went to Bolsover to find out";
"Turbulent La Nina season makes it even harder to predict the weather";
"“Do NOT lose hope” on climate change says Don’t Look Up’s NASA science advisor";
"Unhealthy body image? Get among the trees, give yourself time to think";
"Shell’s Massive Carbon Capture Plant Is Emitting More Than It’s Capturing";
"Locals ‘devastated’ after Whitehaven Coal allowed to bury used tyres at Maules Creek mine";
"Global energy transition to cause short-term economic pain - report";
"Companies worry U.S. SEC climate rule may require broad emissions disclosures";
"Australia must jump on board the e-bus express".
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Ani Dasgupta (pictured) presented the World Resources Institute's 19th annual "Stories to Watch 2022".
Mf Dasgupta is the WRI's President and Chief Executive Officer.
Today's other Quick Climate Links are:
"Don’t Look Up Is Missing What We Really Need From Climate Change Movies";
"2022 Smart Energy Council Conference and Exhibition";
"LARRY FINK'S 2022 LETTER TO CEOS: The Power of Capitalism";
"Water firm fined £240,000 over County Durham sewage discharges";
"Peter Dutton makes $3.5bn tank spend as climate change remains Australia’s most pressing strategic concern";
"Why a Call to Art";
"A Love of Trees or a Display of Power? The Odd Park of an Oligarch.";
"What three degrees of global warming looks like";
"State versus state, gas mate versus gas mate, a fossil fuels bonanza with a planet on the line";
"Scientists target PR and ad firms they accuse of spreading disinformation";
"Giant canyon discovered underneath Vanderford Glacier in Antarctica, revealing history behind rising sea levels";
"Labor has climate policy edge over Coalition, solid support for Greens";
"Policy gaps on climate impact of fossil fuels, NSW planning authorities concede";
"Aussie capital breaks record as mega heatwave hits";
"‘The treeline is out of control’: how the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green";
"Pristine coral reef unblemished by warming oceans found off Tahiti";
"‘Build Back Better’ Hit a Wall, but Climate Action Could Move Forward";
"In Tonga, a volcano-triggered tsunami underscores islands' acute climate risk";
"2021 was one of the hottest years on record – and it could also be the coldest we’ll ever see again";
"Sharks face adapt, move or die scenario";
"Staff blow whistle on Environment Agency that ‘no longer deters polluters’";
"UN report: The world’s farms stretched to ‘a breaking point’";
"Scientists work to better understand how ocean acidification will affect marine life";
"Oyster shells recycled from New Orleans restaurants are rebuilding Louisiana’s coastal reefs";
"New plant-focused diet would ‘transform’ planet’s future, say scientists";
"World’s first hydrogen ship docks in Australia, raising hope for a new industry";
"New year, new opportunities for Victoria’s climate transition";
"Beautiful Photos Show Polar Bears Living in Decaying Homes on Abandoned Island";
"Inured to Climate Change in North Queensland";
"Australian temperatures top 50 degrees, matching hottest day ever recorded";
"Tongan blast was violent and vast, but may not disrupt global warming";
"Three women are dancing on an iceberg in the sky. They don’t know how fast it will melt";
"Australian artists respond to climate emergency and the fossil fuel legacy of their parents with art activism";
"Let's create a Climate for Change".
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Elon Musk (pictured), has said climate change is humanity's biggest challenge, but some are now questioning his commitment to that belief. Read about it here: "Where Does Elon Musk Really Stand On Fighting Climate Change?"
Richard Heinberg from The Post Carbon Institute is an authority when it comes to matters about climate change and here, in a YouTube clip, discusses "The Great Unravelling: Energy".
The "Please Explain" podcast is back for 2022 and begins the year discussing "What is the impact of the maritime heatwave?"
A letter to The Los Angeles Times prompted this piece: "Port pollution sickens their family. They say that’s a form of violence".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Sixth mass extinction of biodiversity already underway, and is entirely caused by humans";
"Mythologised, memorialised then forgotten: a history of Australia’s bushfire reporting";
"Sponges can survive low oxygen and warming waters. They could be the main reef organisms in the future";
"Climate change is creating security threats around the world – and militaries are responding";
"What You Need to Know About Green Loans";
"Errors and Emissions";
"La Niña doesn’t give the government a free pass on climate impacts";
"ExxonMobil targets 'net zero' emissions at operations by 2050";
"Electricity prices have dropped. Here's why, and how to save even more on your power bills";
"Tajikistan: The Climate Crisis at the Roof of the World";
"Australian scientists have a 'solid' plan for emissions-heavy industries";
"Protecting threatened species in a new era of fire";
"4 ways to stop Australia’s surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices";
"How a Powerful Company Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater";
"The Sustainability Opportunity";
"Seeing 1,000 glorious fin whales back from near extinction is a rare glimmer of hope";
"Building renewable power: Govt challenged to strike environmental balance";
"Here’s how to repay developing nations for colonialism – and fight the climate crisis";
"IEA report finds global surge in electricity demand is pushing power prices to record levels";
"A.P. Moller – Maersk accelerates net-zero targets to a decade ahead of original ambition";
"RE100 report calls for governments to remove barriers for companies achieving clean power ambitions";
"Award-winning apartment design is built 90% out of wood";
"German bike maker Urwahn has received the German Sustainability Award 2022";
"CLOUDROOM’s bioclimatic design highlights the climate crisis";
"SPECIAL ISSUE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND REPRODUCTIVE, PERINATAL, AND PAEDIATRIC HEALTH";
"2021 Global Temps 6th-Hottest Since Industrial Revolution, Says Everyone";
"Chart: Black Americans hit hardest by deadly air pollution";
"How Exxon is using an unusual law to intimidate critics over its climate denial";
"How the Refrigerator Became an Agent of Climate Catastrophe";
"Sydney smashes January humidity records as La Nina nears its peak";
"Rare heath goannas killed by vehicles as visitor numbers increase in national parks";
"Conservationists seek new ways to keep critically endangered possums alive";
"Harnessing renewables potential in Africa";
"Chemical pollution has passed safe limit for humanity, say scientists";
"Two-Spirit activists explain why the LGBT+ community needs to unite against the climate emergency";
"‘The opposite of planning’: how Australia put the economy before health of the nation";
"Citi's Commitment to Net Zero by 2050";
"There’s a massive bubble in the price of carbon – and yet it won’t bring down emissions any faster";
"Leaf oysters: the unsung heroes of estuaries are disappearing, and we know almost nothing about them";
"How long to midnight? The Doomsday Clock measures more than nuclear risk – and it’s about to be reset again";
"Confusion, financial pressure, discomfort: older people can struggle with sustainable living, despite its obvious benefits";
"All around Massachusetts, cities and towns want to go fossil fuel free. Here’s why they can’t";
"The big six energy providers don’t need a bailout – nor do they deserve one";
"A car-free London is within our reach";
"Transforming Transportation 2022: Climate-Centered Mobility for a Sustainable Recovery";
"Lakes Are Losing Oxygen Due To Climate Change";
"UN declares healthy environment a human right—now what?";
"‘We live and die by it’: climate crisis threatens Bangladesh’s Sundarbans";
"Sorting things out: Go ‘big’ or ‘small’ on climate solutions?";
"The majority of the world promised to end deforestation. But businesses are standing in the way";
"Mechanics Ask Walmart, Major Bike Manufacturers to Stop Making and Selling ‘Built-to-Fail’ Bikes";
"Want to keep your workers? Change your climate policies";
"The Climate Conversation No One Wants";
"Expanding national parks not enough to protect nature, say scientists";
"Offsets 'handed out like Monopoly money'";
"Perth heatwave declared as firefighters contain blaze burning near Karrakatta cemetery on 42-degree day";
"Experts slam oil giant Exxon Mobil's net-zero 'ambition'";
"New Research Shows How Health Risks to Children Mount as Temperatures Rise";
"Lumber Prices Are off the Rails Again. Blame Climate Change.";
"How solar farms could do double duty";
"Dusting for ‘fingerprints’ to determine humanity’s climate impacts".
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Adrian Monk (pictured) hosted a press conference organized by the World Economic Forum - "Risks on Earth, in space and in the metaverse - Radio Davos on the Global Risks Report 2022".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Make trucks electric to lift suburban curfews and ease congestion: Trucking industry";
"Aussie robots to build world's solar farms";
"This is what ‘cutting red tape’ gets you: rivers polluted without consequence";
"Ignore reports of low-impact pollution events, Environment Agency tells staff";
"Look around you. The way we live explains why we are increasingly polarized";
"Two Worlds: Basic Projections";
"Schwarzenegger: We Put Solar Panels on 1 Million Roofs in California. That Win Is Now Under Threat";
"The Great Siberian Thaw";
"Sportswashing: how mining and energy companies sponsor your favourite sports to help clean up their image";
"East Africa to receive £17 million in UK support to combat climate change disasters";
"Extinction Rebellion donor leads world’s top-performing hedge fund";
"Extreme weather, pests, fires, and drought threaten forests in Southeast U.S.";
"Australia ties Southern Hemisphere’s all-time heat record of 123°F; epic heat cooks Argentina";
"Car Advertising Finally Goes Electric".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Yachtswoman, Dame Ellen MacArthur (pictured) become famous when she sailed solo around the world establishing a new record for such an undertaking and it was during that event that she had something of a "light-bulb" moment about the finiteness of the world.
Returning to shore she decided to do something with that realization and sometime later set up the "Ellen MacArthur Foundation" that encourages people to think seriously about and embrace a circular economy.
And it was in Tim Jackon's book "Post Growth" that I first encountered Ellen MacArthur.
Check out today's Quick Climate Links:
"Is climate change behind record-breaking temperatures in the Pilbara?"
"Is nuclear energy an essential weapon in the fight against climate change — or a toxic white elephant?"
"Tasmania's hot weather and heatwaves explained";
"The Global Economic Outlook in five charts";
"Climate change is stressful, scary, and sad. We’re gonna need therapy.";
"How the climate crisis and masculinity intersect";
"A History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments of Climate Change";
"Green hydrogen is coming - and these Australian regions are well placed to build our new export industry";
"This WA town just topped 50℃ – a dangerous temperature many Australians will have to get used to";
"World’s poorest bear brunt of climate crisis: 10 underreported emergencies";
"The 'Green City' of Freiburg: Is this Germany's future?";
"Will climate change spell the end of coastal living as we know it?"
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Professor Michael Mann from Penn State University and the author of "The New Climate War" talks about how and why a rash of tornadoes ripped through parts of the U.S.
The interview with Professor Mann can be found here.
Oysters could play a critical role in helping protect Bangladesh from rising sea levels - "COP26: Could oysters help to save Bangladesh from rising seas?"
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Liberals use deadly tornados to attack Republicans on climate change";
"Good citizen award? No thanks, young climate campaigners tell Welsh council";
"How Bangladesh’s poor are paying the costs of climate damage";
"Australia’s Booming Circular Economy";
"13 things we learned from the landmark IPCC climate report";
"Inside the race to scale up CO2 capture technology and hit net zero";
"Global CO2 emissions have almost returned to pre-pandemic levels";
"Projects selected for Phase 1 of the Direct air capture and greenhouse gas removal programme";
"Earth will hit 1.5°C climate limit within 20 years, says IPCC report";
"A ‘false solution’? How crypto mining became the oil industry’s new hope";
"Coalition splashes $2.3bn on marginal seat projects including Queensland inland rail";
"Molasses-like material promises cheap, large-scale battery storage for wind and solar";
"Science Museum ‘must lay down conditions’ to fossil fuel sponsors";
"How banks are using technology to fight climate change";
"Leveraging the Ocean's Carbon Removal Potential";
"Everything you need to know about Doug Ford’s controversial plans for new highways in Ontario";
"NSW grants Vales Point coal plant further five-year exemption from emissions limit";
"Extreme heatwave conditions in the north-west, hot in the south-east as the storms start up again";
"Waterbirds in eastern Australia declining despite breeding boost from wet years, survey finds";
"Former Wallaby David Pocock announces run for ACT Senate seat at next federal election";
"How much indoor air pollution do we produce when we take a shower?";
"Study reveals new climate threat for fish";
"How measuring emissions in real-time can help cities achieve net-zero";
"Antarctica's Doomsday Glacier Is Close to Becoming Unhinged";
"Retiree renovates Colorado home to produce more energy than it uses";
"Hackers throw Indonesian palm oil seminar into chaos, fuelling blame game";
"Peat sales to gardeners in England and Wales to be banned by 2024";
"Warming temperatures threaten Greece's prized olive oil";
"Russia vetoes UN security council resolution linking climate crisis to international peace";
"Alan Kohler: Politicians are failing us on climate change. They must do this instead";
"The Great Danger of the Tiny Bark Beetle";
"Climate scientists: concept of net-zero is a dangerous trap";
"CSIRO research trip discovers ecological benefit to volcanic eruptions";
"PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ constantly cycle through ground, air and water, study finds";
"Adani is poised to ship its first coal – is this failure for Australia’s defining climate campaign?";
"The US is making plans to replace all of its lead water pipes from coast to coast";
"Coal Powered the Industrial Revolution. It Left Behind an ‘Absolutely Massive’ Environmental Catastrophe";
"Global Warming Can Set The Stage for Deadly Tornadoes";
"Inside Clean Energy: Unpacking California’s Controversial New Rooftop Solar Proposal";
"Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move?";
"Warming Trends: A Potential Decline in Farmed Fish, Less Ice on Minnesota Lakes and a ‘Black Box’ for the Planet".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Natasha Gillies (pictured, and "Tash" to most) is researching the movement decisions and navigation in Wandering Albatrosses.
Tash, from the University of Liverpool, recently wrote an article for The Conversation - "Climate Change is making monogamous albatrosses divorce - new research".
She is also a part of the Seabird Ecology Group at the university known as "SEGUL".
Tash has a particular interest in how our warming oceans are impacting the "divorce rate" among usually monogamous albatrosses.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Former Australian PM, Malcolm Turnbull, has launched the new book. "Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision Makers".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The Conversation: 2021 Stakeholders Report";
"Latrobe Valley coal power stations could all close between 2026 and 2032, analysis finds";
"Mining giant concedes emissions ‘blowout’ at Queensland coalmine";
"UK cuts plug-in grants for electric cars from £2,500 to £1,500";
"Queensland-Hunter Gas Pipeline proponent to investigate hydrogen upgrade";
"Historic storm brings damaging winds, "unprecedented" tornado risk";
"Federal Government set to kill off controversial gas application off NSW coast";
"Climate anxiety is real. Why talking about it matters";
"Weakening Australia’s illegal logging laws would undermine the global push to halt forest loss";
"Net-zero at risk: Just two in 10 motorists plan to buy electric vehicles";
"What we know, and don’t, about the effects of climate change on tornadoes";
"Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’";
"Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050";
"A wake-up call for Aotearoa as global instability grows";
"Govt announces $4.5b climate response fund";
"How Reviving a Forgotten California Law Can Make Commuting More Sustainable";
"How to See the Future";
"How border walls are triggering ecological disaster";
"From killer heatwaves to floods, climate change worsened weather extremes in 2021";
"How can I fight climate change?";
"Connect, Explore and Engage Across AGU";
"What does the UK government’s Christmas party have to do with climate? Quite a lot";
"Egyptian NGO Greenish laying the groundwork for public engagement at COP27";
"The #TalkingClimate Handbook";
"Contributions to sustainable investment funds rose to $50 billion in 2020";
"In praise of ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’";
"November 2021: Earth’s 4th-warmest November on record";
"UN weather agency affirms 2020 Arctic heat record in Siberia";
"NSW to push ahead with flood plain harvesting despite calls for more research on impacts";
"Climate Action Network Australia";
"Climate Change and Health";
"Environmental group says Amazon's use of plastic skyrocketed last year".
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The Arctic Report Card illustrates that the world is in desperate trouble and still out decision behave as is what we are seeing is little more than a passing phase - check out the story from The Conversation: "2021 Arctic Report Card reveals a (human) story of cascading disruptions, extreme events and global connections".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"This year's 'short-lived' La Niña forecast may not break records, but could still pack a punch this summer";
"Victoria prepares to swelter as summer temperatures return";
"NAB: Divest from Coastal GasLink NOW";
"Climate group backing independents hits back at Coalition calls to dob them in under donor rules";
"Women overrepresented in marginal contests, while more men preselected in safe seats for federal election";
"Fighting Climate Change with AI";
"Smoke, heat and stress: A snapshot from Southern California of life in an altered climate":
"How we can use the law to make the fashion industry fairer to women and the earth";
"Trees get sunburnt too – but there are easy ways to protect them, from tree ‘sunscreen’ to hydration";
"Back so soon, La Niña? Here’s why we’re copping two soggy summers in a row";
"Analysis reveals energy providers with cheapest deals in NSW, Victoria and Queensland";
"5 Priorities for Cities After COP26";
"AB InBev aim to reach net-zero by 2040 across value chain";
"Reports: Treasury shelves £30bn plan to electrify UK railways over cost concerns";
"Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm";
"Trends in Arctic Report Card: ‘Consistent, Alarming and Undeniable’";
"They Said the Tornado Would Hit at 9:30. It Hit at 9:30";
"Address at the Carbon Market Institute 8th Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit";
"Proposed new requirements for native vegetation regeneration projects under the Emissions Reduction Fund";
"Climate change has destabilized the Earth’s poles, putting the rest of the planet in peril".
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Tornadoes with hitherto unseen force and destructive power swept across parts of the U.S., leaving officials with no option but to attribute this phenomenon to climate change - "FEMA administrator on extreme weather: 'This is going to be our new normal'".
A fascinating webinar today (December 14) organized by the Australian National University in Canberra brought together an array of speakers and it was U.S. Economic Counsellor, Douglas E.Sonnek, who pointed to the certainties surrounding climate change.
The Deputy Director of The Australia Institute, Ebony Bennett, appealed for people to sign a petition calling on the Scott Morrison led Federal Government to scrap plans for legislation that would disarm voluntary groups and, her view, fundamentally erode our democracy.
"Climate Talks" a podcast from The University of Melbourne gives listeners an insight into what did and what didn't happen at COP26.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Use your power for the planet";
"Why Elon Musk will be remembered as an automotive pioneer";
"“So much at stake:” Australia urged to set minimum 75 pct emissions target for 2030";
"Tenants and apartment owners to benefit from new solar power scheme";
"Climate threats missing from rescue plans";
"Doubts over Coalition’s net-zero target as report finds soil carbon emissions may increase as climate warms";
"Farmers, industry split on proposed federal veto power for forest regeneration projects";
"The end of coal is coming 3 times faster than expected. Governments must accept it and urgently support a ‘just transition’";
"Courts around the world have made strong climate rulings – not so in New Zealand";
"WA’s new Aboriginal Heritage Act keeps mining interests ahead of the culture and wishes of Traditional Owners";
"Don’t believe the Coalition’s ‘emissions are down’ spin. Australia has not delivered on climate policy";
"Company part-owned by Angus Taylor illegally poisoned grasslands, ministerial review finds";
"FACT SHEET: The Biden-Harris Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan";
"Combating the urban heat island effect in Richmond";
"Why these Tiwi Islanders are worried about one of Australia's newest gas projects";
"Can You Fix Smogtown?";
"Ready for renewables?"
"Murray-Darling basin: ‘flawed’ flood water giveaway could reverse decade of reforms";
"Recycle Mate: critics say rollout of AI sorting app won’t solve Australia’s waste problem";
"Where to find courage and defiant hope when our fragile, dewdrop world seems beyond saving";
"Addressing our planetary crisis";
"Decentralised autonomous action for environmental and social justice";
"Calls to include aviation in biofuel mandate this week";
"Biden calls on EPA to investigate role of climate crisis in deadly tornadoes";
"Budweiser Brewing Group announces new ambition to achieve Net Zero by 2040";
"Climate change is here, and Detroit is flooding";
"12 books on climate and the planet for the holidays";
"We’ve Failed Our Planet. This Is an SOS";
"Cities swallowed by dust.";
"There Is a World of Good We Can Do";
"The Climate Crisis Is Raging, but We Are Not Powerless";
"“Termination Shock,” Stephenson sounds his next alarm bell";
"Biden declares major federal disaster in Kentucky";
"Why climate lawsuits are surging".
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An explanation from The Conversation helps us better understand why tornadoes trouble the U.S. in December - the story: "Why the southern US is prone to December tornadoes".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Biden calls on EPA to investigate role of climate crisis in deadly tornadoes";
"Year 12s find positives to get through pandemic";
"Scotland ignites green investment but oil remains key";
"The wind farms angering renewable energy fans";
"Why California Is Planning to Ban Fracking";
"Westpac, ANZ and NAB to face shareholders this week";
"Elon Musk's Tesla to back central Queensland battery project in Australian-first collaboration";
"Electricity prices fall to lowest level in years";
"Chanticleer CEO poll: Election policy ideas of our 60 top CEOs";
"VicForests referred to Victorian ombudsman and corruption watchdog following ABC investigation";
"Australian farmers lost billions in Black Summer bushfires";
"Alan Kohler: Politicians are failing us on climate change. They must do this instead";
"'Our new normal': US emergency chief issues climate warning in wake of deadly tornadoes";
"Scott Morrison's criticism of independent candidates unfounded, Zali Steggall says";
"How the holiday buying season adds fuel to a rapidly warming planet";
"Solar curtailment is emerging as a new challenge to overcome as Australia dashes for rooftop solar";
"‘Incredibly moving’: songs by threatened birds beat Abba to No 5 spot on Australian music charts";
"More talk, less action on climate change 2021";
"Why Fonterra lacks credibility on climate";
"Feeding cows a few ounces of seaweed daily could sharply reduce their contribution to climate change".
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Smart Growth, the Philidelphia Planning Authority and Island Books combined to bring a special event to life in which Peter Norton talked about his new book: "Autonorama: The Ilorory Promise of High-Tech Driving".
A full-length recording of the event can be found on the Smart Growth website.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) enabled people to hear a discussion about the question: "What Does the Glasgow Climate Pact Mean for the Fight Against the Climate Crisis?".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Scottish Tory MPs did not engage with UK over carbon capture funding";
"Let’s turn the tide on climate change";
"New US energy standards would reverse Trump’s war on lightbulbs";
"LABarometer survey finds adverse environmental conditions impact a growing number of Angelenos";
"Poor neighborhoods bear the brunt of extreme heat, ‘legacies of racist decision-making’";
"How did the Dutch get their cycle paths?";
"Australia’s coal-fired power plants likely to shut almost three times faster than expected, report suggests";
"‘Really sad moment’: bogong moth among 124 Australian additions to endangered species list";
"Margaret River bushfire threatens properties as locals flee homes, but Yallingup fire downgraded";
"Israeli winemakers see climate change affects their grapes";
"Climate Change Is About To Change Everything We Knew About Tiger Sharks";
"Shale Reality Check 2021";
"Iceland facility sucks carbon dioxide from air, turns it into rock";
"Warmer winters leave Connecticut’s forests vulnerable to a tiny, wooly pest";
"Dictionary update shows how changing climate changes language, and much more";
"Seed is Australia’s first Indigenous youth climate network";
"Stop Ecocide";
"Korea Joins the Race to Reach Carbon Neutrality by 2050";
"Coalition, Labor jockey for carbon dollar";
"Scotland marks end to coal power as Longannet chimney is blown up";
"WA firefighters must navigate caves to fight bushfire threatening Margaret River region";
"Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform";
"Land rights";
"Landback";
"Labor calls for ‘grassroots mobilisation’ of religious Australians to tackle climate crisis";
"Indigenous Climate Action";
"How global warming brings Indian Ocean Region together";
"A TikTok food star on why gas stoves are overrated";
"Coastal GasLink could face million-dollar fines for repeated environmental infractions";
"Getting it wrong on self-driving vehicles";
"‘Really sad moment’: bogong moth among 124 Australian additions to endangered species list";
"Australia’s weekend weather: west battles bushfires as storms and rain forecast for most of east coast";
"Hats off to the ResourceSmart Schools!";
"Rain-Soaked Rural Australia Asks: When Will It End?";
"Searching for Australia’s Climate Tipping Point";
"The tricky business of charging electric cars";
"Why Nissan is probably the most serious threat to Tesla out of the traditional automakers";
"FMG CEO Elizabeth Gaines stands down as company reinvents itself with green energy";
"Australia’s climate culprits pay little or no tax, new data shows";
"‘Extraordinary’: End of coal in sight as Australia maps out 2050 electricity plan";
"CCC warns Scotland must rapidly reduce emissions to meet 2030 target";
"Orange launches new carbon fund to finance reforestation and ecological restoration projects";
"Regional Paths to COP26: An Overview of Climate Policy and Regulation";
"Extreme weather and pandemic help drive global food prices to 46-year high";
"How ‘Big Oil’ works the system and keeps winning";
"Climate action leadership program helps teens channel concern into action";
"Crab Wars: A Tale Of Horseshoe Crabs, Ecology, And Human Health By William Sargent — Review";
"A rush to mine the deep ocean has environmentalists worried";
"Europe conflicted over push to fast-track mining code for the ocean floor";
"US spending on airport expansion flies under the radar for climate activists";
"African Union urged to bring political clout to Egypt climate talks";
"We’re Living Through the ‘Boring Apocalypse’";
"'We want justice on climate', Makate says";
"Concern over impact of Norfolk Boreas offshore windfarm on seabirds";
"The Man Who Predicted Climate Change";
"Tropical forests can regenerate in just 20 years without human interference";
"NSW bars environment officials from holding financial interests linked to offset scheme";
"WA bushfires: two fires burn near Margaret River in Western Australia – video";
"Homeowner told to remove solar panels – but next door has had them for decade";
"Dave Sharma, the very model of a Wentworth modern Liberal";
"Dissecting the Language of Climate Change";
"Biden approves relief for Kentucky after tornadoes kill dozens in heartland";
"‘We can’t save everybody’: could biobanking offer Australian animals a last hope against extinction?";
"First Fires, Then Floods: Climate Extremes Batter Australia";
"Renewables growth puts heat on Kurri gas peaker";
"More than 70 people killed as series of deadly tornadoes smash several US states";
"A Plea to Make Widespread Environmental Damage an International Crime Takes Center Stage at The Hague";
"A Life’s Work Bearing Witness to Humanity’s Impact on the Planet";
"Scientists Join Swiss Hunger Strike to Raise Climate Alarm";
"‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth";
"UNEP: Current climate commitments are ‘weak promises, not yet delivered’";
"‘Gentle giants’: rangers prepare for return of wild bison to UK";
"Tornadoes Leave Trail of Devastation Across Six States, With Scores Dead".
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A further example of women leading the charge against climate change came with the staging of a gathering of 'powerful badass women' by the Seed Mob, which is affiliated with the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
Seed Mob's National Director, Millie Telford (pictured), led the event and guided her 'powerful badass' friends through a conversation that touched on many aspects of what's happening in the world from the recent COP26 in Glasgow through to such movements as "Landback" and the "Indigenous Climate Network",
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Gemma Viney (pictured) is from the Sydney Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of Sydney and was among the speakers at a recent webinar staged by the SEI entitled "Never Again or Never? Environmental Justice in Australia".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘Sustainable’ logging: when will we twig to the scams?";
"We’re a community of people working together for Victoria’s environment and future. Join us!";
"Joint Statement: Getting Victoria Off Gas";
"Australian parliament clears way for offshore wind farms";
"Very healthy’: Malcolm Turnbull backs climate-focused independents running in Liberal seats";
"Climate Action in a Fast and Busy World";
"Glasgow was a success, pity about Australia: Paris Accord author";
"Coal closures could come faster under both major parties’ climate plans";
"In a field near Geelong, switch flicked on Australia’s biggest battery";
"As my people move to higher ground, we need Australia to rise above its dangerous addiction to coal";
"Global warming is not like a Batman dilemma’";
"Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050";
"Landfill waste turned into commercial-grade petrol, diesel in CQUniversity project";
"A Legendary VC Has a Plan for Solving Climate Change";
""Decimated" town concerned about future mining";
"The West’s Nuclear Mistake";
"Statement on International Public Support for the Clean Energy Transition";
"Cop26 president declares ‘fragile win’ for climate despite watered-down coal pledges – as it happened";
"“Green colonialism”: the background behind a Western outlook on African nature";
"The Battle for Earth's Climate Will Be Fought in Africa";
"The Social and Economic Effects of Climate Change in Africa";
"What happens to global emissions if Africa triples down on natural gas for power?";
"Household air pollution and health";
"Global Energy Inequality Goes Deeper Than Bitcoin";
"Iron-dumping ocean experiment sparks controversy";
"Australian forests will store less carbon as climate change worsens and severe fires become more common";
"Why climate change must stay on the news agenda beyond global summits";
"Nature is hiding in every nook of Australia’s cities – just look a little closer and you’ll find it";
"Billions for Climate Protection Fuel New Debate: Who Deserves It Most";
"We won’t get a ‘freedom day’ from climate crisis without technology";
"Renewable energy: An imbalance of power";
"Lignocellulose: how nature's wonder material could help the energy transition";
"Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now";
"Strohm signs MoU with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy";
"HydrogenOne Capital Growth buys £9m stake in NanoSUN";
"How the iconic Sydney Opera House is cutting carbon pollution";
"Comparing the Coalition and Labor’s climate modelling reveals some underlying truths";
"WestConnex environmental offsets bought on property 400km outside Sydney part-owned by consultant";
"‘Enormous sum of money’: $40m windfall from NSW environmental offsets sparks calls for inquiry";
"Exclusive: oil companies’ profits soared to $174bn this year as US gas prices rose".
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Listen to the Doctors for Environment Australia podcast.
And the Post Carbon Institute asks: "What Could Possibly Go Right?".
Then there is the "The ACT2025 Podcast: What Did COP26 Deliver for Climate-vulnerable Countries?".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"These Real Estate and Oil Tycoons Avoided Paying Taxes for Years";
"Why female leadership is crucial to tackle climate change and other crises";
"20 new electric vehicles driving onto the scene in 2022';
"The richest 10% produce half of greenhouse gas emissions. They should pay to fix the climate";
"Plans for new zero-emission hydrogen plane backed by UK Government unveiled";
"Human Consciousness Has to Mature in the 21st Century";
"A world first’: Renewables drive down energy prices and push out gas and coal";
"Doubts raised over emissions cuts at Santos CCS project receiving government subsidies";
"Two years after 19 of the threatened greater gliders were recorded in remote forest, the area was listed for logging";
"Protest calls for NSW Minister Matt Kean to reject Kurri Kurri gas power plant as decision looms";
"Stop Woodside's deep-sea gas drilling in WA";
"Liquid marbles: how this tiny, emerging technology could solve carbon capture and storage problems";
"Who’s the unsung architect behind Labor’s climate plans? A retiring Coalition minister";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s climate policy and the Liberals’ fight for Warringah";
"It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land";
"A New Industrial Revolution for a Livable Climate";
"More than words we need to solve Climate Change";
"Traditional owners apply for judicial review to stop South Australia nuclear waste dump";
"Labor reaches out to religious communities with faith and climate summit";
"The world's newest nation is both drying up and drowning".
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Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians have been holding an ongoing ceremony at the gates of Adani’s coal mine for more than 100 days now. "We aren't going anywhere", they say.
They believe we should be putting "culture before coal".
The goal of achieving net zero by 2050 was recently discussed on Nightlife on Radio National - "Getting to net Zero".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Severe weather warning for UK as Storm Barra set to arrive on Tuesday";
"Hot news from two billion years ago: plankton actually moved mountains";
"Labor rules out negotiating increase to 2030 climate target to win government";
"Dendrobium coal mine granted State Significant Infrastructure status after deemed critical for Bluescope Port Kembla steelworks";
"Torquay locals pressure council to step up, hold developers accountable for environmental harm";
"Earth is getting a black box to record our climate change actions, and it's already started listening";
"Despite stronger promises, the world is set to overshoot climate targets, UN gap report finds";
"Green spaces, roller-disco to go in plan for new homes on public estate";
"Australian Energy Emissions Monitor December 2021";
"ANU Solar Oration 2021: The Solar Century – renewable energy’s role in a zero carbon future";
"Coalition commissions modelling of climate impact on health system";
"We need more female leaders in the fight against climate change";
"Interactive: Which countries are leading the way on net-zero?";
"'Can-do capitalism' isn't much help when it comes to buying an EV";
"Labor sets up a clash with the Greens on climate change";
"‘That’s my history’: Qld government won’t investigate Adani works on cultural land";
"'Concerning' levels of heavy metals found in people living near the world's biggest manganese mine";
"Labor rules out boosting 2030 climate target if elected";
"Labor has produced a brilliant renewables plan wrapped up in a terrible climate plan";
"We are professional fire watchers, and we’re astounded by the scale of fires in remote Australia right now";
"Meet the New Climate Refugee in Town: Coyotes";
"Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong";
"How much meat do we eat? New figures show 6 countries have hit their peak";
"Paris Has a New Plan to Make the Seine Swimmable";
"Why New York Is Unearthing a Brook It Buried a Century Ago";
"Horror at new plan to excavate pristine Fiji reef";
"General Motors to manufacture electric car battery cells in U.S";
"COP26: What happened and what does it mean for farmers?";
"Climate change, COVID-19 and conflict drive 'alarming' rise in aid need";
"Oh, stop it! It’s not a carbon tax and never was";
"Peter Cundall urged environmental activists to ‘never, ever give up’. His spirit will live on";
"Labor appears to be living in either fear or hope over climate policy".
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Former Australian defence chief, Chris Barrie (pictured) has described the Australian Government's behaviour as "perplexing" as it claims to be strong on security issues when it is, in fact, weak, even silent, on climate change "the greatest threat to the future security, safety and well-being of all Australians".
You can find more of his comments in the RenewEconomy story: "Morrison’s lack of climate action puts national security at risk, former defence chief says".
As it is with private people, Australian company boards are unsure how to respond to climate change and you can learn more about that in a story from the Melbourne Age - "Where to start?: Boards struggle with climate change risks, fail to act".
More Quick Climate Links for today are:
"‘He voted with Barnaby Joyce every time’: Why GP decided to run in blue-ribbon seat";
"‘Falling apart’: Internal report reveals dozens of toxic risks from power plant'';
"The unhinged pursuit of profit is destroying us";
"Alan Kohler: Labor’s depressing job creation and power price cut election policy";
"From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2";
"Want to fight climate change? Buy a coal mine";
"View from The Hill: Albanese’s 43% emissions reduction target by 2030 has some political cover";
"‘I can only do so much’: we asked fast-fashion shoppers how ethical concerns shape their choices";
"Making the tobacco industry pay for cigarette litter could stop 4.5 billion butts polluting the Australian environment";
"Most Australian households are well-positioned for electric vehicles – and an emissions ceiling would help";
"Ditching Powershop? These green electricity providers want your business";
"Analysis: Do COP26 promises keep global warming below 2C?";
"National Trust accused of ‘passive vandalism’ after turning lake into ‘a bog";
"The American Climate Consensus";
"Major bank boss’ pay could be linked to climate targets";
"Rio Tinto lithium mine: thousands of protesters block roads across Serbia";
"‘One size fits all’: how water-sharing rule changes threaten Hunter Valley farms".
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Charlotte Church (pictured) was part of a Greenpeace protest aimed at making Shell question what they are doing with regard to the company's plans to drill in the Arctic - "Charlotte Church sings in protest at Shell's plans to start Arctic drilling - video".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Oxfam's Climate Justice";
"‘Just sitting there dead’: study finds mass tree losses in NSW after severe drought";
"Proposed Tarago waste incinerator emissions could reach Canberra";
"California will name and categorise heatwaves – should Australia follow suit?";
"Climate change is making monogamous albatrosses divorce – new research";
"Natasha Gillies: Seabird behaviour and ecology";
"Lucid Motors: bridging the EV gap with increased EPA range";
"Monta and Crystal EV Charging strike UK infrastructure deal";
"Fossil Fuel Companies Stand to Make Billions From Tax Break in Democrats’ Build Back Better Bill";
"Ecuador’s High Court Affirms Constitutional Protections for the Rights of Nature in a Landmark Decision";
"Warming Trends: Swiping Right and Left for the Planet, Education as Climate Solution and Why It Might Be Hard to Find a Christmas Tree";
"Finding Bright Spots in the Global Coral Reef Catastrophe";
"Australia’s biggest fossil fuel investment for a decade is in the works – and its greenhouse gas emissions will be horrifying";
"EV Drivers Save Big When They Charge Smart";
"Nobel-winning stock market theory used to help save coral reefs";
"Federal government lags all Australian states on renewable energy action, new report finds";
"Environmental activists challenge ‘unlawful’ UK fossil fuel plan in high court".
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Caroline Pidcock (pictured) from Architects Declare Australia talked with Jonathon Green on Radio National's Blueprint for Living just today about the organization, its goals and how and why it came into being.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are;
"Labor to target inner-city Greens voters with community battery rollout";
"McDonald’s has a growing green problem and it’s struggling to fix it";
"Labor to unveil raft of climate policies including higher 2030 emissions reduction target";
"Labor to unveil raft of climate policies including higher 2030 emissions reduction target";
"Solar and La Niña boost summer reliability outlook, but failing coal still a worry";
"Sharp rise in energy debt sees Australian households struggling to keep the lights on";
"Fossil fuel plant outages pose main threat to summer power supply as renewables bolster grid";
"Victorian government pressed to deliver promised funding for threatened plants and animals";
"In Australia’s wet weather ‘tis the season for spiders, mozzies, mice and mould";
"The independents are coming: women on a mission focus on climate and integrity";
"ACT teens want to vote on climate change, housing issues";
"What can we gain from open access to Australian research? Climate action for a start";
"Australian doctors have made a dire prediction on bushfire deaths";
"There’s an enormous geothermal pool under the Latrobe Valley that can give us cheap, clean energy";
"Labor settles on 43 per cent emission cut by 2030";
"Can the tourism industry survive the climate crisis?";
"Labor’s 2030 climate target betters the Morrison government, but Australia must go much further, much faster";
"Proximity to green space may help with PMS, study finds";
"COP26, Robert Friedland and BHP further highlight the world needs a lot more copper";
"Sex ratio of babies linked to pollution and poverty indicators";
"How satellites are challenging Australia's official greenhouse gas emission figures";
"Solar power prices are falling. What does this mean for our household electricity bills?";
Podcast: "After the Disaster";
"Powering Australia";
"Riding the STORM: A Network Digital Twin to Enhance Electric Grid Reliability & Resiliency";
"Labor launches election fight over climate change and household costs";
"Nerves aplenty over climate policy powderkeg";
"The climate war is destructive, dumb as a bag of hammers, but Scott Morrison is prepared to wage it anyway";
"Labor’s climate plan can’t fix 12 years of broken politics – but it could be the catalyst Australia needs";
"Crass emissions: Suburban helicopters fly into choppy air";
"Labor 2030 emissions plan positive but not ambitious enough: experts";
"View from The Hill: Albanese’s emissions plan is an exercise in political smarts";
"How to choose the best ethical superannuation fund";
"The energy crisis shows precisely why this industry should be in public hands";
"Renewable electricity growth set new record this year, says IEA";
"Climeworks announces partnership with Square, Inc to remove 2,000 tons of CO2 from the air";
"UK needs to deliver on climate, not set higher 2030 target, say advisers";
"‘Subversion and treason’: Australian minister attacks independent climate body";
"Australia to expand gas industry under Morrison infrastructure plan";
"UN shipping body agrees voluntary measures to cut black carbon in the Arctic";
"Kenyan forest communities sidelined as government misses two billion tree target";
"Finance group fails to deliver at COP26";
"The ins and outs of understanding what’s in a degree";
"What will happen to our cities (and beaches) at 3 degrees of warming?";
"Three degrees of global warming is quite plausible and truly disastrous";
"Top-10 weirdest things about the bonkers 2021 Atlantic hurricane season";
"Famously rainy Seattle breaks its fall rain record after a summer of extreme heat";
"Christmas tree selection may be more limited this year because of drought a decade ago";
"Eco-friendly gifts for every budget in 2021";
"Labor sets 43 per cent emissions reduction target for 2030";
"Peter Prengaman to lead AP’s expanding climate coverage";
"British Columbia at the epicentre of climate change-fuelled weather extremes";
"Chalk paint and police raids: why climate activists are under fire";
"Woodland walks save UK £185m a year in mental health costs, report finds".
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PhD Candidate and Research Assistant at the Sydney Environment Institute from the University of Sydney, Hannah Della Bosca (pictured), set out to write a love letter to the campaigners who saved the Gardens of Stone and ended up writing an article for The Conversation.
The New South Wales Gardens of Stone are, at first glance, something of an illogical fit for Climate Conversations, until you realise the area is already being mined for coal and the miners had plans to expand their operations to include an open cut mine.
Nine decades of unwavering effort from campaigners associated with the Colong Foundation for Wilderness, the Lithgow Environment Group and other individuals and groups were rewarded last month when the NSW State Government declared the Gardens of Stone was to become a conservation area bringing protection from any further exploitation by mining companies.
Hannah's love story to the campaigners became an article published by The Conversation - "Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected".
An article from The Guardian helps us better understand Hannan's excitement over the Gardens of Stones decision - "‘Storybook of nature’: a landmark win as Gardens of Stone in NSW’s Blue Mountains protected".
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Former ABC reporter and international correspondent, Zoe Daniel (pictured) has nominated as an independent candidate for the Federal Seat of Goldstein and brings a special interest in climate change.
More information about Zoe and her campaign can be found at her website: "Independent for Goldstein, Zoe Daniel".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected";
"‘Storybook of nature’: a landmark win as Gardens of Stone in NSW’s Blue Mountains protected";
"About The Gardens of Stone Alliance";
"Nation’s first commercial green hydrogen station set for Melbourne";
"Farmer blasts Powercor, Energy Safe Victoria for legal backdown over St Patrick's Day bushfires";
"Global push for green steel could hit Australia’s $150bn iron ore exports if miners don’t adapt, report finds";
"Snapchat’s Gen Z user base getting augmented reality look at Great Barrier Reef";
"Project Symphony: First big trial to “orchestrate” rooftop solar and battery storage";
"Wettest November in 100 years for many places in Queensland, and La Niña will ensure the rain continues over summer";
"Steel’s path to go green will cost industry up to $278 billion";
"ExxonMobil aims to double profits on restrained spending";
"We have to urgently reduce emissions and already have the technology to do it";
"Do La Niña’s rains mean boom or bust for Australian farmers?";
"For both anti-coal protesters and police, 'locking on' to trains and rail lines is fraught with danger";
"All round benefits of NZ adopting a circular economy";
"Putting economics to good use";
"Apple: 'We don’t want to debate climate change. We want to stop it.";
"Saving History With Sandbags: Climate Change Threatens the Smithsonian";
"What Will It Take for Electric Vehicles to Create Jobs, Not Cut Them?";
"Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes Green Energy Push";
"Coal use to peak in 2026 as renewables surge past forecasts";
"Venus could have been a paradise but turned into a hellscape. Earthlings, pay attention.";
"Rising sun: renewables to dominate new power capacity through 2026 -IEA";
"Prepare for more extreme weather, Britons warned in wake of Storm Arwen";
"Essex mega-prisons pose threat to rare wildlife, warn environmentalists";
"The rising cost of the climate crisis in flooded South Sudan – in pictures".
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Author and reporter, Richard Heinberg, was a guest on a recent webinar organized by the Security and Sustainability Forum where he talked about his latest book, "Power: Limits and Prospects for Human Survival".
The University of Sydney's "Sydney Environment Institute" has a podcast series entitled "How Can Finance Address Climate Change?".
A fascinating array of episodes can by found the "Temparature Check" podcasts.
The planned Scarborough gas plant has raised considerable ire and we are being asked to support the cause - "Scarborough can be stopped. But we need you to Say NO now!".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Finance group fails to deliver at COP26";
"Hanukkah story can inspire energy conservation, rabbi says";
"To Breed or Not to Breed?";
"Cheap renewables to keep pushing power bills down, even after Liddell exit";
"COP26: Commitments and Policies";
"Buttigieg: Families who buy electric vehicles 'never have to worry about gas prices again'";
"Australia accused of trying to block Unesco process that could put Great Barrier Reef in danger list":
"‘Confronting’: Great Barrier Reef faces frequent extreme coral bleaching at 2C heating, research finds";
"Climate change has driven farmers to despair and all we get is callous disregard";
"Acommunity of mental health professionals who educate climate-aware therapists and inform the public about the mental health impacts of climate change";
"Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope";
"Nissan to invest £13bn on speeding switch to electric cars";
"Battery power: five innovations for cleaner, greener electric vehicles";
"Annual Conference Postponed to December";
"Emissions rise 2% in Australia amid increased pollution from electricity and transport";
"CSIRO in race with Dutch corporate giant DSM to get low emissions cattle feed to market";
"Civil Disobedience and Climate Politics";
"A Willfully Misunderstood Earmark Can Help Reduce Climate-Change Heat Deaths";
"Australia Climate Factsheets - Vehicle Emissions";
"Rain to replace snow in the Arctic as climate heats, study finds";
"Native forest worth more than logs: report";
"Carbon emissions down on the back of COVID";
"Sweden’s flight-free movement: how views about holiday air travel are changing";
"More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger";
"Climate activism has gone digital and disruptive, and it’s finally facing up to racism within the movement";
"Breathtaking wilderness in the heart of coal country: after a 90-year campaign, Gardens of Stone is finally protected";
"The US Clean Energy Transition Isn’t Equitable — But it Could Be";
"G20 Economies Have Tools for Green Recovery — They Just Aren’t Using Them Yet";
"To Turn the Tide on Ocean Health, A Collaborative Data Platform Can Help";
"The best thing my mentor ever taught me";
"On mentorship: Climate leaders in conversation";
"Climate change is making one of the world's strongest currents flow faster";
"A powerful and underappreciated ally in the climate crisis? Fungi";
"These Australian Coal Mines Are Methane Super-Emitters";
"One in six Australian birds are now threatened, landmark action plan finds";
"Buzz off: David Attenborough intervenes after Adelaide shopping centre bee plaque misquotes him";
"Seven municipalities in Costa Rica put an end to all fossil fuel exploitation";
"Engie and Macquarie to fund 150MW big battery at Hazelwood";
"Wildfires are erasing Western forests. Climate change is making it permanent".
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Laura Grufas (pictured) is the National Community Organiser and Volunteer Coordinator for Australian Parents for Climate Action.
On the group's website, Laura says she "feels very privileged to work with AP4CA local groups and witness amazing energy and efforts members contribute to influencing climate first policies and decisions on top of their already hectic parent lives".
She has said that with the Federal Election approaching "It's crunch time, we need climate policies now. I hope you'll join one of our local groups and get climate active".
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Patagonia has put together a three-part series about the climate with Lucy Siegle telling the story via a podcast to energise the planet and people.
Meanwhile, The Guardian reports on a move by Australia's Federal Government which has even deepened the country's climate shame in the story "‘Vandals’: Victoria, Queensland fume over federal climate intervention".
Australia's States and Territories have been frustrated by newly invoked Federal Government policy that prohibits them from joining the "under 2 degrees" climate group.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The Federal Government's new foreign relations laws have passed Parliament. Here's what that means";
"State to host biggest wind farm in southern hemisphere as turbines win final approval";
"Succession’s plot twist prompts surge of interest in leaving money in wills to Greenpeace";
"Don’t add to e-waste mountain, campaign urges UK shoppers"
"Climate extremists have terrified a generation into not wanting children";
"‘A Trash Heap for Our Children’: How Norilsk, in the Russian Arctic, Became One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth";
"Transparent Solar Windows: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet";
"Easy rider? We’ll miss the roar, but electric motorbikes can’t kill our road romance";
"‘It’s critical’: can Microsoft make good on its climate ambitions?";
"Ministers seek acceleration of water security, access to safely managed sanitation";
"A Mind-Blowing Festival of Ideas";
"Zoe Daniel announced as Independent Candidate for Goldstein";
"Matike Mai Te Hiaroa: Ihumātao and just relationships";
"UBI Pilot in Catalonia";
"I'm a coal miner and I've been in the industry for 40 years. About three years ago, I sort of woke up";
"I work as a schoolteacher in Western Sydney. Here, teaching kids when the weather is getting hotter by degrees is difficult";
"I want action on climate change because things are changing year after year. Our Country's getting hotter, our food less and less each season";
"From 2014 to 2019: How the Adani Group funded its expansion";
"IEEFA: BlackRock has moved rapidly on climate – but Adani exposures remain a major obstacle:
"Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency";
"Interview: Philip Sutton - a passionate man pushing for a "Climate Rescue'";
"More Americans Than Ever Understand Climate Change Is Real And Harmful";
"Coal activist released from prison with strict bail and curfew";
"What does Shell’s takeover of Powershop mean for green energy?";
"Europe’s Energy Crisis Is About to Get Worse as Winter Arrives";
"Offsetting agricultural emissions through reforestation would cost 15pc of farm profits";
"How global business could be the unexpected COP26 solution to climate change";
"Australia’s Black Summer of fire was not normal – and we can prove it".
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Philip Sutton (pictured) is passionate about seeing us take action on climate change and so has devised a "Climate Rescue" project.
As the co-author of "Climate Code Red", Philip has been something of a climate crusader for decades and played a significant part in helping establish the climate emergency project, an idea now adopted by many Local Governments throughout the world, including Melbourne's City of Darebin, which became to the first in the world to take that bold step.
Philip has now gone public with the Climate Rescue idea and is looking for help, support and advice to advance the project. He can be contacted at philip.sutton@green-innovations.asn.au.
During the interview, Philip mentioned the "Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency" website.
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Josh Kirkman (picture by Jessica Lindsay) is a former Australian bodyboard champion and so knows and understands well the dynamics of surfing and several months ago became the CEO of Surfers for Climate.
Josh, who can be seen in action in these short clips - "HUMAN/NATURE - Joshua B. Kirkman Trailer" and "Josh B. Kirkman in Scotland" - is eager to have surfers better understand the impact they have on the environment and has been interviewed many times about how surfers should equip themselves - "Bare for Good".
Surfers, according to Josh, are the "custodians of the coastline" and so those serious about their surfing need to align themselves with Surfers for Climate.
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America's Professor Michael Mann has long been shoulder deep in the climate conversation and his latest book, "The New Climate War" provides us with some tools to confront the climate deniers.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Australian scientists develop seagrass map to help protect Great Barrier Reef";
"Voter support for more ambitious 2030 emissions cuts eases";
"Former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel to fight Liberals on climate and integrity";
"Australian climate activists battling increased repression and surveillance, new report says";
"Cuts, conflict and collaboration: how the Ford government built a bridge to conservation authorities";
"Headwater Hikes";
"Ford government is harming endangered species, boosting industry through environment ministry: audit";
"State of Energy Research Conference 2021";
"Storm Arwen: Met Office warns of 75mph winds and snow";
"Activists take court action against Boris Johnson over climate crisis";
"Artworks to highlight air pollution’s role in death of London girl";
"Can lawsuits, boardroom takeovers and protests save the planet?";
"Qantas unveils ‘green tier’ membership for carbon-conscious travellers";
"Man dies, fears for Sydney dam as flood crisis escalates";
"How climate change is raising the price of your pumpkin pie";
"How to make your home more resilient to natural disasters";
"Electric cars averaged more travel than petrol vehicles in Australia in past year";
"India ‘cannot escape’ coal phasedown, top coal ministry official says";
"Germany to quit coal by 2030 under coalition agreement, aiming for 1.5C path";
"EU’s reformed agricultural policy fails its climate goals, say green groups";
"UN shipping body considers zero-emissions goal, defers decision to 2023";
"The street and the boardroom are closer than they have ever been on climate";
"Why I am calling on EU lawmakers to put climate at the heart of agricultural policy";
"Glasgow Climate Pact: what happened at COP26 and what it means for the world";
"Throne speech outlines Liberal agenda for COVID-19 recovery, climate adaptation";
"CSIRO study finds climate change is fuelling more ‘megafires’ in Australia";
"Morning Update: Canada’s emissions record worst in the G7, Environment Commissioner say";
"Can lawsuits, boardroom takeovers and protests save the planet?";
"Calling mountain firefighters"
"CSIRO study proves climate change driving Australia’s 800% boom in bushfires";
"Former ABC journalist Zoe Daniel to run as an independent against Liberal MP Tim Wilson in Victoria";
"Australia’s spy agency predicted the climate crisis 40 years ago – and fretted about coal exports";
"Why the Energy Transition Will Be So Complicated";
"How ‘Climate Migrants’ Are Roiling American Politics";
"Evacuation orders and rescues as rising floodwaters impact two states";
"Alan Kohler: Ignore the spin, Australia already has two carbon taxes";
"Our climate promises are vaporware";
"360 info: Hydrogen rush could shift world energy order";
"Canada’s Tar Sands: Destruction So Vast and Deep It Challenges the Existence of Land and People";
"The Clean Energy Transition Enters Hyperdrive";
"New York’s Right to ‘a Healthful Environment’ Could Be Bad News for Fossil Fuel Interests";
"More Young People Don’t Want Children Because of Climate Change. Has the UN Failed to Protect Them?"
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Liberal Party Member for Dawson, George Christensen (pictured) made some outrageous comments in Federal Parliament about Covid-19 restrictions and so we can only imagine how he will react when Australia begins to feel the full force of climate change and the subsequent limitations it will bring to the lives of people here.
The Wilderness Society of South Australia is excited about the creation of Australia's biggest national park - you can learn about that here: "Protect the Munga-Thirri / Simpson Desert".
More Quick Climate Links today are:
"Response to Royal Dutch Shell’s Purchase of Powershop";
"EXCLUSIVE German parties agree on 2030 coal phase-out in coalition talks -sources";
"Why Putting Solar Canopies on Parking Lots Is a Smart Green Move";
"The Rise of the Local Climate Candidate";
"Carney Says Carbon Offsets Must Be Limited to Residual Emissions";
"Recovery, resilience and a riddle or three: Morrison’s disaster-fighting behemoth";
"Shell takeover of Powershop infuriates green consumers";
"Saving Australia’s rarest tree after Black Summer catastrophe";
"Prison sentence for climate activist over Newcastle anti-coal protest divides community";
"You have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to your own life";
"It's Now or Never for Climate Action";
"BOM summer outlook: It will pay to check for floods before setting out this summer";
"VicForests accused of 'spying' on protesters and environmentalists";
"National energy market report details expected power bill price drops across Australia";
"Growing share of childless adults in U.S. don’t expect to ever have children";
"Scott Morrison ‘did a jig’ following approval of $16bn gas project labelled a ‘disaster’ by green groups";
"Cheap renewables to keep pushing power bills down, even after Liddell exit";
"Mark McGowan flags government action if Woodside Supreme Court ruling threatens industry";
"Bankrupt oil refinery's $20m mess sparks environmental law overhaul";
"Great Barrier Reef explodes with life during spectacular coral spawning event";
"Climate change is likely driving a drier southern Australia – so why are we having such a wet year?";
"Curriculum is a climate change battleground and states must step in to prepare students";
"5 big ideas: how Australia can tackle climate change while restoring nature, culture and communities";
"Alan Kohler: Ignore the spin, Australia already has two carbon taxes";
"Farm emissions pricing plan won’t cut emissions";
"How Much of the Worsening Energy Crisis is Due to Depletion?";
"The Consequences of a Changing Climate may still take us by Surprise";
"Let's Electrify Melbourne";
"The fight against inequality is the only way out of climate change";
"Good news for climate & jobs: Australia passes long-awaited legislation to enable offshore wind";
"Secret document urges native logging halt in NSW regions hit hard by black summer bushfires";
"The jailing of a young climate protester is a prime example of Australia’s authoritarian drift";
"Former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel to fight Liberals on climate and integrity";
"Rabobank report reveals Canberrans are the worst food wasters in the country";
"Environmental activists face ‘fever pitch’ of repression from Australian governments, report says";
"The ocean is our greatest climate regulator. It must be a stronger part of climate policy and action";
"Even if we halt global warming, local climates will change – and we need new experiments to understand how";
"Here’s what La Niña means for this summer";
"Electricity prices are falling. Here’s how to make the most of it";
"Global warming causes new problems for a Thanksgiving staple";
"Revealed: the places humanity must not destroy to avoid climate chaos";
"EU aims to curb deforestation with beef and coffee import ban";
"The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing".
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Quick Climate Links was meant to be a thing of the past by now as the plan was to keep it alive during COP26 in Glasgow, but stories about the climate continue to populate the media, in all its forms, and so it seems appropriate to keep it alive for the moment.
Setting up an interview with one of the co-authors of Climate Code Red, Philip Sutton, and discuss his new project, "Climate Rescue", was an interesting moment as it almost became "the interview" and those few seconds are included in this episode.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Glencore launches public attack on Indigenous pair opposing NSW mining project";
"La Nina 2021 weather event declared for Australia’s summer";
"B.C. floods: The province had been warned natural disasters would hit more often, and it was not prepared";
"Wet, windy and dangerous – La Nina settles in for Australian summer";
"Funding boost to power offshore wind farms in Victoria";
"Rick Steiner: Nembe oil spill needs immediate govt, industry response";
"BOM declares La Niña as eastern Australia prepares for another sodden end to the week";
"More will die on Mount Augustus if trails not closed in hot months, police officer tells climbing deaths inquest";
"Free E-Bikes for Everyone!";
"Artificial island on Georgia coast to provide nesting habitat for shorebirds";
"For Thanksgiving, some uplifting climate news";
"Woodside's Scarborough decision sparks Perth protest as CEO Meg O'Neill defends project";
"Marinus Link project likened to Snowy 2.0 in damning new report warning of 'dead-weight loss'";
"La Niña established in the tropical Pacific";
"La Nina declared";
"Flooding hits north-east NSW as three days of storms lash eastern Australia";
"Australia ‘primed for flooding’: back-to-back La Niñas points to summer of wet weather perils";
"Truffle-eating marsupial on ‘brink of extinction’";
"Coal plants are closing faster than expected. Governments can keep the exit orderly";
"New Zealand’s climate change regulation is messy and complex – here’s how to improve it";
"Trudeau government’s Speech from the Throne contains warning that ‘Earth is in danger";
"How National Net-Zero Targets Stack Up After the COP26 Climate Summit";
"4 Ways to Design Safe Streets for Cyclists";
"Going Electric: How Ride-hailing Drivers Can Help Cities Speed Up EV Use";
"Cop26 kept the world’s 1.5C limit in reach – now we will steer it over the line";
"More Equal Cities Can Help Bring Global Climate Goals Within Reach";
"What We Can Learn About Climate Action from British Cities";
"‘Adapt or die’ says Environment Agency in urgent report";
"ASOS and Centre for Sustainable Fashion launch circular design guidebook";
"What we know about climate change and inflation";
"Want to fight for climate action but feel daunted or powerless? Try this";
"As climate worsens, environmentalists also grapple with the mental toll of activism";
"The Resilient Activist";
"BOM declares La Nina event as east coast braces for rains, floods and cyclones";
"Cooking with gas: Woodside’s $16b Scarborough affair splits sentiment";
"Woodside takes on a lot of risk as it bets big on its only option";
"Climate Emergency Fund".
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It's difficult to take a light-hearted view of climate change but the "Comedians Conquering Climate Change" do just that.
The challenge of discussing the weighty topic of climate change with friends and family can be daunting, especially during the Christmas/New Year holiday period, but Yale Climate Connections has some advice on how you go about that.
Jo Dodds is the leader of the Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action and as a result of personal experience is a supporter of the Envoronmibnetal Defenders Office.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"If Scott Morrison acted on his strong Christian faith, he would phase out coal";
"Woodside BHP Scarborough gas project off north-west WA gets final go-ahead";
"ClimateWorks reflection: What happened at COP26 and what comes next?";
"Tonga fulfils another commitment to the Paris Agreement";
"Soil carbon: A source or a sink in the net-zero challenge?";
"Climate risk, capital markets and global governance";
"Ex-Unilever CEO takes swipe at Australia, says it would be ‘stupid’ not to phase out coal";
"Shell will acquire Australian energy retailer Powershop as part of its effort to diversify into power production";
"Blockade Australia: anti-coal activists vow more disruption despite warnings of 25-year jail sentences";
"New ARENA funding round to help plug one of last gaps to 100 pct renewables grid";
"Woodside Petroleum: and BHP agree to create a global energy company";
"Scarborough requires EPBC approval: CCWA";
"Shell increases stake in Australia’s electricity market with Powershop takeover";
"BoM expected to declare La Niña weather event as summer’s first tropical cyclone forms";
"Men’s meat-heavy diets cause 40% more climate emissions than women’s, study finds";
"Explore Long-Term Strategies (LTS)";
"COP26: Key Outcomes From the UN Climate Talks in Glasgow";
"CSIRO fears new wave of extinctions";
"Invasive species will cost the agriculture industry billions and urgent action needed, CSIRO warns";
"The seas are coming for us in Kiribati. Will Australia rehome us?";
"Rogue nation?";
"At long last, Australia has a bioenergy roadmap – and its findings are startling";
"Riverine Plains";
"Workshops to help farmers & communities manage drought, climate challenges";
"Money For Green Energy Creates More Jobs Than Fossil Fuel Investment, New Study Finds";
"Tax breaks kick Pakistan's electric car shift into higher gear";
"Gerrymandering is a climate problem";
"Mapping the irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems".
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Josh Kirkman (pictured) was among the speakers at a webinar organized by Parents for Climate Action, the Australian Conservation Foundation and Surfers for Climate.
Josh is the CEO of the surfing group. He is from Western Australia.
The circular economy is being explored from a different viewpoint in WA with the making of roads from recycled waste - "How to make roads with recycled waste, and pave the way to a circular economy".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Timber advocates use freedom of information to access emails from scientist and journalists";
"Scott Morrison’s ‘can-do capitalism’ is a hypocritical example of ‘do nothing’ leadership";
"After the royals went green in Glasgow, Matt Canavan is coming around to republicanism";
"Single-use plastic plates and cutlery could be banned in England";
"As a Black Environmentalist, I Wanted So Much More From COP26";
"Up to a fifth of world’s biggest trees destroyed in recent fires";
"Frustrated volunteer firefighters ditch RFS brigades for independent 'mozzie' teams";
"Women of the sea";
"A Power Struggle Over Cobalt Rattles the Clean Energy Revolution";
"These Americans Are Just Going Around in Circles. It Helps the Climate";
"‘Inconceivable’: Hunter coal plan may spell disaster for prime wine country";
"No turning back: AGL chief says clean energy is unstoppable";
"When EVs take over our roads and demand for petrol dries up, what will happen to service stations?";
"Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary";
"Leonardo DiCaprio tackles climate crisis in satire 'Don't Look Up' ";
"Global warming could cut over 60 countries' credit ratings by 2030, study warns";
"Invasive species are threatening Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms";
"The ocean is essential to tackling climate change. So why has it been neglected in global climate talks?";
"British diplomat on climate: ‘This is existential’";
"Canada’s Tar Sands: Destruction So Vast and Deep It Challenges the Existence of Land and People";
"Why building greener is crucial to meeting Paris climate targets";
"Labor climate policy poised to respond to PM scare tactics";
"How regenerative farming is helping the Mornington Peninsula reach net-zero emissions";
"Cop27 is in Egypt next year … but will anyone be allowed to protest?".
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Hayley Purbrick (pictured) has, along with her family, moved the Nagambie Tahbilk Winery well down the path toward being carbon neutral.
You can hear Hayley talk about what is happening with the winery in its bid to become carbon neutral in this Radio National Country Breakfast story.
More about Tahbilk Winery can be discovered from the ABC story: "Historic Victorian winery on track to be carbon neutral without offsets by 2025";
Another story telling us more about the Nagambie winery: "Nagambie podcast ‘rockstar’: Hayley Purbrick";
Finally, we learn more about the winery at "The story of Tahbilk Winery begins with the land and the river".
Yale Climate Connections gives us a peek into the true violence of climate change through its story: "The link between climate change and terrorism".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Canada floods: 18,000 people still stranded in ‘terrible, terrible disaster’";
"The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure and disappointment (despite a few bright spots)";
"Australia's EV sales are lagging. What can we learn from world-leader Norway?";
"Scorpion plagues, sharks on the move: has Cop26 done enough for nature?";
"Merkel defends nuclear power exit despite climate challenges";
"Brazil's Amazon deforestation surges to 15-year high, undercutting government pledge";
"Australia turned Glasgow into fossil fuel ‘coffee shop'";
"From fire to floods, climate change hits Canada's fragile supply chain";
"“It’s going to get bumpy!” – Papua New Guinea sparked final day panic at Cop26";
"Laggards reject Glasgow pact’s 2022 call for new climate plans";
"US cities working to reduce emissions in the absence of bold action in Washington";
"Rolls-Royce’s electric plane Spirit of Innovation hits record-busting 387mph";
"Domino Theory" - George Monbiot;
"Political revolution in Australia driven by independents";
"The UK has the opportunity to lead the way on building clean energy storage";
"Indigenous leaders left COP26 disappointed, but celebrating ‘small wins’";
"Morrison’s damaging ‘Australian Way’ brands us all";
"Polluters face price pain as global carbon trading system moves forward";
"Farmers tempt endangered cranes back – by growing their favourite food";
"You can’t beat climate change without tackling disinformation";
"Alan Kohler: We must not let Scott Morrison get away with do-nothing climate plan";
"B.C. flooding: death toll rises to four after highway mudslides, one person still missing";
"More Young People Don’t Want Children Because of Climate Change. Has the UN Failed to Protect Them?";
"Bill Gates’ Vision for Next-Generation Nuclear Power in Wyoming Coal Country";
"COP Negotiators Demand Nations do More to Curb Climate Change, but Required Emissions Cuts Remain Elusive";
"Sonya Ross Joins Inside Climate News as Managing Editor";
"The Biden Administration’s Drilling Auction Shows Why the Paris Agreement Isn’t Enough";
"The House just approved the biggest climate investment in U.S. history — now it heads to the Senate";
"Yes, Cop26 could have gone further – but it still brought us closer to a 1.5C world";
"Why Many Americans Underestimate Who Is Most Concerned About The Environment".
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Christiana Figueres (pictured) is famous for her achievements in Paris in 2015/16 and now has an organization known a Global Optimism and Outrage which sees Earth's future as being linked to that of food.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"State of Climate Action 2021";
"Africa’s civil society leave COP26 disappointed";
"Floods, sewage and crocodiles: the crisis of the Gambia’s sinking city";
"The Guardian view on the Cop26 agreement: unfinished business";
"Hit $100bn target or poor countries face climate disaster, the Gambia tells Cop26";
"‘Killing us slowly’: dams and drought choke Syria’s water supply – in pictures";
"Stop talking, start acting, says Africa’s first extreme heat official";
"US auctions off oil and gas drilling leases in Gulf of Mexico after climate talks";
"Casey Harrell: the climate activist taking on Wall Street – and the muscle-wasting disease that’s killing him";
"A £300 monsoon-busting home: the Bangladeshi architect fighting extreme weather";
"Living in China’s Expanding Deserts";
"Can ‘the people’ solve climate change? France decided to find out";
"How to talk about climate change: Ask questions";
"Our Reef needs us now more than ever";
"Global Footprint Network";
"Disruption, Implications, and Choices: Rethinking Climate Change";
"Coalition commissions modelling of climate impact on health system";
"Prepare your garden for summer heat: Step one, weed just enough";
"‘A farce’: experts dismiss government claims a controversial and unproven technology will cut emissions by 15%";
"The B.C. flooding isn’t just a regional catastrophe – it’s a warning that climate change is coming for everyone";
"Buhari signs Climate Change Bill into law";
"Keeping Influential Voices in the Media";
"Connecting the dots between B.C.’s floods, landslides and the clearcut logging of old forests";
"Ten ways to confront the climate crisis without losing hope";
"Forests Collective Meeting".
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New York Times reporter, Somini Sengupta (pictured), represented The Times at the recent COP26 in Glasgow.
Her recent report - "Climate Promises Made in Glasgow Now Rest With a Handful of Powerful Leaders" - is interesting reading.
Breakthrough through its "Climate Reality Check" has produced a report that the former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Professor Charlie Veron, is "devastatingly accurate".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"London's One Millennium Bridge set for low carbon revamp";
"No Public Money for Gas";
"Forgive Humans, Not Oil Companies";
"Climate change. We get it ... it’s a mess you don’t want to think about.";
"Terry Glavin: The scale of the disaster unfolding in B.C. is unprecedented";
"Thermal mix: a modest Canberra renovation holds and traps the sun";
"Coastal defences need $30bn boost to prevent Australian homes becoming uninhabitable";
"Climate Hopes and Reflections – An evening with your State MPs";
"Scott Morrison’s ‘can-do capitalism’ is a hypocritical example of ‘do nothing’ leadership";
"Neoliberalism wrecked our chance to fix the climate crisis – and leftwing statements of faith have changed nothing";
"Glasgow kissoff: our man in a car is driven to tears";
"Wood for the Trees: rush to green hydrogen masks mammoth plans to wood-chip the forests";
"Michael McCormack contradicts Barnaby Joyce on Nationals signing Cop26 pact";
"Dark roofs to be banned in NSW, planning minister says";
"Cool Roofs: What They Are, How They Conserve Energy, How Much They Cost, and More";
"Green hydrogen beats blue on emissions and financial cost, Australian study finds";
"First Nations clean energy network set up to deliver cheap and reliable power to Indigenous communities";
"New Delhi suspends coal-fired plants and closes schools indefinitely amid ongoing air pollution";
"The Celebrity-Backed Green “Fintech” Company That Isn’t as Green as It Seems";
"‘It’s horrendous’: flooding causes significant crop damage to farms around Forbes";
"Pacific north-west storm wreaks havoc, with one dead and Vancouver cut off";
"How to convince your apartment strata to go solar";
"Queensland study solves coral species puzzle";
"Government's hydrogen plan is 'risky' and could drive up emissions: Report";
"Australia needs more than climate bankers";
"Coal: why China and India aren’t the climate villains of COP26";
"China's millennial 'new farmers' opt to live off the land";
"TechScape: will posting your pet pics online really save the planet?";
"Does Angus Taylor’s projection of a 35% 2030 emissions cut really ‘support the Paris agreement’?";
"Why the West should develop a clean energy strategy to meet the needs of the Indo-Pacific region";
"We’ve smelted a billion tonnes of recyclable aluminium. Do we need to make more?";
"Stemming methane leaks from oil fields, pipelines and landfills could help us slow global warming quickly";
"A Times Investigation Into Amazon Deforestation";
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Perry World House at the University of Pennsylvania staged a webinar asking "Can COP26 Save the World?"
Moderator for the event was the Bess W. Heyman President's Distinguished Professor and Chair of Philosophy, Michael Weisberg, who is also the Director of Post Graduate Programs and Perry World House.
The speakers were the head of the Environmental Migration, Social Vulnerability and Adaptation Section at United Nations University, Dr Koko Warner, and a visiting fellow to Perry World House, Mauricio Rodas
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Leigh Ewbank (pictured) from Friends of the Earth in Melbourne was among the speakers at last night's (November 16) webinar staged by the Workers for Climate Action.
The podcast "Saltgrass" also featured a Friends of the Earth campaigner, Cam Walker.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Jeff Bezos says he spends more on climate than space travel and recounts the time he played an alien";
"Jeff Bezos on critics of billionaires going to space: ‘They’re mostly right’";
"Australia's 2030 climate targets for COP26"
"Deconstructing Australia's National statement on climate action at COP26 delivered by Scott Morrison";
"‘A real Hail Mary’: Experts say net-zero 2050 plan fails to account for billions in climate costs";
"Electric cars alone won’t save the planet. We’ll need to design cities so people can walk and cycle safely";
"We need to design housing for Indigenous communities that can withstand the impacts of climate change";
"I’m an expert in what makes good policy, and the Morrison government’s net-zero plan fails on 6 crucial counts";
"The embarrassingly easy, tax-free way for Australia to cut the cost of electric cars";
"Morrison and Barnaby are making false claims about petrol prices";
"Michael Pascoe: Useful idiots – the accessories to Morrison’s big climate lie";
"Richard Denniss: The massive contradiction in the Morrison government’s net-zero plan";
"STATEMENT: Bright Spots at COP26 Need to Turn into Action and Even More Ambition in 2022";
"US Infrastructure Bill Makes Headway on Climate, But More is Needed";
"More Equal Cities Can Help Bring Global Climate Goals Within Reach";
"What COP26 Means for Forests and the Climate";
"Grappling with dread on the frontlines of the climate fight":
"Fog of emissions, ‘greenwashing’ choking India’s most vulnerable";
"COP26 Was a Firm Step Forward, AND We Actually Need a Sprint";
"COP 26: Glasgow Pact and Ready to go Further";
"Live from COP26! Energy for People and Planet";
"We Need To Talk About China and Climate With Peggy Liu + Kevin Rudd";
"The Cop26 message? We are trusting big business, not states, to fix the climate crisis";
"Scotland to enforce ban on single-use plastic items from June 2022";
"COP26: Fiji’s PM says net-zero race should enhance citizen’s lives and fuel prosperity";
"Translating COP26 into Business | Interview with Kristina Rogers";
"Highlights from the Hydrogen Transition Summit at COP26";
"Sustainable and affordable urban block coming to Amsterdam";
"Governments risk 'trillions' in fossil fuel climate litigation";
"‘A death sentence’: Indigenous climate activists denounce Cop26 deal";
"Embracing Climate Grief: A Step Towards Positive Action";
"On grief and climate change";
"Carol Ride: psychologist, activist, believer in change";
"Dumbo Feather Climate Challenge";
"Staying with the trouble";
"Al Gore ‘disappointed’ Scott Morrison didn’t cut Australia’s 2030 emissions target";
"Scott Morrison’s credibility under attack after ‘walking away’ from Glasgow climate pact less than 24 hours later";
"Global heating is destroying rock art tens of thousands of years old, experts warn";
"A sweet future: Welcome to the city powered by sugar in the heart of coal country".
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Greens Senator, Sarah Hanson Young (pictured) was at COP26 in Glasgow and talks about that here.
Deputy Prime Minister, Barnaby Joyce, and Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister, Angus Taylor, feature in a couple of Radio National interviews - "Barnaby Joyce accuses UK of trying to devastate the Australian economy through climate targets"; "
Morrison Government rejects key COP26 objectives hours after agreeing to them in Glasgow".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Economic modelling asserts advantage of complete net zero in regional Victoria";
"The UN’s climate summit in Glasgow has come to a close";
"ABC host's chaotic interview with Barnaby Joyce: 'Brain exploding'";
"Election battleground: Morrison government insists 2030 target is ‘fixed’ despite Glasgow";
"‘Our land is fast disappearing’: High hopes replaced by despair at climate summit";
"Glasgow ends in compromise, disappointment and a little hope";
"Australia calls for foreign investment to fund its clean energy target";
"Australia urged to ramp up climate action as COP26 ends with deal to 'phase down' coal";
"Boris Johnson says COP26 deal 'tinged with disappointment'";
"After the failure of Cop26, there’s only one last hope for our survival";
"A broken dream: outer Melbourne has affordable houses but no train or school";
"New Glasgow Climate Pact offers some 'breakthroughs' but also 'deep disappointment'";
"Global Climate and Health Alliance: COP26 Outcomes Not Nearly Enough to Protect Health";
"Cop26 will make life harder for Australian fossil fuel industry, NSW treasurer predicts";
"‘I’m the underdog’: Morrison steps up campaign, fights calls on climate";
"Energy Smart Farming";
"Cop26: Pacific delegates condemn ‘monumental failure’ that leaves islands in peril";
"Climate Action Tracker";
"Together, we can";
"COP26 climate deal calls for historic shift from fossil fuels";
"‘Watered-down hope’: Experts wanted more from climate pact";
"Empty words, no action: Cop26 has failed First Nations people";
"Coal stocks lose ground after COP26 deal";
"Regional councils say 'it's about leadership' in leaping ahead to net zero emissions";
"Treasury under Labor to model climate change impact on economy and budget";
"First Nations people want clean energy say";
"The planet is on the clock and Australia has an inexplicable position on climate – it really isn’t funny";
"Barnaby Joyce says Nationals did not sign Cop26 pact and Australia is ‘happy with targets’";
"Last month was the warmest October in the northern hemisphere since records began";
"War on Want will continue fighting inequality, climate injustice and human rights violations";
"Australia hails COP26 “green light for more coal,” won’t budge on 2030 target";
"Australian deputy PM mocks Alok Sharma’s emotional reaction at Cop26";
"Op-Ed: Glasgow’s hope at a critical moment in the climate battle";
"Senators push for more oversight after warning solar industry 'exposed' to China's Xinjiang human rights violations";
"Clean technology researcher named NSW Australian of the Year";
"A New Source of Fuel in an Aging Japan: Adult Incontinence";
"‘Ultimately uninhabitable’: western Sydney’s legacy of planning failure";
"Edinburgh Castle set for solar panels as pollution impact revealed";
"I chose the electricity retailer offering the best deal for my home. That’s not what I got";
"Deforestation can raise local temperatures by up to 4.5℃ – and heat untouched areas 6km away";
"COP26: the Glasgow climate summit demonstrates an appetite for change Australia simply can’t ignore";
"Paul Bongiorno: Who’s running scared? Surely not Anthony Albanese";
"Why the Government needs you to protest for the climate";
"Action the best antidote for climate despair";
"Cop26 took us one step closer to combating the climate crisis";
"Indigenous peoples had a clear vision for Cop26, but it has not been delivered";
"After the failure of Cop26, there’s only one last hope for our survival";
"Analysis: COP26 message to business - clean up to cash in";
"Biden to Bar New Drilling Around a Major Native American Cultural Site";
"Why protecting the Okefenokee Swamp matters for the climate";
"Glasgow coal deal a ‘clear sign’ of global energy shift: AGL";
"Why KeepCup’s CEO wants to charge you more for your coffee".
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Professor Johan Rockström (pictured) gives an overview of a report outlining 10 new insights in climate science at the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 - COP26.
A tearful Alok Sharma apologised to Cop26 as a deal was overshadowed by last-minute concessions on coal.
Below are today's Quick Climate Links:
"COP26 closes with ‘compromise’ deal on climate, but it’s not enough, says UN chief";
"Hear from the Voices at the Frontlines of Climate Change at COP26";
"Here’s What Happened on the Final Day of the COP26 Climate Talks";
"‘Fragile win’: COP26 Glasgow’s pledge to end coal power weakened in final compromise";
"Social Media Is Polluted With Climate Denialism";
"We’re going to need a bigger planet: the problem with fixing the climate with trees";
"‘Deeply sorry’: COP26 summit reaches final agreement with last-minute change on coal";
"‘Lies’? Fact-checking Scott Morrison’s claims on electric vehicles and petrol";
"At COP26, Youth Activists From Around the World Call Out Decades of Delay";
"Plans To Dig the Biggest Lithium Mine in the US Face Mounting Opposition";
"In Glasgow, COP26 Negotiators Do Little to Cut Emissions, but Allow Oil and Gas Executives to Rest Easy";
"Supreme Court’s Unusual Decision to Hear a Coal Case Could Deal President Biden’s Climate Plans Another Setback";
"Nations Most Impacted by Global Warming Kept Out of Key Climate Meetings in Glasgow";
"Fossil Fuel Executives at the Glasgow Climate Talks Are Miffed With the Media";
"Ancient History Shows How We Can Create a More Equal World";
"After tense huddles in Glasgow, countries strike ‘uncomfortable’ climate deal";
"Third draft of Cop26 text retains key goal of limiting global heating to 1.5C";
"If Politicians Can’t Face Climate Change, Extinction Rebellion Will";
"Labor weighs political risk before announcing year-end climate policy";
"The great electric vehicles debate: how much has the tech changed in three years?";
"Dollars before lives’: Workers hit out at Yallourn safety culture";
"Australia awarded ‘colossal fossil’ award as climate talks drag on";
"Island nations rise up as their homelands start to sink";
"A parade of greenwashing, COP26 was ultimately a betrayal";
"COP26 Daily Briefing: 3 big things that happened on November 12";
"Canada has nearly kicked its coal addiction. The rest of the world? Not so much";
"Cop26 ends in climate agreement despite India watering down coal resolution";
"Scandalous outcome to COP26 as 1.5° hangs by a thread";
"Cop26 reactions: ‘Rich nations have kicked the can down the road’";
"Forum: COPping Out on Climate Action";
"CoP 26 civil society statement";
"Wealth Curse - George Monbiot";
"Coal phase-out still on table at COP26";
"The Dawn of Everything - how to change the course of history";
"The room where it happened: the dramatic final hours behind the Glasgow Climate Pact";
"‘The pressure for change is building’: reactions to the Glasgow climate pact";
"Election battleground: Morrison government insists 2030 target is ‘fixed’ despite Glasgow";
"The Climate Crisis Is Forcing Women and Girls to Sell Their Bodies";
"Haunting Satellite Imagery Shows Turkey’s Second-Largest Lake Has Dried Up";
"What Climate Change Looks Like From Space";
"It’s time to freak out about methane emissions";
"Impressive! Big Oil Sent More People to World Climate Summit Than Any Country";
"Climate Activists Say They’re Sick of Being ‘Youthwashed’ at COP26";
"Here Are the Pledges Made at COP26 – And Why Not Everyone Is Impressed";
"The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure and disappointment (despite a few bright spots)";
"Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal";
"Where to find courage and defiant hope when our fragile, dewdrop world seems beyond saving";
"The government’s net-zero modelling shows winners, we’ve found losers as well";
"Government assumes 90% of Australia’s new car sales will be electric by 2050. But it’s a destination without a route";
"COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. Here are 5 of them";
"COP26: New Zealand depends on robust new rules for global carbon trading to meets its climate pledge";
"How government modelling found net-zero would leave us better off";
"High Court decision on $125 million fine for Volkswagen is a warning to all greenwashers";
"Alan Kohler: We must not let Scott Morrison get away with do-nothing climate plan";
"‘Laggard’ Australia may not increase 2030 climate cuts, despite agreeing to do so";
"Election battleground: Morrison government insists 2030 target is ‘fixed’ despite Glasgow";
"Hunt refuses to commit to 2030 climate target";
"Good COP, bad COP: Climate wins and losses from Glasgow";
"Despite its faults, Glasgow climate summit offers hope";
"Glasgow ends in compromise, disappointment and a little hope";
"Rod Oram: COP26’s inadequate package could still lead to progress";
"John Kerry: Cop26 puts us closer than ever to avoiding climate chaos";
"Five vital lines in the COP26 climate agreement";
"‘Glasgow Pact’ keeps pressure on climate laggards like Australia, even after watering it down";
"COP26: Climate deal sounds the death knell for coal power - PM";
"Glasgow’s 2030 credibility gap: net zero’s lip service to climate action";
"'Comically flawed': Climate experts criticise Australia's net-zero modelling";
"Liberal backbenchers call for more ambitious 2035 emission reduction target".
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Professor Micheal Mann (pictured) is famous for his renowned "hockey stick" that gave a near-perfect image of what is happening with regard to the climate crisis.
The American professor has been watching closely what has been happening at COP26 in Glasgow and has said pledges given so far have been encouraging and all that was needed now was for countries to "walk their talk".
Professor Tim Flannery is currently in Glasgow as was one of the guests in an event staged by Conversation at the Crossroads, "Can Climate Catastrophe be Averted".
With a new electric vehicles strategy and more money for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Scott Morrison would appear to be announcing policies to help the nation reach its net-zero emissions goal by 2050. But do these policies represent a true change of heart for the Coalition, or are they just pamphlets with little action attached? Check out a podcast from The Guardian - "Scott Morrison’s hollow climate campaigning".
Günter Hermeyer from the Nuclear Information and Resource Service was at the climate summit in Glasgow, and told the Australian Conservation Foundation that "It is very important to look at the whole story". Nuclear power is a dangerous distraction from real climate solutions that are ready to take off in Australia like clean energy from the sun and wind.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The world is going to need a Covax for climate control";
"Government releases modelling underpinning net zero emissions by 2050 target";
"On the brink: will COP26 fail Greta’s generation?";
"Coal industry halved by 2050 but greater costs avoided under net-zero plan";
"Calls for Climate Reparations Reach Boiling Point in Glasgow Talks";
"Glasgow climate summit in major backdown on coal, tougher targets";
"Meet the ‘inactivists’, tangling up the climate crisis in culture wars";
"COP26 scorecard: Australia vs the world";
"World needs trillions to face climate threat: draft UN report";
"Here’s how the government’s modellers concluded net-zero would leave us better off";
"COP26: New Zealand depends on robust new rules for global carbon trading to meets its climate pledge";
"COP26 leaves too many loopholes for the fossil fuel industry. Here are 5 of them";
"ACT calculates community's indirect greenhouse gas emissions from goods and services";
"Cop26 targets too weak to stop disaster, say Paris agreement architects";
"‘Pure spin’: experts pan Coalition net-zero modelling that allows gas sector to grow";
"Gaslighting Australia: Gas is already a big climate polluter";
"COP26 - Glasgow; initial assessment";
"A space is opening to discuss oil and gas exit at Cop26. Lobbyists are pushing back";
"Scotland to boost climate funding";
"Scotland breaks loss and damage “taboo”, raising hopes others will follow";
"Three decisions governments must make to solve the nature and climate emergencies";
"Coalition to turn adaptation research into action launches at Cop26 climate talks";
"Court Dismisses Legal Challenge to Narrabri Gas Project Approval";
"Bylong Community Heads to High Court as KEPCO Seeks Coal Mine Appeal";
"Federal Court Hearing on $21 million Beetaloo Gas Grants";
"Explainer: Clearing the Way for More Clearing – Updated Rules for Vegetation Clearing in NSW";
"COP26: Denmark and Costa Rica launch ambitious alliance to phase out oil and gas";
"Australia shown to have highest greenhouse gas emissions from coal in world on per capita basis";
"Climate justice";
"Fact Check-'Hockey Stick' graph of rising global temperatures is accurate depiction of climate change";
"The man behind Scott Morrison’s climate panic";
"‘Literally sinking’: Drowning nations plead for their lives as COP26 deal is watered down";
"Climate groups slam ‘pure spin’ in Australia’s net-zero emissions modelling";
"How the Australian government was shamed and embarrassed on the COP26 world stage";
"Better Cross-Regime Connectivity Is Needed to Address the Collateral Impacts of Climate Change";
"Three Modes of Thinking about Climate Change and Grand
Strategy";
"Climate Change and Geopolitics Workshop";
"It’s half-time in Humanity v Climate Crisis, and Boris Johnson is our captain";
"Artists must confront the climate crisis – we must write as if these are the last days";
"Thinking of buying an electric car? Here’s what you need to know about models, costs and rebates";
"How can Britain cut emissions when the Tory party fetishises travel?";
"Morrison to link $500 million for new technologies to easing way for carbon capture and storage";
"Supreme Court to weigh EPA authority to regulate greenhouse pollutants";
"Tree pollen season in California’s Bay Area is getting half a week longer each year";
"The cow in the room: why is no one talking about farming at Cop26?";
"UN climate talks drift into overtime in push to save 1.5 Celsius goal";
"Analysis: As countries wrangle over climate pledges, how enforceable are they?";
"Cop26 reveals limits of Biden’s promise to ‘lead by example’ on climate crisis";
"Joe Manchin, This Is What We Can’t Afford";
"Top five climate commitments made at COP26";
"Four new green ways to heat homes";
"Colorado program gives new life to old solar panels";
"Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report";
"Antihero to zero: VW rises from ‘dieselgate’ to lead charge on electric vehicles";
"Warnings to Action: Mobilising Humanity";
"Upbeat Scott Morrison calls on businesses to step up to the climate challenge";
"This is not economic modelling on net-zero, it’s adjacent to it";
"Coal industry halved by 2050 but greater costs avoided under net-zero plan";
"Campaigning PM believes he’s found a miraculous middle ground";
"Ties with China are key in reaching global goals";
"The PM’s ‘can-do’ climate capitalism won’t work without a price on carbon";
"‘Vindicated’ Tim Flannery unfazed by climate change critics";
"Australia, an embarrassing handbrake on COP’s nobler ambitions";
"Backed by Climate 200’s $3.6m war chest, independent challengers circle Coalition seats";
"A look at the Coalition's love-hate relationship with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation – video";
"Scott Morrison is hiding behind future technologies, when we should just deploy what already exists";
"Who Has The Most Historical Responsibility for Climate Change?";
"Conversations that Matter public launch";
"Pressure mounts on countries to strike Cop26 deal as talks pass deadline";
"Final wording on COP26 agreement unclear as climate talks run over time";
"“Let’s Electrify Melbourne”';
"Scott Morrison now shares the same ambition on emissions reduction as Queensland's Labor government. Here's why that's awkward";
"COP26: Nicola Sturgeon hailed as the 'true leader' at climate summit";
"Climate reparations become a crunch issue as Cop26 goes into overtime";
"‘Nature-based solutions’ prove divisive at Glasgow climate talks".
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"Endgame" is a central Victorian podcast created and published by Kyla Brettle and Rob Law, who met by chance when among a group of locals who had got together to convince the Mount Alexander Shire Council to declare a climate emergency.
That chance meeting between a musician with a professional and personal interest in climate change and a young mother with a rich background in audio, lecturing at RMIT about filmmaking and understanding storytelling through journalism, and a desire to help people better understand climate change, led to the creation of the podcast, "Endgame".
Endgame is beautifully crafted and when this episode of Climate Conversaions was completed, it was still being "mastered" - visit the Endgame website and make sure you're in line just as soon as that first episode is released.
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Patrick Harvie (pictured) was one of several speakers at a COP26 event organized by the World Resources Institute set up to discuss "How open government principles help deliver climate action".
Patrick is the Minister for Zero Carbon Building, Active Travel and Tenants' Rights in the Scottish Parliament.
Mining magnate and hydrogen enthusiast, "Andrew Forrest tells the fossil fuel industry 'the party is over".
Joining a session from the Climate Hub, organized by The New York Times, former U.S. vice president and the man behind "The Climate Reality Project", Al Gore talked about the importance of data in combatting climate change at an event entitled: "The data we need: Enabling climate solutions".
Ugandan climate activist, Vanessa Nakate called on those at COP26 to "prove us wrong".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"How does Australia's CO2 emissions per capita compare to the rest of the world?";
"US and China reach agreement to tackle climate";
"Give a bike, change a life";
"Trust Is Hard to Find at the U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow";
"Decarbonizing industry by 2050";
"COP26 climate summit draft may be ‘a rude shock’ for PM Scott Morrison";
"Central Melbourne could generate three-quarters of its power from solar panels, study suggests";
"'Our leaders are failing us': Draft of final COP26 agreement criticised as 'empty words'";
"Wet start to November to continue in Central Australia and the Barkly";
"Motorist clings to tree for hours after car swept into Alice Springs' Todd River";
"Cop26 draft calls for tougher emissions pledges by next year, phase out of fossil fuels";
"Take heart at what’s unfolded at COP26 in Glasgow – the world can still hold global heating to 1.5℃";
"Yes, young people are concerned about climate change. But it can drive them to take action";
"The fate of our planet depends on the next few days of complex diplomacy in Glasgow. Here’s what needs to go right";
"Why the Australian government must listen to Torres Strait leaders on climate change";
"Matt Kean trolls Scott Morrison on EVs, but Labor considers backing carbon capture plan";
"The New York Times Debate: Migration Is a Sound Adaptation and Reparations Strategy";
"‘Another lie’: Morrison’s ‘mad claims’ on EVs have Labor outraged";
"China and the US announce plan to work together on cutting emissions";
"Indigenous activists are united in a cause and are making themselves heard at COP26";
"Cop26 draft criticised for lack of financial help for vulnerable countries";
"Depression-era program left some New England communities more vulnerable to sea-level rise";
"Frustrations over voices unrepresented in formal COP26 talks";
"What the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill means for climate change";
"The climate fight hits cities";
"Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report";
"Scientists pour cold water on Bill Gates' nuclear plans";
"Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future";
"Canada spent $18B on financial supports for the fossil fuel industry last year: report";
"Car firms agree at Cop26 to end sale of fossil fuel vehicles by 2040";
"Do Angus Taylor’s carbon capture and storage claims stack up?";
"WA Vaccine Commander heads to the Pilbara to help lift nation's lowest vaccination rate";
"Net-zero by 2050 achievable but a lack of cold hard cash is holding Australia back";
"E – Economic Scarcity";
"‘Existential crisis’: United States and China stun COP26 with joint climate change pact";
"Audacity of hype: Scott Morrison is betting voters will settle for plans over performance";
"COP 26 climate pledges remain 'hollow' without fossil fuel phase out, UN chief says";
"Fossil fuels vs renewables: Where the world's top 20 emitters stand";
"COP26: Temperature fears as climate summit enters final day";
"The COP26 Endgame: What to Watch If You’re Just Tuning In";
"Any less water in Murray-Darling system means ‘Armageddon’ for South Australia, conservationist says";
"Canberra Liberals back faster national emissions cuts";
"The draft COP26 agreement calls for stronger goals, but Australia is already lagging behind";
"Climate change: NZ to issue 'green bonds' to help decarbonise";
"‘Try harder. Try harder’: Today, COP26 negotiators will fight to save life on Earth. The next decade will reveal if they succeeded";
"Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison has a bingle or two on the campaign trail";
"‘The Australian way’: how Morrison trashed brand Australia at COP26";
"Vital Signs: Marketing is getting in the way of markets that could get us to net-zero";
"Ten years to 1.5°C: how climate anxiety is affecting young people around the world – podcast";
"Big-business greenwash or a climate saviour? Carbon offsets raise tricky moral questions";
"COP26: cities create over 70% of energy-related emissions. Here’s what must change";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Chris Bowen says Labor’s climate policy will be ‘realistic and ambitious";
"Policing of Net-Zero Claims to Take Shape in 2022, UN Chief Says";
"China Resists COP26 Push to End Coal as Energy Security Prevails";
"Climate Trace";
"We need more female leaders in the fight against climate change";
"Failing to plan for climate refugees hands a cheap victory to the far right";
"Cop26 – a tragedy in two acts where the rich nations knife poor countries in the back";
"Ocean Infinity to Deliver a Zero-Emissions Marine Propulsion System";
"US-China deal on emissions welcomed by global figures and climate experts";
"Why it's so hard to electrify shipping and aviation";
"Cop26 police tactics creating atmosphere of fear, protesters say";
"Low-carbon aviation fuels are on the horizon. But for now, activists say we need to stay grounded";
"What to Watch on Thursday at COP26";
"Disaster-resilient New Orleans apartment complex is also affordable";
"China-U.S. Climate Pact Puts Massive Methane Leaks in Crosshairs";
"Forrest promises to convert first ship to green ammonia within a year";
"Deforestation in Australia: a wanton assault on wildlife – in pictures";
"Rooftop solar smashes output records in all Australian states";
"Chevron’s five years of Gorgon carbon storage failure could cost $230 million".
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Australian PM, Scott Morrison (pictured) Is urging us to take more of the medicine that made the world ill in the first place, "Can do capitalism", and again pointing his finger, has declared that what Australians don't need, or want more of, is people such as himself telling them what to do - he wants the government off our backs.
And while the Australian Government is effectively doing nothing about trying to head off climate change, some such as PNG's Climate Change Minister, Wera Mori, is pleading for Australia to act more like a genuine global citizen and do more to lower its emissions.
We are also getting the same message from Tuvalu via an address given to the Glasgow COP26 by a speaker up to his knees in the ocean, a rising ocean.
More Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Will Australia's intransigence on climate damage our trade relationships?";
"Tuvalu could be uninhabitable in 50 years due to climate change";
"PM trying to turn climate change into a "practical challenge" - Politics with Peter Van Onselen";
"What is the Global Stocktake?";
"Reporter's notebook: From the climate front lines to COP26, the gap is wide between talk and reality";
"Scott Morrison says ‘can-do capitalism’ will solve climate change";
"Capitalism trumps policy on climate: PM";
"Scott Morrison brings ‘can-do capitalism’ to Melbourne";
"Countries, cities, carmakers commit to end fossil-fuel vehicles by 2040";
"Glasgow’s 2030 credibility gap: net zero’s lip service to climate action";
"Three decisions governments must make to solve the nature and climate emergencies";
"Climate adaptation finance has a blind spot on conflict and fragility";
"Signify calls on leaders to accelerate the transition to smart LED lighting at Cop26";
"COP26 Draft Calls for More Action to Tighten Climate Goals";
"Green Markets Put World’s Poor at Mercy of Higher Funding Costs";
"Scott Morrison could restore Australia’s climate reputation as a lifter rather than a leaner with five steps";
"Electric vehicles are too big an opportunity to miss. Here’s what Australia should be doing";
"Addicted to privatisation, addicted to failure";
"Using water wisely, Barnaby? Or another dicey deal in the pipeline?";
"Strong policies 'missing' on transport decarbonisation";
"Looting By Other Means";
"‘Can-do capitalism’: Morrison’s fresh pitch on emissions";
"Climate summit wants nations to return next year with tougher 2030 targets";
"Morrison backs climate capitalism as Albanese warns voters over ‘nonsense’ on mandates";
"Travelling to Europe could ‘cost $800 more’ to meet net-zero targets";
"Too hot for ceremony: climate is fast changing for First Peoples and it’s not our ‘Australian way’";
"Lotus Type 132 electric SUV teased";
"Rivian going public tonight, could be valued above BMW, Hyundai, Kia, and Ferrari";
"Investors pushed mining giants to quit coal. Now it’s backfiring";
"Electric vehicles can’t fix the problem of cars";
"US won’t sign up to British push to ban new petrol cars by 2035";
"What Happened at COP26 on Wednesday: China and U.S. Say They’ll ‘Enhance’ Climate Ambition";
"Nine charts that show why the US needs to tackle food emissions";
"The US-China climate pact gives Glasgow summit momentum for hope";
"Australia among nations trying to soften COP26 declaration";
"‘Existential crisis’: United States and China stun COP26 with joint climate change pact";
"How ambition for a small country’s survival helped reshape the COP agenda";
"Macron boosts nuclear power plans to meet France’s net-zero ambitions";
"Beach Energy faces heat over shock CEO exit, fossil fuels’ future";
"Net-zero vow fails to ‘shift the dial’ as renewables investment stalls".
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Richie Merzian (pictured) is the Climate and Energy Program Director from The Australia Institute and talked today (November 10) with RN Breakfast host, Fran Kelly, about Australia being last on an international index on how countries are combatting climate change.
Fran Kelly also talked with Agriculture Minister and the Minister for Northern Australia, David Littleproud, about that issue only the hear about what a wonderful job the Australian Government was doing in dealing with climate change.
Today's Quick Climate links are:
"Australia behind the rest of the world when it comes to EVs";
"Australian climate policy dead last on international index";
"National Farmers on the net-zero future";
"The Plan to Deliver Net Zero: The Australian Way";
"Banks are still financing fossil fuels – while signing up to net-zero pledges";
"Scott Morrison denies attacking electric vehicles in 2019 as he unveils new Coalition policy";
"Scott Morrison wants to be Australia’s Prime Marketer – but voters aren’t buying his woeful climate rebrand";
"1bn people will suffer extreme heat at just 2C heating, say scientists";
"Climate Derangement Syndrome";
"Getting off Gas with Judith Lucy";
"Supporting people emotionally in facing the climate reality";
"Motor industry pushes back against federal government’s electric vehicle plans";
"The electric car revolution putting Australia and the rest of the world to shame";
"Coming to age in climate change";
"Climate change. We get it ... it’s a mess you don’t want to think about";
"Change The Story";
"Low Emissions Technology Roadmap";
"How can Australia get cracking on emissions? The know-how we need is in our universities";
"Electric vehicle deal to create regional jobs collapses";
"How Scientists Know That Climate Change Juices Heat Waves";
"Developing countries put a number on post-2025 climate finance needs: $1.3trn a year";
"A Swiss pianist, a Rwandan chemist… meet 15 ministers brokering a deal in Glasgow";
"From Chile and Taiwan via Glasgow, youth call for climate justice";
"Renewable energy made easy";
"How to reduce our carbon footprint";
"Climate Action Firmly Back On Agenda";
"New COP26 climate pledges are unlikely to slow the pace of global warming, UN says";
"Small cuts in air traffic would level off global heating caused by flying – study";
"‘The first sip was rather shocking’: Cop26 delegates try Irn-Bru for the first time";
"If the super-rich want to live for ever our planet is truly doomed";
"Nonprofit Grid Alternatives trains women for careers in solar";
"Morrison to link $500 million for new technologies to easing way for carbon capture and storage";
"COP26: why education for girls is crucial in the fight against climate change";
"COP26: Climate Change Performance Index ranks Australia last for policy";
"COP26: World headed for 2.4C warming despite climate summit - report";
"Forrest says investors will pour 'billions' into big corporations' green energy push";
"‘System Change Not Climate Change’: Capitalism And Environmental Destruction";
"“System change, not climate change!”";
"Fossil fuel advertising in sport ‘the new cigarette sponsorship’, ex-Wallabies captain David Pocock says";
"NZ goes from innovator to handwringer on climate";
"Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report";
"COP26 talks still have ‘mountain to climb’";
"Capitalism trumps policy on climate: PM";
"Low emissions technology to receive $500m boost, including carbon capture and storage";
"What is the Morrison government’s electric cars policy – and will it actually drive take-up?";
"From ‘war on the weekend’ to ‘key building block’: Scott Morrison denies EV backflip";
"Study reveals how improving our health can help the planet";
"U.S. ‘Won’t Have Coal’ by 2030, John Kerry Predicts in Glasgow";
"John Kerry Sees a Deal on Global Carbon-Trading Rules at COP";
"U.K. Wants Nations to Improve COP Plans, But Offers a Way Out";
"U.K. Rejects Alliance Seeking Fixed Date to End Oil and Gas";
"One Billion People to Face Deadly Heat Stress If World Warms 2C";
"Cop26 is creating false hope for a 1.5C rise – the stark reality is very different";
"Countless metaphors capture the mood of COP26 in Glasgow";
"Four voices from COP26 on Paris Climate Agreement 1.5 degrees C target";
"A ‘just’ climate change adaptation needs arts and culture";
"COP26 has begun, and so have difficult conversations";
"Frustrations over voices unrepresented in formal COP26 talks";
"New $1 billion fund to back Australian companies to develop low-emissions technology";
"Fears that COP’s 1.5 degree climate goal may be slipping away";
"Obama fears failure and urges passion in Glasgow speech";
"Electric vehicle deal to create regional jobs collapses";
"‘Twiggy’ Forrest preaches his green energy dream at an AGM like no other";
"It’s good business for Australia to lead on carbon pricing".
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Former Chief Scientist for Australia, Dr Alan Finkel (pictured) was the guest on a webinar organized by the Member for Goldstein, Tim Wilson, who is also the Assistant Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reduction.
Dr Finkel and Mr Wilson discussed "The Australian Way to Net Zero" and the scientist appeared comfortable with the Australian Government's plan to achieve net zero by 2050.
Climate Conversations has serious reservations about what's described in the small document and while in no way questioning Dr Finkel's allegiance to science, we do wonder about his relationship with the Scott Morrison Liberal/National Party Government.
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Former U.S. President, Barack Obama (pictured) was among the speakers at COP26 in Glasgow and pleaded with those concerned about the climate crisis to persevere.
RN Breakfast host, Hamish Macdonald, interviewed Australia's Resources Minister, Keith Pitt, who said Australia would be selling coal for decades.
Climate Conversations has long argued that it is women and girls who are at the forefront of the climate effort, both locally and at an international level and it's white, middle-aged men who are responsible for the crisis.
Today's Quick Climate Links are:
"Obama, in Climate Speech Focused on Youth, Has Words for Republicans, Too.";
"The Power of Knowledge: Girls’ Education as an Accelerator of Climate Action";
"Which side of history will the Morrison government be on when Glasgow is over?";
"Saul Griffith, PhD - Inventor, entrepreneur, founder and Chief Scientist of Otherlab and Rewiring America, author of Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future";
"From Chile and Taiwan via Glasgow, youth call for climate justice";
"COP26: Canada announces $1bn in funding for nature protection";
"Climate change: Group walks 5km to sensitise Kaduna community";
"Climate scientists: concept of net-zero is a dangerous trap";
"Protestors Expose the Stark Reality of Climate Progress at COP26";
"'Too early' to assess accomplishments of Cop26, warn experts";
"Australian bushfire survivors and firefighters plead for urgent climate action at COP26";
"Australia’s emissions from land clearing likely far higher than claimed, analysis indicates";
"Australia vows to sell coal 'for decades'";
"COP26: Fossil fuel industry has largest delegation at climate summit";
"Australia to face growing international pressure to improve 2030 emissions target";
"Government commits to expanding electric vehicle charging stations but no subsidies to increase uptake";
"Grid upgrades, infrastructure rollout planned to handle electric car surge";
"Obama fears failure and urges passion in Glasgow speech";
"Glasgow ‘ratchet mechanism’ could put more pressure on Australia";
"Australia reaches 3 million households with rooftop solar";
"Rural leaders demand details from Nationals over net-zero deal";
"‘If they die, we all die’: Drought kills in Kenya";
"Keith Pitt: Australia will keep selling coal for as long as the world keeps buying it";
"Australia is vulnerable as the world cleans up its ‘dirty’ metals";
"BHP sells Australian coking coal mines to Stanmore Resources in $US1.2b deal".
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Scott Morrison (shown here in puppet form at COP26) didn't do himself, or Australia either, any favours during his recent visit to this international event in Glasgow, or the week before at the G20 summit in Italy.
The Australian PM is now something of an outcast in the climate community and in stooping to new lows has dragged us, the people of Australia, with him. He has been described by a senior British climate official as a "great disappointment to the rest of the world".
Today's Quick Climate Links are:
""A great disappointment to the rest of the world": UK's top climate advisor pans Scott Morrison's climate goals";
"Net-zero climate deal no zero-sum game for the Nationals";
"‘False hope’: Regional Australians demand action, not obfuscation, on climate change";
"Thunberg calls COP26 a ‘failure’ as summit chief warns of a long week ahead";
"Yarra Ranges forest the size of 94 MCGs donated to conservation";
"Cop this: tens of thousands brave Glasgow weather to demand climate action";
"COP26: Tens of thousands rally in Glasgow to demand climate action";
"Cop26 week one: the impression of progress – but not nearly enough";
"Rallies in Sydney, Melbourne protest against Australia's climate policy";
"COP26: oil price soars even as the world turns against fossil fuel";
"‘Dangerous blindspot’: why overlooking blue carbon could sink us";
"Shipping emissions must fall by a third by 2030 and reach zero before 2050 – new research;
"‘Sleepwalking into catastrophe’: Black Summer documentary Burning stars at UN climate conference";
"Summary for Policymakers";
"Rod Oram: Do the older politicians get it?";
"What countries are leaders in reducing deforestation? Which are not?";
"China’s Deafening Silence Speaks Loudest at Global Climate Talks";
"Thunberg Sets Slogan for COP26 in Scotland’s City of Protest";
"COP and Carbon Trading: Can This Time Be Different?";
"How to Stop 30 Years of Failing to Cut Emissions";
"Senators Cling to Fossil Fuel Stocks as World Heats Up";
"Reaching net-zero by 2070 is possible – but it’s what India does right now that matters";
"Banks are still financing fossil fuels – while signing up to net-zero pledges";
"Clean energy could save American lives to tune of $700 billion per year";
"Emergency, crisis, existential threat: The evolving lingo of climate change";
"New book delves into 300 years that changed humanity … and the planet";
"Developing a pipeline of skills for the energy access sector";
"The power of sport to address the climate crisis";
"Engaging youth with the climate emergency at COP26 and beyond";
"Counter climate summit kicks off as activists lament Cop26 inaction";
"‘The time for change is now’: demonstrators around the world demand action on climate crisis";
"How passive solar ideas inspired a 1950s builder ahead of his time";
"They helped build a 'solar village' after Cyclone Tracy. 40 years on Pam and Peter still live off-grid";
"A father and son's Ice Age plot to slow Siberian permafrost thaw";
"‘Indigenous people feel the climate crisis. Our land is a part of us";
"COP26 Protesters Back an Array of Causes, Connected by Climate Change";
"Climate Challenge: 1.5 Degrees Films";
"COP for Scots: Building a Climate Legacy";
"What is a Climate Café?";
"ACT, NSW and South Australia governments join forces for climate action";
"Labor rules out ‘carbon tax’ and ETS in climate change fight";
"Progress has been made in Glasgow. But Australia is well behind the pack";
"The future of coastal cities looks like Miami";
"Pacific youth 'grow up with fear' as climate change threatens their homes and futures";
"Australia’s emissions from land clearing likely far higher than claimed, analysis indicates";
"Explainer: What's the difference between 1.5°C and 2°C of global warming?";
"Scott Morrison is hiding behind future technologies, when we should just deploy what already exists";
"Feel alone in your eco-anxiety? Don’t – it’s remarkably common to feel dread about environmental decline";
"The climate crisis gives science a new role. Here’s how research ethics must change too";
"COP26: it’s half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit – and here’s the score";
"5 major heatwaves in 30 years have turned the Great Barrier Reef into a bleached checkerboard";
"Australian companies are facing more climate-focused ESG resolutions than ever before, and they are paying quiet dividends";
"Why taking action on climate change is an Islamic obligation";
"Alan Kohler: Politicians must stop lying about the cost of climate change";
"Rod Oram: COP26’s difficult second week";
"1.8°C in sight? Only if everyone keeps their promises";
"Tired of COP26 promises, Glasgow protesters push climate justice from 'the outside'";
"COP Carbon-Market Talks Struggle as U.S. Lines Up Behind EU";
"‘It’s just an announcement’: Taiwan says Australia should legislate net-zero target";
"Greens would use balance of power to end coal";
"COP26: Glasgow climate summit was seen as a debacle for Scott Morrison - but will it cost him at the next election?";
"Existing carbon markets better than new technology for Australia's net-zero goal";
"Honest Government Ad | Net-Zero by 2050 (feat. Greta)";
"Australian business heavyweight drives push for global carbon price";
"Green hydrogen trucks to help cut down on emissions in transport sector";
"Glasgow ‘ratchet mechanism’ could put more pressure on Australia";
"Labor’s test in the age of shouty politics: be the voice of reason on climate";
"Australian state governments to collaborate on reaching net-zero emissions";
"Australia’s commitment to coal is putting my country of Kiribati in danger";
"So what has Cop26 achieved so far?";
"Latrobe Valley coal community already looking to future as COP26 delegates discuss end of fossil fuel";
"'Sinking' Pacific nation is getting bigger: study";
"Few willing to change lifestyle to save the planet, climate survey finds";
"UK may eventually need carbon border tax, George Eustice says";
"How vital is adapting to a changed climate? Just ask a poor country";
"Support for vulnerable nations could ‘make or break’ Cop26 talks";
"Scott Morrison reaffirms coal commitment".
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Greta Thunberg (pictured) has declared COP26 in Glasgow to be little more than a "greenwash festival" and more "blah, blah, blah".
Here is the story from Friday's Shepparton News telling readers about the intention of the Member for Nicholls to fly to Glasgow, today, October 7.
Federal Member for Nicholls Damian Drum is joining a delegation to Glasgow for the final two days of the UN Climate Change Conference, followed by a fact-finding mission talking to conservative MPs from Europe and North America.
Mr Drum leaves on Sunday on a 10-day trip that nearly didn't happen because he did not want to be stuck in quarantine instead of attending the next parliamentary sitting in Canberra.
Mr Drum said the relaxation of quarantine rules for returning vaccinated Australians opened the door for the mission to separate net-zero fact from fiction.
“We will be dealing with a lot of conservative MPs from around the world, working together to share our experiences on how ideas are working and mainly I'm seeing this predominantly as a fact-finding mission,” he said.
Mr Drum said he hoped to emerge with a clear sense of the real issues and challenges posed by a 2050 net-zero emissions target.
“If the world is already moving, we need to also move with it, but we need to move with it in a way that we are not going to impact negatively on our people,” he said.
The Nationals signed up to the target and a plan that relies heavily on new technology to achieve it and the concession of a “climate cop” in the form of the Productivity Commission, which will ensure regional communities don't pay a high price.
“If the price of energy was to spike in the Goulburn Valley, we would have thousands and thousands of households that can't pay their energy bills tomorrow and then they go off to work in an energy-intensive food production company where the main conversation around the water cooler is ‘what's our future look like now that the cost of energy has gone through the roof?'” Mr Drum said.
“We've seen that with the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, we do not want to go down that path. I refuse to lead my community down a path where we rip the carpet out from under them and then try and polish the concrete.”
Mr Drum will visit an offshore wind farm near Hull and renewable energy projects around York before heading to London for further talks.
“We've got a pretty strong group of MPs from England, Scotland, Ireland, Britain, America, and so it's a great opportunity,” he said.
“If you want to actually be able to stand up and talk credibly on it, this is a great opportunity to go over there and to be able to meet the people, ask the questions, you know, is Britain really putting aside hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars because it more or less acknowledges that the agricultural sector is going to get it in the neck?”
Mr Drum said the knowledge gained could be used to achieve better outcomes and to forewarn the watchdog of the likely pitfalls.
Today's Quick Climate Links are:
"Australians travel to Glasgow to join Greta Thunberg and thousands at youth-led protests at COP26 climate conference";
"Groundtruthed" - George Monbiot;
"The science is clear: We must create climate action now!";
"Tassie Trek for climate action in 2022";
"Countdown to Planet Zero Combating climate change with chemistry";
"The World's Addiction to Palm Oil Is Only Getting Worse";
"Carbon Market Talks Stumble at COP26 on How to Use the Cash";
"Santos, CSIRO aim to suck greenhouse gases from the Australian sky";
"Mathias Cormann calls for fossil fuel subsidies to be abolished";
"Scott Morrison's COP26 speech slip-up goes viral on Chinese social media Weibo";
"Victorian water supply to have less protection against logging after change to laws";
"Australian Conservation Foundation COP26 Glasgow Live Panel";
"Youth, Mental Health, and the Climate Crisis";
"Friday Highlights of the COP26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow";
"What’s a trillion dollars between old friends? Pricing saving the planet";
"We have a climate road map but no engine: the Garnaut verdict";
"PM wedges himself on climate - and opens a door for Labor";
"Climate tech experts reject Morrison’s ‘colossal piece of obfuscation’";
"Greening Indonesia proves a dirty job but Joko has to do it";
"If pledges already made at Glasgow are met, warming ‘to peak below 2 degrees’";
"Innovating to net-zero: An executive’s guide to climate technology";
"How Scott Morrison’s Cop26 climate show was derailed by Emmanuel Macron and the submarine row";
"Cautious optimism and Australia on the outer: Five things you need to know about Cop26 so far";
"What happened at Cop26 – day five at a glance";
"'Cop26 is a failure': Greta Thunberg rallies climate activists in Glasgow – video";
"‘Like a clown’: what other countries thought of Boris Johnson at Cop26";
"House Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Putting Social Policy Bill on Hold";
"Waiting for Bigwig";
"Georgia farmers experiment with new crops as the climate changes";
"What you need to know about hydrogen – cure-all, or just another wild wish?";
"Why the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of climate solutions is so controversial";
"How the coastal mid-Atlantic is haunted by sea-level rise";
"How Boris Johnson's pledge to end forest destruction ignores 25m trees Britain is burning for biomass";
"‘Luxury carbon consumption’ of top 1% threatens 1.5C global heating limit";
"Never mind aid, never mind loans: what poor nations are owed is reparations";
"Reasons to be hopeful: the climate solutions available now";
"Climate misinformation on Facebook ‘increasing substantially’, study says";
"Beware: Gaia may destroy humans before we destroy the Earth";
"Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says";
"Greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high last year, UN reports ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate summit";
"Australia’s oldest open cut coal mine to be transformed into major renewables hub";
"Australia's plan for net-zero relies on cutting costs of some technologies while creating others";
"Independent seeks emissions target in law";
"Greta Thunberg slams COP26 ‘failure’ and more ‘blah, blah, blah’ at youth rally";
"Export Powerhouse: Australia’s $333 billion opportunity";
"Cop26: What the optimists and the cynics are saying about progress so far";
"Morrison's Glasgow trip raises troubling questions about climate change, national security and how the government should be judged";
"Young Women Are Leading Climate Protests. Guess Who Runs Global Talks?";
"To keep 1.5C alive, the super-rich must change their high carbon lifestyles";
"South Africa $8.5bn finance package offers a model for ending reliance on coal";
"Posts use old photo to criticize jets flown to climate conference";
"Changing fire activity seen through the lens of orbital satellites";
"Hearts and Minds: Storytelling and Climate Change".
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Rob Priestly (pictured) has put himself forward and as an independent candidate for the Federal Seat of Nicholls and so will stand against the incumbent, National Party member, Damian Drum.
Along with his brother Phil, Rob runs the Shepparton/Mooroopna-based Gouge Linen and Garment Services, providing its resource to customers through Victoria.
Rob understands the challenges of achieving success in the National Party held electorate and on his website, "Rob Priestly for Nicholls", he is trying to enlist "the army" of volunteers he said is needed to wrest the seat from Mr Drum.
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International youth voice for climate justice, Mitzi Jonelle Tan (pictured), shares her story and calls on Australia’s big banks to stop funding climate destruction - catch up with Mitzi here.
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"The Indigenous Australian climate activists making their voices heard at COP26";
"As young climate strikers, we are sick of conference upon conference. The clock is ticking";
"Group of countries plan COP26 deal to end financing of fossil fuels abroad: sources";
"Burning review – the searing black summer documentary that Australia deserves";
"IPA targets key Coalition seats with net-zero Facebook ad campaign described by experts as ‘fear-mongering";
"More bad news for climate change: Pandemic dip in carbon emissions was temporary, report says";
"It is climate inaction that will lead to people living more difficult lives";
"Australia criticised for not joining nations pledging to quit coal at COP26";
"Coral bleaching impacts 98 per cent of Great Barrier Reef, study finds";
"‘It is fairly dire’: Only 2 per cent of Great Barrier Reef still unbleached";
"Dozens of nations pledge to phase out coal at COP26, but Australia not on the list";
"Australia labelled untrustworthy, a climate change 'pariah' after stoush with French President, COP26";
"Rooftop solar pushes state’s entire local network into negative load for four hours";
"Farmers split on Australia’s refusal to sign up to global methane pledge at Cop26";
"Stop subsidising fossil fuels and start spending on people, says UN chief";
"Why it really is time to say goodbye to your log burner";
"Flight Free 2022";
"COP26: More than 40 countries pledge to quit coal";
"Countries have failed to adapt for unavoidable climate damage, UN says";
"Great Barrier Reef’s future dealt blow as study finds only 2% escaped coral bleaching";
"Half world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in net-zero transition";
"Global emissions almost back to pre-pandemic levels after unprecedented drop in 2020, new analysis shows";
"More clean energy means more mines – we shouldn’t sacrifice communities in the name of climate action";
"World leaders have already secured a few wins at COP26, with or without Australia’s help";
"Top Energy Agency Says COP26 Pledges Signal 1.8°C of Warming";
"Carbon Market Talks Stumble at COP26 on How to Use the Cash";
"Small Print Gives Indonesia a Way Out in COP Coal Pledge";
"COP26: Countries promise coal phase-out and end to fossil fuel finance";
"Suddenly, the gloom at COP26 lifts";
"Anne Salmond: Take care of the living world";
"Shaping the World Map: The New Geopolitics of Climate Change";
"Climate depression is real. And it is spreading fast among our youth";
"Cop26 will be derailed unless the rich world meets its obligation to the poor";
"Over 20 countries pledge to end overseas fossil fuel finance";
"Warming climate could bring more cobia to New York and New Jersey waters";
"New book delves into 300 years that changed humanity … and the planet";
"Ten Reasons for Optimism on Climate Change";
"Tougher ASX climate disclosures ‘inevitable’ as RBA pledges to monitor risks";
"If pledges already made at Glasgow are met, warming ‘to peak below 2 degrees’";
"The Greta effect: is Glasgow fuelled by real momentum or just blah blah blah?";
"Carbon emissions soar after brief global pandemic lockdown dip";
"‘It is fairly dire’: Only 2 per cent of Great Barrier Reef still unbleached";
"It’s beautiful, bright and inspiring, but Diwali likely to bring ‘severe’ air pollution to Delhi";
"Does climate change have us licked?";
"Rio Tinto pumps $2b to power Pilbara with clean energy";
"‘The money is there’: the mind-numbing numbers that are almost too big to believe";
"COP26 | Events, news, and podcasts";
"ANU Energy Update 2021 - Getting to Net Zero";
"Half world’s fossil fuel assets could become worthless by 2036 in net-zero transition";
"How has COVID-19 impacted COP26? - podcast"
"Degrowth: why some economists think abandoning growth is the only way to save the planet – podcast";
"Urban Resilience: What's next for Melbourne?";
"World urged to slash gas use by a third to avoid climate disaster";
"Canada underestimating 80 megatonnes of emissions from boreal logging: report";
"Over 40 Countries Pledge at U.N. Climate Summit to End Use of Coal Power";
"Cop26: what are the chances of keeping the 1.5C target alive?";
"Glasgow pledges may be enough to cap global warming below 2°C, IEA says".
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Anika Molesworth is an agroecology scientist, a farmer and now, importantly, an author.
The far western New South Wales farmer is passionately interested in and concerned about food security, nature conservation, rural community development, and climate change.
Being eager to read about those issues, but without the usual doom and gloom surrounding those topics and in books mostly devoid of hope, Anika went searching for her ideal book only to be confronted by bare shelves and so she fell upon her only option - write the book herself and "Our Sunburn Country" is the outcome.
At just 12-years-old, Anika moved with her parents to their far western New South Wales farm and almost immediately fell in love with the seemingly endless horizons, the boundless array of wildlife populating the area and, with her family, witnessed the differences that climate change was bringing to the property.
Anika has buried herself in learning what climate change means for the family's farm, farmers more broadly, Australian people generally and, of course, the world.
She currently sits on the Board of Directors of Farmers for Climate Action.
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Vinisha Umashankar was the latest winner of the Earthshot Prize, and the 15-year-old gave a compelling and honest speech at COP26.
Umashankar was awarded the prize for her creation of a solar-powered, mobile ironing cart, and addressed the room full of politicians with a clear message from herself and her generation.
You can read about Vinisha and hear her whole address at: "Vinisha Umashankar's powerful speech after Earthshot Prize Award".
Other Quick Climate Links for today are:
"Europe’s record summer ‘impossible’ without global heating";
"‘You can shove your climate crisis up your arse’: Greta Thunberg sings at Cop26 – video";
"Tesla increases Model 3 and Model Y ranges with 2022 model year";
"Good for the Farm good for the Farm";
"The CLIMATE & PEACE FORUM";
"Two US presidents, one China: Climate change co-operation comes unstuck";
"Surface Tension" - George Monbiot
"What is climate finance and why is it important?";
"Australia can’t reach net-zero unless it helps people on low incomes transition to clean energy";
"Why sustainable behaviour change in the workplace is important";
"Climate emergency: how much do you know?";
"California nonprofit Corazón Healdsburg helps Spanish speakers prepare for wildfire emergencies";
"Emergency, crisis, existential threat: The evolving lingo of climate change";
"Carney Unveils $130 Trillion in Climate Finance Commitments";
"Indonesia and Philippines Join Plan to Shut Coal Plants Early";
"Lawyers admit Australian government’s conduct in fracking court case ‘regrettable’";
"Why Australia's green energy movement needs to include Aboriginal communities";
"Australia’s refusal to sign a global methane pledge exposes flaws in the term ‘net-zero’";
"COP26: global deforestation deal will fail if countries like Australia don’t lift their game on land clearing";
"Land, culture, livelihood: what Indigenous people stand to lose from climate ‘solutions’";
"Health care contributes 7% to Australia’s carbon emissions – but health is missing from our COP26 plan";
"Inside Australia’s COP26 ‘propaganda’ pavilion, which went viral for touting fossil fuel companies";
"COP26: US and EU announce global pledge to slash methane";
"COP celebrities: The star power-boosting this climate summit";
"Wall Street’s Favorite Climate Solution Is Mired in Disagreements";
"The New York Times Debate: Our Obsession With Technology Will Slow Down the Green Transition.";
"What climate change looks like around the world";
"Cop26 has to be about keeping fossil fuels in the ground. All else is distraction";
"Cop26’s worst outcome would be giving the green light to carbon offsetting";
"We need radical policies to reach net zero. Here’s a fairer way to do them";
"We are in Glasgow to demand justice for those most affected by the climate crisis";
"The Climate Summit is Mostly Banal--With Moments So Deep You Walk Away In Tears";
"Three-quarters of Australia’s ‘significant’ climate aid projects in Pacific don’t mention climate change, Greenpeace says";
"If pledges already made at Glasgow are met, warming ‘to peak below 2 degrees’";
"COP26 coalition worth $130 trillion vows to put climate at heart of finance";
"Scott Morrison plays down Australia's overall emissions compared to China's, but that's not the whole story";
"French drama can’t hide real story from Cop26: Scott Morrison’s promise to do hardly anything";
"Cop26 day 3: model projects 1.9C of heating; Sunak makes London net-zero pledge – as it happened";
"19 countries plan COP26 deal to end financing of fossil fuels abroad - sources";
"Smart Energy Council Conference and Exhibition";
"Fighting fires at home, Xi Jinping makes a two-way bet on climate";
"Nationals want Morrison to deliver on promised regional fund in net-zero deal";
"Biden, Boris, Modi: World leaders talk money on COP26’s first full day";
"From early despair, progress at Glasgow suggests hope for big ambitions";
"Australia eyes more oil and gas fields as COP26 seeks fossil phase-out";
"COP26, a grotesque mix of rent seekers, hangers-on and political wannabes";
"Carbon emissions soar after brief global pandemic lockdown dip";
"The Greta effect: is Glasgow fuelled by real momentum or just blah blah blah?";
"Australia could lead the world on green hydrogen with the right policies";
"Canada spent $18B on financial supports for the fossil fuel industry last year: report";
"Australia criticised over prominence of fossil fuel company display at COP26 stall";
"Tougher climate change disclosure laws under Labor";
"Carbon emissions soar after brief global pandemic lockdown dip".
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UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson (pictured) welcomed participants to the COP26 in Glasgow following a welcome, given via video-link, from The Queen, who had been advised by her doctors to avoid the stress of travelling to Glasgow.
The ABC's Radio National Breakfast show carried an interview by host Fran Kelly with former Australian Environmental Minister and lead singer the group Midnight Oil, Peter Garrett.
Othe Quick Climate Links today are:
"COP26: David Attenborough says the world is looking to its leaders";
"Turnbull accuses Morrison of deceptive and shameful conduct in his row with Macron";
"Cop26 ‘literally the last chance saloon’ to save planet – Prince Charles";
"Architect of Paris agreement Christiana Figueres blasts Australia's net-zero target";
"COP26 this year is our best chance to stop global warming";
"Australia's plan for net-zero relies on cutting costs of some technologies while creating others";
"Glasgow COP26: climate finance pledges from rich nations are inadequate and time is running out";
"Reaching net-zero is every minister’s problem. Here’s how they can make better decisions";
"COP26: time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate change";
"Scott Morrison attends pivotal global climate talks today, bringing a weak plan that leaves Australia exposed";
"Sunday Reading: The World of Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert";
"The End of Nature";
"Systemic change with Lighter Footprints";
"Climate Hopes and Reflections – An evening with your State MPs";
"Cop26 summit at serious risk of failure, says Boris Johnson";
"We’re in uncharted territory for the world’s climate, UN says";
"Climate activists rally in Scottish cities as Cop26 begins";
"JCB signs deal to import ‘green’ hydrogen from Australia to UK";
"“Greater Ambition Now Critical” as UN Climate Change Conference Opens";
"COP Presidency at UNFCCC";
"Podcast - What is COP26?";
"Australia has been dragged kicking and screaming to a net-zero plan before Glasgow, but we still trail the pack";
"Scott Morrison tells Cop26 Australia will exceed 2030 target in bid to fend off criticism:"
"Scott Morrison unveils $500m in international climate finance on first day of Cop26";
"The Morrison government’s emissions projections are a farce based on technological pipe dreams";
"Who is Responsible for Solving the Climate Change Crisis?";
"World leaders warned they must 'act now to save humanity' as COP26 begins";
"Greta Thunberg joins climate activists in Glasgow as protests ramp up ahead of COP26";
"Scientists, not politicians, will chart the path to net-zero, Scott Morrison tells COP26";
"Climate protesters from across Europe gather in Glasgow";
"What happened at Cop26 today – day one at a glance";
"Tesla launches new solar roof tiles with more power, higher efficiency";
"New Zealand plan to halve greenhouse gas emissions criticised as an ‘accounting trick’";
"Climate on Track";
"‘Big’ or ‘measly’? Scott Morrison comes to Glasgow bearing gifts, but not everyone’s happy";
"‘A big brother’: Pacific nations want Australia to be a better advocate for the region at COP26";
"The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.";
"Rod Oram: Things start to move at COP26";
"Jeff Bezos Pledges $2bn to restoring nature";
"Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions";
"Biden tells leaders U.S. will meet climate goals, while his agenda falters at home";
"2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave ‘virtually impossible’ without global warming, scientists find";
"Clean energy could save American lives to tune of $700 billion per year";
"With "net-zero 2050" and the 1.5°C in the same breath, Glasgow reeks of cognitive dissonance";
"Scott Morrison, at COP26, pledges funding to support neighbouring Pacific, Asian nations dealing with climate change";
"Decarbonisation offers Australia immense opportunities. We just need leadership";
"Australia could become a net negative emissions economy. The technology already exists";
"Larry Fink Sounds Greenwashing Alarm as Fossil Fuels Move Into Private Hands";
"We need radical policies to reach net zero. Here’s a fairer way to do them";
"We are in Glasgow to demand justice for those most affected by the climate crisis";
"Tackling deforestation must be at the heart of our response to the climate crisis";
"Australia is about to be hit by a carbon tax whether the prime minister likes it or not, except the proceeds will go overseas";
"Australia has taken a new climate adaptation blueprint to Glasgow. It’s a good start but we need money and detail";
"Australian bushfire survivor Jo Dodds is taking on Scott Morrison at the Glasgow climate summit";
"Australia considering more than 100 fossil fuel projects that could produce 5% of global industrial emissions";
"Cheaper solar could be on the way in low emissions technology road map";
"How Australian miners have ramped up plans to cut carbon emissions ahead of COP26";
"COP26: what would the world be like at 3°C of warming and how would it be different from 1.5°C?";
"Morrison outlines $2 billion funding pledge to UN climate summit";
"Fracking in NT would increase gas emissions at no economic benefit, trial told";
"From early despair, progress at Glasgow suggests hope for big ambitions";
"Biden, Boris, Modi: World leaders talk money on COP26’s first full day";
"Pacific nations need carbon cuts from Australia, not just cash: Fiji Prime Minister";
"Carbon offsetting: does it actually work?";
"‘Significant milestone’: In Glasgow, the world moves to halt deforestation";
"Net-zero can’t be reached by magic, but there are ways to ease the pain";
"BHP’s exit from thermal coal would be gift wrapped for COP26".
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Simon Holmes à Court (pictured) is the man behind Climate 200 who, with his team, is doing what he can change the face of government in Australia by having climate-conscious independents elected to represent us (citizens) in Canberra.
Climate 200 says: "Australia's political system is too broken to tackle climate change, and big polluters are determined to keep it that way.
But we have a plan."
Simon, in this podcast, has thrown his support behind the recently announced independent candidate for the northern Victorian Seat of Nicholls, Rob Priestly.
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Australia's PM Scott Morrison (pictured) had taken advantage of what he saw as a split on G20 nations to advance his idea that fossil fuels still have a role to play in the future.
You can listen to this Radio National piece here: "G20 leaders water down their commitment to net-zero by 2050".
And the ABC explains: "How Australia earned its climate change reputation".
Australia Energy and Emissions Reductions Minister, Angus Taylor, parrots the hollow technology not taxes mantra and be heard here: "Energy Minister Angus Taylor refuses to detail cost to taxpayers of 2050 climate plan".
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Morrison government climate plan will fail if solely reliant on technology, thinktank reports";
"Morrison tells G20 that, like the pandemic, science will tackle climate crisis"'
"Don’t rush into a hydrogen economy until we know all the risks to our climate";
"Scientists warn against global warming effect of hydrogen leaks";
"Idiocracy: Australian Coalition Government Mendacity, Corruption & Inaction Sabotaging COP26";
"Stand with young Australians calling for climate justice";
"Supreme Court Case: WOTCH vs VicForests";
"G20 offers little new on climate, leaving uphill task for COP26";
"COP26: World will try again to avert climate disaster";
"Thousands demonstrate in Rome as G20 discuss climate";
"Crisis, what crisis? Boom times for coal ahead of climate conference";
"Towards net zero: A practical plan for Australia’s governments";
"Biden and major world leaders face pressure on climate and Covid.";
"Eco-anxiety over climate crisis suffered by all ages and classes";
"Gippsland Solar Update";
"The Climate Emergency and the Population Diversion";
"The New York Times Climate Hub";
"World Resources Report: Towards a More Equal City";
"Global City Insights into Electric Bus Planning from the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI)";
"Net Zero Festival: The economic case for a net-zero industrial revolution";
"Net Zero Festival: Sir David King on tomorrow's net-zero world";
"How wildfires could unravel California’s climate progress";
"Climate Change Is Violent. Should the Fight Against It Be Too?";
"Meet the Young Activist Suing the UK Government Over Climate Change";
"The climate clock: What’s the world’s carbon budget, and what’s Australia’s share?";
"World Resources Institute COP26 Hub";
"How to Improve Climate Organizing";
"'Our last, best hope': Crucial COP26 climate summit opens with urgent call to action";
"‘We have left it too late’: COP26 unlikely to limit warming to 1.5C, scientists warn";
"Scott Morrison uses final G20 remarks to defend climate policy ahead of Cop26";
"Greenpeace on COP26: Emissions must halve by 2030";
"Climate change is the trade of the decade";
"Barnaby Joyce details some conditions attached to Nationals climate deal";
"How it happened: the Nats and net-zero";
"G-20 Climate Inertia Leaves COP26 Talks Needing a Breakthrough";
"Australia’s top economists back carbon price, say benefits of net-zero outweigh cost";
"Australian economy vulnerable to net-zero — but not from domestic policies";
"Climate change has driven farmers to despair and all we get is callous disregard";
"Canberra team guides big business through climate change shift";
"Impasse on climate could last for years";
"Small business urged to play critical role in net zero through power purchasing";
"‘Critical we pull our weight’: Ardern commits NZ to halve emissions by 2030";
"Economic hit from trading partners’ net-zero plans outweighs domestic risk";
"Coalition’s magical thinking won’t make climate crisis go away";
"CBA and CSIRO team up to decode climate effects on financial sector".
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The human experience is really just one long ongoing story and climate change is just another chapter, but if we want to get to the second edition of this book, we must begin to focus on real stories and not just fanciful and misleading tales that are taking us straight to hell.
Professor Peter Stott and his co-founder of Climate Stories, Pierrette Thomet, are acutely aware of the power of stories to help pilot us on this troublesome journey and so have created a project that provides a rich understanding of who and what we are and where we fit in this sometimes confusing array of never-ending tales.
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Climate deal hangs in balance as world leaders look to soften targets";
"When Tishiko went home, she found exposed burial sites and empty fishing grounds. Now she’s going to Glasgow";
"The Trump-loving, climate-sceptic island sinking into the sea";
"COP that! We’ll pay for PM to woo global investors to our green future";
"The COP26 Climate Talks Are Opening. Here’s What to Expect";
"Crimes Against Nature: $2m whales, wartime Britain and the economics of saving the planet";
"Activists want South Korea to do more to Fight Climate Crisis";
"I’m at the global climate summit in Glasgow COP26 on behalf of The Australian Greens";
"Climate Chaos Helped Spark the French Revolution—and Holds a Dire Warning for Today";
"How Climate Change May Be Contributing to Our Political Instability".
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Vanessa Nakate (pictured on the cover of Time magazine) is another calling for action on climate change. Her story can be found at "Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa".
Yes, we are all invited to the big party, the "Conference of the Parties" in Glasgow.
Business Green is deeply involved and you can read about that here: "Net Zero Festival: Alex Steffen on why the climate crisis isn't taken seriously enough".
Simon Holmes à Court is eager to see more independents in Australia's Federal Government and that idea is discussed in The Sydney Morning Herald podcast: "Simon Holmes à Court: ‘If it works, the payoff will be enormous".
Also calling for action is the "Youth for the Pacific".
Christiana Figueres played a key role in bringing success to the Paris COP event and has been heavily involved with the organization, "Global Optimism".
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"‘Existential challenge’: G20 draft climate communique commits to 1.5C goal – report";
"Cop26: what would success look like for a country vanishing underwater?";
"Cop26 activists head to Glasgow via land, sea – and in a giant metal ball";
"Game on for Glasgow: A Snapshot of International Action";
"For humanity to survive, we must make Australia’s politicians feel our fear and rage";
"The ‘glaring gap’ in B.C.’s new climate plan";
"‘I don’t think we will ever catch up’: B.C. methane targets out of reach amid growing LNG, fracking";
"Biden heads to crucial climate talks as wary allies wonder if US will deliver";
"Australia joins India and China in resisting G20 call to phase out coal";
"How the world ran out of time";
"UK weather: Two bridges washed away in floods after evacuations in Scotland";
"An Electricity Crisis Complicates the Climate Crisis in Europe";
"China’s New Climate Pledge Changes Little, in Bad Omen for Global Talks";
"Oil Executives Grilled Over Industry’s Role in Climate Disinformation";
"What Big Oil Knew About Climate Change, In Its Own Words";
"Scott Morrison’s nerves showed as he squibbed net-zero target and staged a climate farce";
"Cop26: Humanity 5-1 down at half-time on climate crisis, says Johnson";
"For humanity to survive, we must make Australia’s politicians feel our fear and rage";
"Forced retreat: one New Zealand town’s fate highlights coming fight over climate adaptation";
"Sci-Fi Icon Neal Stephenson Finally Takes on Global Warming";
"We need First Nations Leadership at COP26 - I'm off to Glasgow";
"What to expect at COP26";
"Australia’s 2050 net-zero emissions plan relies on ‘gross manipulation’ of data, experts say";
"Climate paralysis? Try multisolving";
"Ground zero: Australia's net-zero debate in Hunter coal country";
"G20 leaders expected to make 2050 pledge";
"A four-day work week would help save the planet";
"Zoe Daniel: If the PM’s climate plan is ‘uniquely Australian’, that’s not my Australia";
"Why we need a Great Forest National Park";
"Oil giant Saudi Arabia sees opportunity in climate crisis";
"COP26: Here’s what you need to know about the UN climate summit";
"How the gas lobby captured Morrison’s Glasgow response";
"Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis";
"World’s first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus travels to COP26";
"Climate challenges mount for California agriculture";
"Extreme weather: the worrying consequences of climate change ahead of Cop26";
"Tree planting 101: What corporations should know about tree planting";
"To close 1.5C gap, countries face call for another round of climate pledges by 2023";
"Modi’s ‘gamechanger’ palm oil push raises concerns for Indian forests and women";
"Australia is relying on offsets and future technology to meet 2050 net-zero target";
"Pope Francis urges leaders to take ‘radical’ climate action at Cop26";
"Streaming’s dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2";
"‘It still gives me nightmares’: the firefighters on the frontline as the world burns";
"When the World Is on the Brink, $3.5 Trillion Is a Pittance";
"The Climate Summit in Glasgow: ‘Let’s Choose Life’";
"Addressing the climate emergency at COP26";
"Political ‘branding rights’ on methane a pinch point in 2050 fallout";
"The billionaire, the book and the PM: How Bill Gates convinced Scott Morrison on net-zero";
"High cost of electric vehicles make Australians hesitant to buy";
"Boris Johnson, an unlikely Captain Planet with global ambitions";
"On policy, there’s less to Morrison’s words than meets the eye";
"On COP26 eve, praise and scorn as Morrison’s climate hand ‘forced’";
"Australia ‘placed a spotlight on itself’ for backing coal on eve of COP26";
"Zero-sum game may reward Libs at the ballot box";
"Coalition electorates are becoming a climate battleground before the next election";
"Climate justice and digital rally at Glasgow";
"Climate experts warn world leaders 1.5C is ‘real science’, not just talking point";
"Prof Peter Stott: ‘Denialists question the cost of climate action … doing nothing costs far more’";
"COP26 climate change summit: Fossil fuel industry's 'doomist' propaganda cannot hide the reality of global warming – Professor Michael E Mann";
"Which leaders will attend COP26? Full list of country heads visiting Glasgow for climate change summit";
"Arctic wildfires threatening North America’s black spruce trees";
"G20: Scott Morrison faces Emmanuel Macron, UK piles on the climate change pressure";
"Former Japanese Prime Minister Says Global Warming Has Made Rice 'Tastier'";
"World Leaders Failed to Bend the Emissions Curve for 30 Years. Some Climate Experts Say Bottom-Up Change May Work Better";
"Warming Trends: The BBC Introduces ‘Life at 50 Degrees,’ Helping African Farmers Resist Drought and Driftwood Provides Clues to Climate’s Past";
"Cop26 failure could mean mass migration and food shortages, says Boris Johnson";
"Our climate demands we change the world right now. The good news? We can";
"Cop26: the time for prevarication is over";
"Biden's climate leadership is on the line at COP26";
"Get the People's Pass – A COP26 newsletter ".
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The World Resources Institute launched its "State of Climate Action 2021" report during a recent webinar, recent being in the past 24-hours.
Read the World Resources Institute story - "We’re Not on Track for 1.5 Degrees C. What Will it Take?".
Other Quick Climate Links today are:
"Yarra Energy Foundation" - Connecting people to better energy for a zero-carbon future;
"GV Community Energy";
"Our Planet Is Heating Up. Why Are Climate Politics Still Frozen";
"World’s chief scientists urge Cop26 attendees to step up low-carbon policies";
"‘Cop26 own goal’: despair over budget backing for flights and roads";
"Government pledges £1.7bn of public money to new nuclear plant";
"Dire threat to health from climate change addressed by the Australian Government";
"‘Not a solution itself’: India questions net-zero targets ahead of Cop26";
"‘Hollow’: how the Australian government’s 2050 net-zero pledge was reported around the world";
"Congress constraints mean the US and Australia aren’t so far apart on climate after all";
"‘Go grab a rifle’: Barnaby Joyce says the only way to meet methane reduction targets is to start shooting cattle";
"Feral hogs are a problem for the climate, researcher says";
"World is failing to make changes needed to avoid climate breakdown, report finds";
"Cop26 must focus on poorer countries, says UN development chief";
"Oil executives face ‘turning point’ US congressional hearing on climate crisis";
"Hot air flies in methane debate over net-zero target";
"Introduction of the Center for Global Commons (in Japanese only)";
"Crucial Elements of Spending Plan Remain in Flux After Biden’s Appeal to Democrats";
"For millions of West Africans, climate change is already here";
"Turning over a new leaf: the humble hedge stages a remarkable comeback";
"The dirty dozen: meet America’s top climate villains";
"Grattan on Friday: The weather gets choppy with Joyce and Morrison’s climate contradictions";
"Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy";
"Labor doesn’t have a 2030 target yet either – what do we know of the ALP’s climate policy so far?";
"The ‘97% climate consensus’ is over. Now it’s well above 99% (and the evidence is even stronger than that)";
"Drying land and heating seas: why nature in Australia’s southwest is on the climate frontline";
"Degrowth: why some economists think abandoning growth is the only way to save the planet – podcast";
"Angus Taylor to promote fossil fuels at Glasgow Cop26 climate summit";
"Cormann pushes Morrison government to adopt carbon price";
"Former finance minister who helped sink carbon price now urging Australia to adopt one";
"Morrison government hasn’t finished writing net-zero modelling, department says";
"Voters would ‘come back at us with baseball bats’: How 18 Libs pushed Morrison to net zero";
"Victorian greenhouse emissions drop 25 per cent below 2005 levels";
"What’s in, what’s not: how does Australia’s emissions plan stack up?";
"Secret Liberal group pushed for net-zero to halt the Nationals";
"‘Secret’ modelling underpinning Scott Morrison’s net-zero policy still in spreadsheet form";
"Australia's net-zero by 2050 target wins praise from Fiji's PM, attracts disappointment from across the Pacific";
"Wealthy nations urged to meet $100bn climate finance goal";
"Australia v the climate part 5: a plan for net-zero?";
"South Australia adopts electric vehicle tax, joining New South Wales and Victoria";
"Could planting a trillion trees stop global heating? This man thinks so";
"China Hurries to Burn More Coal, Putting Climate Goals at Risk":
"Climate change is already hitting Africa’s livestock. Here’s how COP26 can help";
"Michael Pascoe: Morrison’s ‘net zero’ is that trust and integrity thing again";
"There’s No Cheap Way to Deal With the Climate Crisis";
"Evolution and Climate Change Through the Lens of Power";
"Working at the World Bank, I can see how it is failing humanity on the climate crisis";
"Grow concrete? Now we know the climate deniers’ nonsense can be debunked";
"Australia’s zany prospectus for net-zero can’t hide its carbon addiction";
"How a bacterium may help solve the plastic pollution crisis";
"SEC Releases Sample Letter Concerning Climate Change Disclosures";
"Juliana v. United States";
"Combating Climate Change in Your Animal Shelter - Vets for Climate Action & Getting 2 Zero";
"The Climate Council".
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Swedish teenager, Greta Thunberg (pictured) has been one of the most important personalities in the worldwide climate conversation and features here in a New York Times short film clip - "Greta Thunberg Has Given Up on Politicians".
Here in Australia, we have many climate champions, no more than the Independent Member for Warringah, Zali Steggall, who again took her Climate Change Bill to parliament calling for a debate on the topic - "Zali Steggall moves to bring the Climate Change Bills on for Debate".
Another of our climate champions is Geelong's Mik Aidt who is a key player in "The Sustainable Hour".
Other Quick Climate Links today are:
"“Clearly Unacceptable”: Environment Minister Sussan Ley bans renewable project, blesses three new coal mines";
"Sussan thinks Renewable Energy is “Clearly Unacceptable”";
"We Don’t Have Time partners with UNDP to urge world leaders to end fossil fuel-subsidies";
"Morrison rebuffs international climate critics";
"The Coalition’s net-zero policy is merely a plan to freeload off the rest of the world";
"Sound and fury as drivers use bagpipes and ink to take revenge on climate protesters";
"Meat and dairy giants feed climate crisis by dragging their heels on methane";
"As Australia continues to fail on climate, those on the frontline are running out of options, and time":
"Your cultural Cop26: films, TV shows and podcasts to help you save the planet";
"Climate activists ‘occupy’ Science Museum over fossil fuel sponsorship";
"Ecocide Laws Australia'";
"Scott Morrison refuses to release net-zero 2050 modelling amid condemnation of climate policy";
"The Climate Change Narrative Is the Most Dangerous Piece of Fiction Ever Created";
"Treasury and Health concede no climate modelling has been done internally on the Commonwealth's net-zero by 2050 pledges";
"If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7℃. That’s not OK";
"Soils can't hold enough carbon to offset Australian emissions, experts say";
"Are all 'eco-friendly' products safe for the environment? These experts say beware of 'greenwashing'";
"Human, natural capital key to sustainable economic growth, World Bank says";
"More Countries Join Global Pledge to Cut Methane Emissions";
"Accountability is under threat. Parliament must urgently reset the balance";
"Australia’s net-zero plan fails to tackle our biggest contribution to climate change: fossil fuel exports";
"Scott Morrison’s deal with the Nationals must not ignore land stewardship – an attractive, low-hanging fruit";
"Alan Kohler: Morrison has made Australia a nation of technology freeloaders";
"Climate anxiety: ‘It’s reasonable to be feeling scared, anxious, even depressed’";
"COP26: What business needs to know";
"Release of EPA methane rules expected this week";
"Rising emissions drive greenhouse gas index increase";
"Why we need a new golden age of European rail";
"China will honour its climate pledges – look at the changes we have already made";
"Yes, There Has Been Progress on Climate. No, It’s Not Nearly Enough.";
"Latest National Climate Plans Still Fall Far Short, U.N. Report Warns";
"Water’s ‘blue thread’ needs to be weaved into climate COP negotiations";
"Joe Manchin pushes for climate cuts even as West Virginia battered by crisis";
"What the world can learn from Rachel Carson as we fight for our planet";
"Emissions Gap Report 2021"
"Businesses back emissions caps as IMF says the world needs a carbon price";
"Morrison to lodge bigger 2030 target in UN talks in Glasgow";
"Seniors want ‘green bonds’ so they can put money in emissions reduction";
"Federal Treasury has not modelled climate change risks in years";
"Coalition’s new climate policy offers only a thin veneer of credibility";
"PM’s net-zero plan driven by slogans and seats, not conversion or conviction";
"Vaile says energy crunch shows risk of shunning coal in net-zero push".
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Rick Ridgeway (pictured) is a renowned American mountaineer, adventurer, film-maker, businessman and on this Climate One event talks about his response to climate change, capitalism and how those two things have intersected to inform his life.
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Can Climate Apocalypse be Averted? Glasgow November 2021 – A Date with Destiny";
"Stop Scott Morrison," says the Smart Energy Council;
"Angus Taylor reveals trade-offs with Nationals for net-zero support not yet approved by cabinet";
"We’ve spent a year waiting for this 2050 climate plan and it’s actually just the status quo with some new speculative graphs";
"The world is on track for a 'catastrophic' 2.7C temperature rise this century, UN report warns";
"This is how Scott Morrison plans to reach net-zero. Not everyone's convinced";
"As global warming forces millions to flee, here are the stories of climate refugees";
"“A joke:” Morrison’s net-zero plan has net-zero detail, and no change to policies";
"Prime Minister Scott Morrison yields little but wins little in getting Coalition's net zero support";
"World faces disastrous 2.7C temperature rise on current climate plans, UN warns";
"NSW environmental offsets to be reformed after ‘appalling practices’ revealed, minister says";
"Australia Pledges ‘Net Zero’ Emissions by 2050. Its Plan Makes That Hard to Believe";
"Australia will be the rich world's weakest link at COP26 with hollow net-zero and emissions pledges";
"Australia commits to 2050 net-zero emissions plan but with no detail and no modelling";
"Queensland LNP Senator Matt Canavan is a great pretender";
"At the U.N. Climate Summit, Could India Become a Champion, Not Just a Casualty, of the Crisis?";
"Drivers Are Interested in Electric Cars. Dealers Don’t Know How to Sell Them";
"A quick guide to climate change jargon – what experts mean by mitigation, carbon-neutral and 6 other key terms";
"Dune: we simulated the desert planet of Arrakis to see if humans could survive there";
"Catholic Bishops in the US Largely Ignore the Pope’s Concern About Climate Change, a New Study Finds";
"Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, 59, Dies; Linked Weather Disasters to Climate Change".
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PM Scott Morrison (pictured) and his Energy and Emission Reductions Minister, Angus Taylor, have a plan, yes a plan to do nothing and take Australia to the back of the pack.
Their plan to take Australia to net-zero by 2050 was loaded with hollow rhetoric and little detail and so no hint of action.
Here are today's Quick Climate Links:
"Net-zero by 2050 plan ‘uniquely Australian’: Morrison";
"‘A con’: Malcolm Turnbull blasts key part of government’s net-zero plan";
"If all 2030 climate targets are met, the planet will heat by 2.7℃ this century. That’s not OK";
"View from The Hill: Morrison’s net-zero plan is built more on politics than detailed policy";
"Australia’s clean hydrogen revolution is a path to prosperity – but it must be powered by renewable energy";
"Between the lines, Morrison’s plan has coal on the way out, with the future bright";
"Government promises to cut emissions to reach net-zero by 2050 under new climate change plan";
"COP26: Campaigners seek ‘Real Zero’ in place of ‘Net Zero’ Emissions";
"Net-zero plan ‘right thing to do’, but few details or modelling";
"Climate crisis: economists ‘grossly undervalue young lives’, warns Stern";
"“Net-zero 2050”: A dangerous illusion";
"What the heck is COP26 – and why should I care?";
"What is COP26 and why is it so important?"
"Net-zero by 2050 plan ‘uniquely Australian’: Morrison";
"Morrison delivered the pledge voters wanted but not the plan they needed";
"An effluent tide awaits Cop26 guests. They should see the state of our rivers, too";
"I chaired Cop21 when we delivered the Paris agreement. We must go further in Glasgow";
"Revealed: 60% of Americans say oil firms are to blame for the climate crisis";
"Long read: How past climates hold secrets for our future";
"Australia Sets Net-Zero Goal But Sees Future for Fossil Fuels";
"Weather whiplash in California: extreme rains pound regions under exceptional drought";
"Coalition support weakened by Nationals’ climate policy disagreement";
"Billions more in spending to come on PM’s road to net-zero";
"Australians willing to pay for climate action, but say government not doing fair share";
"How much do marine heatwaves cost? The economic losses amount to billions and billions of dollars";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: Scott Morrison’s (thin) climate plan for Glasgow";
"Morrison’s climate plan has 35% 2030 emissions reduction ‘projection’ but modelling underpinning 2050 target yet to be released";
"Boris Johnson hails Scott Morrison’s ‘heroic’ net-zero policy";
"Economists warn against the $20b technology bet at heart of net-zero policy";
"Taxes, rabbits and blank pages – no costed plan to net-zero yet";
"Torres Strait leaders sue federal government over climate change";
"Are Australia’s emissions reduction commitments to COP26 a copout?";
"Net zero-sum game: Morrison’s tech-based plan emits hope but lacks detail".
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People everywhere are speaking out and one of those making themselves heard through podcasts is The Guardian; the first, from the Uk - "What a net-zero world will look like – and how to get there"; the second, from Australia: "Australia v the climate part 1: Kyoto".
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Jane Fonda on the climate fight: ‘The cure for despair is action’";
"‘Don’t talk about Fight Club‘: Government refuses to release net-zero details";
"Environmental Justice Australia are lawyers for nature and community";
"China to cut fossil fuel use to below 20% by 2060";
"Young Australians lodge human rights complaints with UN over alleged government inaction on climate";
"Reaping the wind turbines: the little town in the Great Dividing Range split by green energy plan";
"NSW treasurer Matt Kean says federal Nationals ‘can resign from the ministry if they don’t back net-zero";
"UN-backed report reveals rising climate change risk across Africa";
"Nationals win extra cabinet position for Keith Pitt as they sign up to net-zero deal";
"An ecosystem restoration approach to solving farmers-herders conflict";
"Calgary councillor Sean Chu suggests cold winter is evidence against climate change";
"Miracle of Reduction" by George Monbiot;
"Powerful storm hits California amid warnings of ‘potentially historic rain";
"Modeller used to attack Labor policies hired to “verify” Taylor’s net-zero modelling";
"‘We have left it too late’: COP26 unlikely to limit warming to 1.5C, scientists warn";
"The Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (CLEX)" is an international research consortium of five Australian universities;
"Boris Johnson says chances of Cop26 success are ‘touch and go’";
"PM net-zero plan to include rural reviews";
"NSW govt concern fast-tracking gas project would erode independent process: leaked emails";
"Paul Bongiorno: Morrison’s big win over the Nationals looking more like a pyrrhic victory";
"Greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high last year, UN reports ahead of Glasgow COP26 climate summit";
"Energy spending, electric cars and cleaner fuel in Coalition’s emissions plan";
"Australia’s stumbling, last-minute dash for climate respectability doesn’t negate a decade of abject failure";
"The Morrison government is set to finally announce a 2050 net-zero commitment. Here’s a ‘to do’ list for each sector";
"Billionaires taking action on climate change are part of a long tradition";
"Coalition drops in Newspoll; Australia “not doing enough” response on climate change falls";
"‘Addicted to secrecy’: Net-zero plan still a mystery, days out from Glasgow";
"Farmers fear that Australian climate inaction could jeopardise future export potential";
"Farming the future: Trading on animal welfare and emissions, not tariffs":
"Climate-smart food systems should be centre stage at COP26";
"Clean rail travel is vital to the UK’s future: now we need a government that can deliver it";
"The Chinese Companies Polluting the World More Than Entire Nations";
"Big banks haven't quit fossil-fuel financing with $4 trillion since Paris";
"Colorado research farm studies benefits of pairing agriculture with solar panels";
"Greenhouse gas concentrations hit record high last year, as UN warns 'we are way off track";
"How to know if a country is serious about net-zero: look at its plans for extracting fossil fuels";
"Climate Conscious Is Bringing the World Together";
"COP26 forum: a just transition for all";
"Climate 101" from Inside Climate News.
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Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin (pictured) first wrote "Anarchism and the Black Revolution" when gaoled in the 1970s, long before climate change was a "thing".
Anarchism and climate change has been on our radar here for some time and recently Joe Toscano was interviewed for an episode.
Australia's National Party, the junior member of the governing Liberal-National Party coalition, has given its blessing to a net-zero 2050 target and Greens leader, Adam Bandt, has been seriously critical of that decision, making his views about that quite clear on Radio National earlier today.
More Quick Climate Links:
"Nationals agree to 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target conditionally";
"Net-zero pledge a defining moment, but the real test is action";
"The Nationals announced a last-minute deal — but the real decisions on climate and emissions had already been made";
"Nationals provide in-principle support for a net-zero 2050 target, nuclear not part of plan";
"VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Nationals’ climate conundrum and the integrity deficit in federal politics";
"Nationals win extra cabinet position as they sign up to net-zero deal";
"The Nationals finally agree to a 2050 net-zero target, but the real decisions on Australia’s emissions are happening elsewhere";
"Glasgow’s COP26 is crunch time to save the world from disaster";
"Queensland's coal belt unsure of repercussions as world discusses fossil fuel phase-out in Glasgow climate talks";
"Cambodia’s biggest lake is running dry, taking forests and fish with it";
"A 7m wall has gone up on a Sydney beach: are we destroying public space to save private property?";
"COP26 Is Starting End of This Month. What Can We Do Personally Now?";
"How the climate crisis is transforming the meaning of ‘sustainability’ in business";
"Join Us for Netting Zero, a Virtual Event Series on Climate Change";
"Nationals accept net-zero target by 2050";
"In one word, Fran Kelly, how would you describe ... Barnaby Joyce?";
"The Grattan car plan: practical policies for cleaner transport and better cities";
"Cop26: ‘World conflict and chaos’ could be the result of a summit failure";
"The US and China must find a way to cooperate at COP26 and beyond. Otherwise, global climate action is impossible";
"Alan Kohler: The whaling industry shows us the future for coal";
"Nationals back net zero, but offer no details on what they got in exchange";
"Climate change: Saudi Arabia and OPEC resisting action on fossil fuels";
"Tesla records $1.61 billion net income in Q3";
"Nationals give conditional support for net-zero emissions by 2050 target";
"Secrecy shrouds the net-zero deal Barnaby Joyce's Nationals have struck with Scott Morrison";
"Have stock exchanges become more environmentally friendly?";
"Idemitsu's Muswellbrook Coal mine site to be transformed into renewable energy and industrial precinct";
"Climate Talks in Times of Crisis: Your Roadmap to COP26";
"Traditional owner holds fears for heritage site at Adani coal mine";
"Transition to electric vehicles ‘won’t happen overnight but it needs to start now".
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Fran Kelly (pictured) has long been my company for early morning walks, but now after 17 years guiding as Radio National's "Breakfast" host, she is stepping back from the role - read about her decision: "‘It’s time’: Fran Kelly to leave ABC RN Breakfast after 17 years at the helm".
And here we hear Nick Nutall, the "We Don't Have Time" comms director ,talk about COP-26 and why we have has so many of these international events.
Other Quick Climate Links:
"The Most Important Climate Summit in History Is a Local News Story Too";
"Twelve Apostles drilling plan turns spotlight on Victoria’s gas strategy";
"Clean energy delayed by ‘stubborn incumbency’ of fossil fuel";
"‘A green adventure’: Is carbon-free flying possible?";
"Getting burnt: The Nationals worry about voters with long memories";
"Cop26 climate deal will be harder than Paris accord, admits Sharma";
"Cop26 menu focuses on plant-based dishes with 80% Scottish food";
"Former PMs apologise to Pacific leaders for Australia’s apathy on climate crisis";
"Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: ‘The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia’";
"How Much Did Ancient Land-Clearing Fires in New Zealand Affect the Climate?";
"Raging Flood Waters Driven by Climate Change Threaten the Trans-Alaska Pipeline";
"‘Case closed’: 99.9% of scientists agree climate emergency caused by humans";
"National Party is extorting the government for money and favours on climate change";
"Mirage man Morrison continues to defeat the common good";
"COP 26 Comment from Metung by Tom Moore";
"Retrofitting Buildings Is the Unsexy Climate Fix the World Needs";
"The Informer: Electric dreams with an ocean view";
"Prince Charles warns of ‘dangerously narrow window’ to act on climate change";
"PM's net-zero will underwhelm summit: ACF";
"Alan Kohler: The alarming consequences of Canberra’s climate capers";
"Madonna King: Public faith in our political system is at an all-time low, and it’s no surprise";
"Rod Oram: A country getting serious on climate change":
"NDCs, climate finance and 1.5°C: your Cop26 jargon buster".
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Simon Holmes àCourt (pictured) was among the guests on the latest edition of ABC Television's Q&A program.
Simon, who was the epitome of good behaviour, took the chance of being on national television to explain the reasons and operation of Climate 200.
Other climate links are:
"Simon Holmes à Court takes government and Tim Wilson to task on net zero, Paris Agreement and climate change plans on Q+A";
"Nationals ministers may quit cabinet if net-zero policy doesn’t meet their demands";
"Addressing the mess we’ve made of things: climate change in culture";
"Natural contrarian to ‘facilitator-in-chief’, but Barnaby Joyce is stronger on the attack";
"Coalition puts net-zero division up in lights";
"Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes pledge $1.5b to limit global warming";
"Taylor faces re-election test in Hume, independent challenger to be revealed soon";
"Vote Angus Out";
"How Russia Is Cashing In on Climate Change";
"Coal Stocks Rise, Even as the Planet Warms";
"Facing pressure at home, New Zealand’s climate change minister steels himself for Cop26";
"Zoe Daniel: There are three approaches to climate change, Australia is choosing the wrong one";
"The Ferguson Report: Scientist declares that global warming is caused by awards ceremonies";
"Here’s why Australians won’t be hit by those soaring gas prices we’re seeing overseas";
"The climate crisis is global, but councils can offer local solutions";
"A Low-Carbon Future in the US Depends on Decarbonizing Petroleum Refineries";
"BBC sets out path to net-zero by 2030";
"Some climate advocates are also working to address systemic racism";
"‘Breakthrough’: IMF develops fund to help debt-laden nations address climate risks";
"Once a vital feature of climate talks, has the huddle had its day?";
"We don’t have time to dismiss carbon markets as a climate solution";
"Young people are creating a new climate narrative for African drylands";
"Space for climate: raising awareness ahead of Cop 26";
"Climate advocates who backed Sinema exasperated by blocking of Biden bill";
"UK net-zero strategy under fire for failure to show carbon savings";
"Things are a bit ragged for Morrison, and not only because of the Coalition’s climate bullfight";
"India among 11 'countries of concern' on climate change for U.S. spy agencies";
"Nationals MP says solar won’t work in the dark as party makes wishlist for supporting net-zero target";
"Morrison could have done the deal of the century on climate, but opted for tribalism".
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Simon Holmes à Court (pictured) is behind Climate 200 and as one of the many celebrated speakers on the Smart Energy Council's Global Race to Zero virtual summit talked about this quite new and influential organization.
Nationals deputy leader, David Littleproud was on Radio National today (October 22) and talked with host Sarah Sara about: "Nationals deputy leader declines to outline list of demands to Prime Minister", leaving me feeling ill.
Other Quick Climate Links are:
"Net-zero strategy: Tory MPs’ anger over Treasury assessment on high costs";
"Qld braces for more severe storms as NSW cleanup begins";
"Nigerian religious leaders call for climate justice ahead of COP26";
"In the Sharma case, Australia’s federal court must not avert its eyes from the climate crisis";
"Rubbish-strewn Glasgow braced for humiliation on world stage over shambolic preparation for Cop26";
"Colorado organization helps communities plan for a future without coal";
"Toyota, Stellantis to Build EV-Battery Factories in North America";
"Global heating ‘may lead to epidemic of kidney disease’";
"Security leaders on Glasgow COP26: Water shortfalls mean we can’t wait for 2050";
"Prime Minister faces challenge to manage the enemies within";
"Life in a Degrowth Economy and Why You’ll Love It";
"Australia sought to weaken UN climate report on need to close coal-fired power stations, leak suggests";
"Nationals' demands for Liberals over climate change policy finalised, taken to Prime Minister Scott Morrison";
"Morrison refuses to release net-zero modelling, as Australia outed for fudging climate report";
"Barnaby Joyce’s push for rail extension to Gladstone would set off ‘carbon bomb’, activists claim";
"‘We have to be at the table’: Australia’s trade minister urges colleagues to back net zero to protect trade";
"White House unveils landmark reports on climate links to security, migration";
"COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report";
"Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of being in denial over climate crisis";
"Extreme rain heads for California’s burn scars, raising the risk of mudslides – this is what cascading climate disasters look like";
"How the environmental offsets scheme is failing the Australian wildlife it is meant to protect";
"Grattan on Friday: Can Barnaby Joyce sell his supporters the net-zero he’s previously trashed?";
"Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses, to UN summit";
"Pacific Northwest Entrepreneurs Fighting Climate Change";
"There are no real climate leaders yet – who will step up at Cop26?";
"Farmers don’t have to contribute to the environmental crisis – we can solve it";
"The UK’s net-zero strategy still avoids what is needed to avert climate catastrophe";
"Climate change is bad for your health. And plans to boost economies may make it worse";
"‘No more time to waste,’ chair of House climate panel warns ahead of Cop26";
"In Australia, It’s ‘Long Live King Coal’";
"Large Sections of Australia’s Great Reef Are Now Dead, Scientists Find";
"Record levels of renewable energy drive down electricity prices across Australia";
"Australia sought to weaken UN climate report on need to close coal-fired power stations, leak suggests";
"Natural habitats of 30 cities around the world at risk due to ‘coastal hardening’, study suggests";
"Government refuses to release net-zero modelling in ‘new low’ for accountability".
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Former Australian PM, Malcolm Turnbull (pictured) was among the first of an impressive array of speakers at the "Global Race to Zero" summit organized by the Smart Energy Council.
Other links for today are:
"Jacinda Ardern’s climate summit problem is the opposite of Scott Morrison’s";
"‘No second planet’: France urges Australia to greater climate action";
"Climate change needs to be tackled like COVID-19, says BlackRock boss";
"Kids’ quality of life will depend on today’s climate choices";
"Nonprofit Barrio Electrico works to expand solar energy in Puerto Rico";
"Australia is undermining the Paris Agreement, no matter what Morrison says – we need new laws to stop this";
"Microplastics are in the air we breathe and in Earth’s atmosphere, and they affect the climate";
"Alan Kohler: The alarming consequences of Canberra’s climate capers";
"‘It will be ugly’: Net-zero plan to be made public as Nationals level latest threat";
"More Than 30 Countries Join U.S. Pledge to Slash Methane Emissions";
"The burning questions about gas";
"Think big on climate: the transformation of society in months has been done before";
"The government’s net-zero plan is impressive, but it is high risk";
"The Guardian view on the net-zero strategy: not tough enough";
"Too hot to handle: can our bodies withstand global heating?";
"How the U.S. Made Progress on Climate Change Without Ever Passing a Bill";
"Planned fossil fuel output ‘vastly exceeds’ climate limits, says UN";
"From Paris to Glasgow: A World on the Move";
"Meet the Champions";
"Smart Energy Council";
"Real Climate - climate science from climate scientists......."
" Climate Change Victoria’s path to a net-zero emissions and climate-resilient future ";
"MJA– Lancet Countdown on health and climate change";
"Tracking the connections between public health and climate change";
"Bridget McKenzie warns ‘it will be ugly’ if Morrison commits to net zero target without Nationals support";
"Rural Australians are living climate change in real-time – and unlike politicians who scapegoat us, we’re taking action";
"‘Climate change is hitting us’: French beekeepers expect worst honey harvest in half a century";
"A joke if it wasn’t so serious’: Australia lags developed countries on climate action";
"Fossil fuel production to soar in face of emissions pledges, United Nations report says";
"Empire Energy wins full approval for more fracking in Beetaloo Basin as climate advocates slam NT government";
"‘Protectionist forces’: Dan Tehan warns Australian farmers face carbon border taxes".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
The CEO of the Smart Energy Council, John Grimes was interviewed by Climate Conversation in 2020 - "John Grimes talks about the Smart Energy Council and its 59th annual 'Smart Energy Conference'".
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American teenage climate activist, Alexandria Villasenor (pictured), is presently in Glasgow awaiting the start of COP-26 at the end of the month and talked about youth and the climate crisis with Hamish MacDonald on Radio National just today - you can hear that discussion at "Young climate activists take centre stage at global conference on climate crisis".
Also, you can listen to the "Please Explain" podcast'
Other links for today are:
"Scouts can now earn patches for learning about solar energy";
"Extreme tranquility: a record-warm, weirdly calm autumn from Northern Plains to Northeast";
" World's First Student-Led Global Event on Mental Health & Climate Change";
"Climate change is a national security issue, but not in the way Scott Morrison imagines";
"Lack of support for emissions reduction target will ‘punish farmers’, NFF tells Nationals";
"Should we feel hopeless about climate change?";
"The Future Currency of Earth Isn’t Going to Be Digital";
"Climate Scientists Created a SWAT Team for Weather Disasters";
"Australian environment minister has ‘almost no control’ over global emissions, court told";
"Stunningly cheap solar to power China’s pivot away from coal":
"How one US senator could sink Biden’s climate agenda and COP26";
"Problems abound, but we could yet emerge as winners";
"PM’s climate shift is overdue but welcome. Now he needs to do more";
"The green wars: Nickel stoush between BHP and Andrew Forrest heats up";
"Regenerative farmers see huge opportunity in net-zero target";
"Regional Australians want to be a part of a net-zero emissions future";
"On a Pacific Island, Russia Tests Its Battle Plan for Climate Change";
"Cycling contributes $6.3 billion a year to the Australian economy";
"Beef Industry Tries to Erase Its Emissions With Fuzzy Methane Math";
"Getting from here to net zero";
"Australia ranks last out of 54 nations on its strategy to cope with climate change. The Glasgow summit is a chance to protect us all";
"How the new human right to a healthy environment could accelerate New Zealand’s action on climate change";
"Children deserve answers to their questions about climate change. Here’s how universities can help";
"‘Cowardly’: Coalition net-zero negotiations slammed as ‘climate delay’";
"How I switched from a career in coal to working in renewables";
"First-ever winners of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize announced";
"INEOS invests over €2 billion in green hydrogen production for Europe";
"The Nationals’ climate position has become symbolic posturing and no longer represents Australian farmers";
"‘Utterly his own right’ for Scott Morrison to commit to net-zero, Barnaby Joyce says".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
The open letter to the Federal Government from more than 30 businesses and individuals in Shepparton:
We believe a 2050 net zero emissions target is essential in order to keep a global temperature rise under 2°C. For us specifically in the Goulburn Valley, a rise above 2°C would threaten our lifestyle and highly profitable agricultural sector. The Federal Government needs to adopt this target and work toward it in a way that transitions without threatening our economy.
The Business Council of Australia has modelled a roadmap to Australia achieving net-zero by 2050, through adaptation of new technologies, harnessing renewables and incentivising carbon sequestration. The Council identifies that this process could reap an economic dividend of $890 billion and 190,000 jobs over the next 50 years. With strong investment in our region, the Goulburn Valley can be part of this dividend.
We are well placed to benefit from this 2050 net-zero blueprint. We have the capability to generate renewable energy, participate in profitable carbon sequestration and adapt technology for our manufacturing sector. Done properly, this could enhance our energy reliability and affordability.
This requires commitment from the government, a clear policy framework and significant investment.
We don’t really have a choice not to participate in this global effort, given several of our trading partners are indicating an emissions commitment will be required to continue that trading relationship. That is in addition to the overbearing challenges we will leave future generations if we can not keep the dial below a 2°C temperature increase.
The Goulburn Valley has constantly adapted to challenges and opportunities with its embrace of technology and entrepreneurial spirit. We believe we can do the same with this challenge, but we need the government to act now and invest.
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Lou Costa (pictured) cares deeply about our environment and sometimes the pressing urgency of the damage we are causing to all those aspects of nature, the nature that plays an integral in making our lives possible, becomes so overwhelming that she turns to her keyboard to drive out her demons, subsequently writing a moving piece that frequently finds its way into the pages of The Shepparton News.
However, Lou is not writing for simple personal therapeutic purposes, she hopes that her views and ideas might change the values, attitudes and behaviours of others.
Here is her latest piece:
Every day I wake to the sound of birdsong. Magpie, butcherbird, kookaburra, wren; sharing the stage for their morning solos. My home, surrounded by a relatively small patch of remnant forest is carpeted with wildflowers this time of year. It is my ticket to escape. It is my passport to mental health. My exercise. My church. My altar.
I am acutely aware of the value of this place - especially in these times when so many are denied access. To touch, hear and see nature has become a commodity, reflected in the exodus of tree-changers that are now paying over-inflated prices for country properties, sight unseen from their locked-down city apartments. Or in other words, blindly thinking that the country holds treasures that are scarce in the big smoke.
Indeed, the natural environment defines the Australian psyche. It provides relief from anxiety, freedom from entrapment, protection from exposure, harmony in chaos, connection to instinct, national identity and yet, we seem hell-bent on managing it into disappearance.
Species and entire ecosystems are on the brink of collapse caused by a relentless erosion of protections that incrementally expose the landscape to death by a thousand cuts. Little by little, we are throwing away our treasure.
Earlier this year the Victorian government held a parliamentary inquiry into statewide ecosystem decline, ringing alarm bells that the process of extinction is well on its way.
When we diminish nature’s importance as the foundation of a healthy society, we undermine our ability to survive; both physically and mentally. Humans’ need nature - not the other way around.
But where is this importance of the value of nature reflected in our system of government?
Damian Drum’s ‘NICHOLLS BIGGEST SURVEY’ asks us to prioritise four concerns from a long list of issues faced by regional Victoria. ‘Building a stronger economy' was on the top. ‘Protecting our local environment’ was on the bottom.
This seems to be a common approach by all levels of government to relegate nature to the scrap heap in the eyes of society. Whether this is intentional or not, it sends an almost subliminal message that nature is not as important as money.
The state government recently announced funding for developers and landowners to propose vacant land for housing projects. This is an acute risk for natural remnants while our planning laws favour development and land prices are sky-rocketing.
The irony is that many developers sell their product using nature as bait.
The same attitude can be seen in the 2021-2022 Campaspe Shire Council budget where ‘Environment and Conservation’ has the least amount of money spent on it. Sixty-six cents in every one hundred dollars while roads guzzle almost forty dollars for every hundred.
With such low priority and spending placed on protecting the natural environment, it is no wonder that developers are able to fill up its open spaces with bargain basement, home-maker estates and then proceed to remove any native fragment that has managed to survive agriculture and bypass routes.
If regional Victoria continues to devalue its natural assets, we risk the very thing that makes the country, our country. Nature.
Damian Drum’s survey is right, regional Victoria does have a long list of issues but they are all influenced by the health and function of the natural environment. By prioritising the protection of our local environment, we not only help to address regional economy, mental health, job opportunity, coronavirus recovery and education; we can ensure that morning birdsong is heard by all Victorians for generations to come. Surely this brings it closer to the top of the list.
Lou, for a period, was the president of the Goulburn Valley Environment Group.
Listen to Lou in an earlier episode: "'Sentinels guarding the memory of our land' - Lou Costa".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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The late comedian, George Carlin (pictured), takes a light-hearted look at saving the planet in the YouTube clip "Saving the Planet".
And Fran Kelly on Radio National's "Breakfast" talks with Resources Minister, Keith Pitt.
Other links today:
"Joyce warns Liberals against ‘threatening’ Nationals on net-zero";
"On Scottish Islands, the winds of change are blowing from oil to renewables";
"'Running out of time': Asia struggles to kick coal addiction";
"Australia’s top economists back carbon price, say benefits of net-zero outweigh cost";
"Residents at Risk – Viva’s LNG import terminal deemed an unacceptable risk by residents";
"Nuclear: No Climate Solution";
"Make Brisbane a regenerative city";
"Cop26 corporate sponsors condemn climate summit as ‘mismanaged’";
"Treasury leak reveals rift between Johnson and Sunak over costs of zero-carbon economy";
"Business frustration over government’s climate inaction grows";
"Solar powers more than half of Australia’s grid for first time, coal at record low";
"Malcolm Turnbull on Murdoch, lies and the climate crisis: ‘The same forces that enabled Trump are at work in Australia’";
"Australia’s race to net zero is transformative: those who hesitate are lost";
"Tropical wetlands reduce storm impacts and save thousands of lives and $600bn each year, study suggests";
"Launch of the 2021 Australian MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb"
"‘This is our last chance’: Biden urged to act as climate agenda hangs by a thread";
"New project helps disadvantaged organizations access federal climate funds";
"Connecting the dots on climate and health the big picture";
"The Climate Crisis Explained";
"Nuclear power is too costly, too slow, so it’s zero use to Australia’s emissions plan";
"No change to Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction target as Scott Morrison focuses on net-zero deal";
"What to expect when you’re expecting… the federal government to shift on climate any day now";
"Scott Morrison to push on with net-zero target despite Nationals";
"Australia’s Nationally Determined Contribution";
"Prime Minister's net-zero climate plan";
"Net-zero emissions by 2050: Call for Resources Minister Keith Pitt to resign";
"Paul Bongiorno: Nationals’ theatre of the absurd drains government credibility";
"Who’s who in Glasgow: 5 countries that could make or break the planet’s future under climate change";
"What’s behind News Corp’s new spin on climate change?";
"Morrison says cabinet, not Nationals or Joyce, will decide net-zero plan";
"From childlessness to the climate crisis, why is the blame always on us?";
"Want to know what a just transition to a green economy looks like? Ask the workers";
"The Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC)";
"Morrison tells Liberals he wants binding 2050 net-zero target at Glasgow summit";
"Scott Morrison to push on with net-zero target despite Nationals";
"Australia’s climate uncertainty a turn-off for investors: IGCC";
"Australia set to disappoint key allies on 2030 emissions target";
"New deal to turn waste timber into hydrogen at Bass Strait port";
"'On the winning camp': The business guide to COP26 and why it matters".
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The Independent Member for Warringah, Zali Steggall (pictured) had a busy time in Federal Parliament today moving two Bills, including her Climate Change Bill.
A fellow independent, Helen Haines from the rural seat of Indi supported her as did the Member for Mayo, Rebekha Sharkie,
Zali, and her supporters, placed climate change and the need to attend to it firmly on the federal agenda.
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Twiggy Forrest (pictured) is leading the charge to see Australia become a hydrogen super-power.
Today's Quick Climate Links:
"Nationals fail to land on climate position during marathon meeting as Barnaby Joyce warns party will not be bullied";
"Nationals ‘highly unlikely’ to agree to 2030 target";
"Hotter temperatures and extreme weather linked to mental distress, suicide";
"Climate of the Nation - 2021" from The Australia Institute;
"Treating beef like coal would make a big dent in greenhouse-gas emissions";
"Australia’s top economists back carbon price, say benefits of net-zero outweigh cost";
"Joyce says Nationals don’t want bigger 2030 climate target as party room frets about regional protections";
"Barnaby Joyce has refused to support doubling Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction targets – but we could get there so cheaply and easily";
"Climate wars, carbon taxes and toppled leaders: the 30-year history of Australia’s climate response, in brief";
"VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on high noon climate negotiations, and pressure on Albanese over MP Anthony Byrne";
"One is not amused: Queen irritated by those who ‘talk but don’t do’ ahead of Cop26";
"‘A long way to play out’: Nationals fail to reach agreement on 2050 emissions reductions";
"Nationals won't rush backing climate plan";
"Patrick Gorman: Why we must end the climate wars";
"Shepparton’s Furphy Foundry switches to clean, green power";
"How Do Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Work Using Hydrogen?"
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Professor Nicole Webster (pictured) had spent a couple of decades considering coral reefs in tropical Queensland and has now just become the second woman to be appointed as the Chief Scientist for the Australian Antarctica Division and you can hear an interview with her on Radio National - "A different challenge for the new Antarctic Division chief".
Other links for today are:
"Boris Johnson’s climate credibility at stake in run-up to Cop26 summit";
"UK poised to confirm funding for mini nuclear reactors for carbon-free energy";
"Morrison the pragmatist leads from the back on net-zero";
"ON THE ROAD TO GLASGOW Episode 3 . Amazon Manifesto";
"‘We all have a role’: more than 260 Australian rules footballers sign up to climate campaign";
"Climate Conscious at Home";
"Electric Vehicles Are About To Get Crazy Cheap";
"News Corp’s climate pivot perpetrates a new fraud and draws us closer to climate catastrophe";
"With a five per cent vote the Nationals are holding us to ransom on climate change";
"Can a Carbon-Emitting Iron Ore Tycoon Save the Planet?";
"Alan Kohler: Murdoch and the BCA are providing cover for Morrison. Good";
"Modi & Johnson to launch global solar power grid";
"Raging Flood Waters Driven by Climate Change Threaten the Trans-Alaska Pipeline";
"Inside Clean Energy: Taking Stock of the Energy Storage Boom Happening Right Now";
"Welcome to Climate Ready Clyde";
"Taylor to address Nationals’ meeting as MPs warn ‘this is not a done deal’";
"‘A matter of survival’: What’s COP26?";
"How do we tackle Australia’s burning problem before it burns us?";
"When bad news is good News: accepting climate change shouldn’t mean denying it will hurt jobs";
"Australian-first farmer mutual aims to cut out carbon farming middleman".
Enjoy "Music for a Warming World".
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Quick Climate Links on Climate Conversations opens with a few seconds from a weekly podcast from The Conversation in the UK entitled: "Have climate change predictions matched reality?";
Then we hear from Rob Priestly who is preparing to challenge Damian Drum for the Federal Seat of Nicholls which revolves around Shepparton in northern Victoria.
Other links today:
"California wildfire swells, triggering more evacuations, power shutoffs";
"Regional Liberals praise ‘upside’ of climate action as some Nationals continue scare campaign";
"Can meat grown in a laboratory help save the planet?";
"Opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions exist for all species, in all regions";
"TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH
LIVESTOCK";
"“When We’re Dead and Buried, Our Bones Will Keep Hurting”
"Now’s the Moment to Pressure Global Leaders to Step Up Their Climate Game";
"Cheating on the Climate Crisis is worse than denying it!";
"These young Australians have an urgent message for Scott Morrison ahead of COP26";
"Prince William blasts space race billionaires finding 'new place to live' before repairing Earth";
"Andrew Forrest urges Scott Morrison to commit to net-zero even if it means splitting Coalition";
"Ahead of COP26, Australia ranked among worst in G20 on climate action";
"Canadian energy giant advances 2,600MWh pumped hydro project near Bathurst";
"Taiwan tea farmers 'powerless' to changing climate";
"Climate, leadership, jobs: Albo lays out Labor's battle plan";
"The climate emergency warrants a strong mandate on zero-emission vehicles from the federal government";
"What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?";
"Kicking the can on methane";
"The climate disaster is here";
"Greta Thunberg: I’m open to meeting Biden at Cop26 but don’t expect much";
"Queen ‘irritated’ by world leaders talking not doing on climate crisis";
"News Corp is going ‘only positive’ on climate but did Gina Rinehart miss the memo?";
"Day of the species" at the Stanthorpe Art Gallery:
"Morrison optimistic of Nats climate deal";
"Bird of The Year 2021";
"Experimental Institutionalism: Ecological";
"What is COP26 and why is it so important?";
"National Water Week";
"Morrison to attend UN climate conference in Glasgow";
"Dutton backs net-zero target, says Nationals need time ‘to air their issues’";
"The ‘net’ in net zero emissions offers a huge temptation to cheat";
"Community Microgrids and Sustainable Energy Program (CMSE)";
"Podcast Brunch Club Virtual Chapter Meeting: GEOENGINEERING THE CLIMATE";
"White House vows to treat climate change as "systemic" financial risk";
"‘Ghost forests’ are an eerie sign of sea-level rise";
"Both bad climate policy and no policy will see Australia lose jobs and investment overseas";
"So Morrison’s going to Glasgow. Should we laugh, weep or rage for the lost decade?";
"Yes, Australia can beat its 2030 emissions target. But the Morrison government barely lifted a finger";
"Morrison set for Glasgow but has to finish packing his bag";
"What is COP26 and why does the fate of Earth, and Australia’s prosperity, depend on it?";
"Widespread collapse of West Antarctica’s ice sheet is avoidable if we keep global warming below 2℃";
"We can’t stabilise the climate without carbon offsets – so how do we make them work?";
"Smoke's impact on Australians' health set to grow as climate change intensifies bushfires";
"A warning from the adults in the room: the financial impacts of climate change are coming, like it or not";
"Climate is finally the talk of Australia, but who is controlling the conversation?";
"Diplomats in last-ditch effort to bring world leaders to Cop26 table";
"Seven ways to save lives on the frontline of the climate crisis";
"Dan Ilic was just getting started with the Times Square billboard and says there’s more to come";
"The Ferguson Report: Shock at News Corp’s crazy claim global warming is a thing!";
"It’s easy to feel pessimistic about the climate. But we’ve got two big things on our side";
"Ahead of COP26, IEA report finds clean energy progress is still too slow to reach net-zero by 2050";
"September 2021: Earth’s 5th-warmest September on record";
"The climate disaster is here";
"Ed Miliband climate speech to Green Alliance event";
"Climate Vulnerables’ Manifesto for COP26";
"An Open Letter to Greta Thunberg";
"Morrison to give Nationals time to seal net-zero deal ahead of Glasgow";
"Now he’s been shamed into going, Morrison must take more than spin to Glasgow";
"The Most Important Global Meeting You’ve Probably Never Heard Of Is Now".
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Today's Quick Climate Links begin with a story about Shepparton's deputy-major, Rob Priestly (pictured), standing as an independent for the Federal Seat of Nicholls and you can read about that in a story from The Shepparton News: "Federal fight - Rob Priestly to run as independent in Nicholls";
Two more stories from The Shepparton News:
"Drum expects to see net-zero by 2050 climate agreement";
"Greater Shepparton City Council urges climate action";
"Climate Change Bill heads to Presidency as Nigerian Senate gives nod to legislation";
"Tornado warning as storms close in on Sydney";
"Comedian’s ‘subversive’ billboards attacking Australia’s climate policy to feature in New York’s Times Square";
"More than 1,000 firefighters battle blaze spreading along California coast";
"UN development goal of zero hunger ‘tragically distant’, global index shows";
"Forget net-zero – let’s have a ‘fossil freedom day’";
"Reserve Bank warns Australia cannot hide from global drive to net-zero by 2050";
"Financial markets are preparing for climate change and so must we";
"Joyce promises multibillion-dollar coal export train to Gladstone";
"Sink or swim: why Barnaby Joyce has to accept net-zero";
"Net-zero emissions and Woodside’s Scarborough LNG a mismatch: IEA";
"Nationals 'fearmongering' on coal to win votes, says mining magnate Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest";
"New water plan hopes to improve health of Victoria's 'most stressed' river";
"Urgency & Agency in the Battle to Avert a Climate Crisis with Michael E. Mann".
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Working with Australia 2, The Council for the Human Future organized the webinar: “Taking up the Glasgow challenge”.
Today's Quick Climate Links:
"Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’"
"‘Adapt or die’: resilience to climate change needed, says Environment Agency";
"Under-pressure New Zealand sets out carbon-zero plan";
"Climate pork barrel won't work: economist";
"Tasmania to legislate for net-zero emissions by 2030";
"“Unstoppable transition:” Australia can hit 91% renewables by 2030"
"Nationals warn past promises ‘haven’t been realised’ ahead of net-zero debate";
"Farmers demand Nationals deliver climate policy payback";
"Group uses visuals to highlight climate challenges in Niger Delta communities";
"‘Overwhelming’ backing for strong climate action, UK study shows";
"Hyundai partakes in new hydrogen fuel cell developments";
"Renewable engineering offers best industry career prospects";
""Belonging Before Belief" - Prisms of the People with Hahrie Han";
"Billionaire disrupters: Forrest, Ambani’s new energy onslaught leaves carbon-corrupt politicians in the dust";
"Rich Countries Must Bear the Cost if We Can Ever Hope to Achieve a Net-Zero World";
"Discount on buying electric cars could be cut with Cop26 on horizon";
"China Puts Energy Security First While Doubling Down on Renewables";
"Ben Santer on ‘separating’ and his ‘small part’ in understanding of climate science";
"NSW urges federal government to follow suit, adopt 50 per cent emissions reduction target by 2030";
"NSW unveils $80 billion green hydrogen strategy, with incentives to plug into grid";
"Tasmanian Government aims for net-zero emissions by 2030";
"Australia will need surge in renewables, electric vehicles to meet UN emissions goal";
"The Climate Refugees of Now.":
"States put Australia on track to beat 2030 emissions pledge but Morrison may not make it official";
"The global elites are headed to Scotland. Call it climate FOMO";
"Australia well placed to transition from coal exports to green minerals: IMF";
"Energy Inequality Makes a Hotter World Deadlier for Poor Nations";
"Asia’s energy pivot is a warning to Australia: clinging to coal is bad for the economy";
"Alan Kohler: Murdoch and the BCA are providing cover for Morrison. Good";
"Govt climate document sees no role for agriculture";
"Biden Administration Plans Wind Farms Along Nearly the Entire U.S. Coastline";
"Private Equity Funds, Sensing Profit in Tumult, Are Propping Up Oil";
"Are Countries Providing Enough to the $100 Billion Climate Finance Goal?";
"Fossil-Fuel Use Could Peak in Just a Few Years. Still, Major Challenges Loom.";
"See how climate change could drown landmarks around the world";
"When Bad Weather and Bad Landlords Collide";
"Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate";
"Critical fire weather and Red Flag Warnings predicted for much of California Monday and Tuesday";
"San Diego supervisors narrowly approve Otay Ranch development over wildfire, climate concerns";
"No matter the fire risk, California insurance companies can’t cancel your policy";
"PM urged to ignore Nats’ climate dissent";
"Australia becoming a 'dumping ground' for polluting cars as government delays signing on to international standards";
"The Great Pause Week 82: Cars that Solve for Climate";
"Should We Frame Climate as a Moral Issue?";
"State and territory climate action: Leading policies and programs in Australia";
"Australia will need surge in renewables, electric vehicles to meet UN emissions goal";
"Clean energy delayed by ‘stubborn incumbency’ of fossil fuels";
"Disruption to regional industries a risk to government’s net-zero deal";
"News Corp’s Herald Sun runs climate change ‘furphy’ ad on third day of net-zero campaign";
"Mining Magnate Andrew Forrest's green hydrogen gamble";
"Green exports could create almost 400,000 jobs";
"Debate over net zero in Australia is heating up as calls for more climate change action grow. Here's the background";
"Decarbonisation Futures: Solutions, actions and benchmarks for a net-zero emissions Australia".
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The Melbourne Age gives readers the story headed ”The road to COP-26”.
Now we have six more stories from that same newspaper:
"Prince Charles urges Scott Morrison to attend climate summit to help avoid global ‘catastrophe";
"Industries to be shielded in federal bid for net-zero";
"Regional Australia to be promised clean energy jobs boom";
"States paving way for Prime Minister to boost 2030 climate target";
"Evidence mounts that Australian business and voters agree on climate";
"Hype or holy grail: What’s driving the hydrogen rush?";
"Act on Climate update: Countdown to COP26";
"Eight of the PM’s most ‘powerful’ quotes";
"Net-zero by 2050 means eliminating fossil fuels from the grid by 2035";
"At least one group expects Morrison in Glasgow, but will he go?";
"All-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge shoots to top of Australian EV sales";
"News Corp’s Andrew Bolt says his company’s climate campaign is ‘rubbish’";
"Australian politics’ hypocritical climate kabuki dance has nobody fooled";
"News Corp’s turnaround on climate crisis is a greenwash";
"Nationals have ‘about a 95% chance’ of backing net-zero", Darren Chester says";
"NDCs, climate finance and 1.5C: your Cop26 jargon buster";
"Turkey ratifies the Paris Agreement after approving a 2053 net-zero" goal";
"Indigenous activists come to D.C. with a message for Biden: Declare a national climate emergency";
"The CVGA is the Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance";
"Climate activists call for investigation of Brazil's President, Jair Bolsonaro, over Amazon policies";
"The Powerful Owls of Wombat Forest";
"The net-zero bandwagon is gathering steam, and resistant MPs are about to be run over";
"Politics with Michelle Grattan: A prime minister, a prince and the ‘last chance saloon’";
"Pat Baskett: Climate change’s biggest myth";
"The energy dilemma of eating";
"Pressure on Govt to offer incentives to produce biofuel from local forestry waste";
"Higgins Storm Chasing";
"Lack of climate action could put 70,000 Australian jobs at risk, report warns";
"Hunger in Madagascar's climate change famine";
"Forget your carbon footprint. Let's talk about your climate shadow";
"Carbon border taxes could cost Australia at least $4.5 billion a year and 70,000 jobs: Report";
"Scottish Government invests £1.8 billion to cut emissions from homes and buildings";
"Virgin Atlantic announces ambitious carbon targets to ensure it meets net-zero by 2050";
"Why U.S. policy is crucial to EV adoption";
"How Georgia farmers are protecting their cattle from extreme heat";
"Climate of the Nation 2021";
"Australian Electric Vehicle Association (AEVA) 2030 vision".
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Prince Charles (pictured) has urged Scott Morrison to join other world leaders in Glasgow at the end of this month for COP26.
Today’s Quick Climate Links are:
“Prince Charles urges Scott Morrison to attend climate summit” from The New Daily;
And from ABC News it’s: “Prince Charles urges Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other leaders to attend COP26”;
CleanTechnica has a story headed: “IN: Arctic Experts & Scientists; OUT: Unqualified Political Operatives”;
And from the Red Team Analysis Society: “The Military and the “Climate Blowback” – Summer 2021 (1)”;
Again from The New Daily: “Paul Bongiorno: Hot air and slogans are masking a government falling apart”;
Now it’s five stories from The Guardian:
“Train or plane? The climate crisis is forcing us to rethink all long-distance travel”;
“The advertising industry is fuelling climate disaster, and it’s getting away with it”;
“‘Last-chance saloon’: Prince Charles urges Scott Morrison to attend Cop26 climate summit”;
“Guardian Essential poll: most Australians want Morrison to set a higher emissions reduction target”;
“Cop26: world poised for big leap forward on climate crisis, says John Kerry”;
Inside Climate News asks the question: “Can the World’s Most Polluting Heavy Industries Decarbonize?”;
Yale Climate Connections tells readers: “More ships are crossing the Arctic, worrying many local Indigenous people”;
Now it is two stories from the Melbourne Age:
“News Corp’s climate campaign is a political development with impact”;
“Barnaby Joyce preparing to back net-zero, with conditions”;
The New York Times takes a look at the Dixie Fire: “Inside the Massive and Costly Fight to Contain the Dixie Fire”;
From Reuters: “U.S., EU line up over 20 more countries for global methane pact”;
Australia’s Impress Media tells readers: “NSW retirement village 1.2MW Enphase-based private grid network gains five-year payback from cutting power costs”;
And finally, two stories from Medium:
“Climate crisis: Our reality”;
“Did COVID-19 Slow Down Climate Change?”.
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"Morrison's Net Zero Fraud";
"Climate 200 raises $2m in six weeks to help independents but expects Liberal party ‘interference’";
"15-year-old poet calls on people to apply their talents to fighting climate change";
"Young adults worldwide have blunt message for governments: ‘We don’t trust you.’";
"What is geoengineering? … and why it’s a ‘break glass’ plan";
"Democratizing the approach to geoengineering the climate";
"Climate 200's 2000 Donor Party";
"Pick-up trucks and climate politics: will American drivers go electric?";
"The frenetic fan dance of the fools tells us the Coalition has reached crunch time on climate";
"UN declares access to a clean environment a human right";
"We need to talk about your gas stove, your health and climate change";
"Business Council calls for 46-50% emissions reduction by 2030 on path to net-zero";
"How Australia got blindsided in the great Pacific climate coup";
"Morrison’s tiptoe through the climate minefield shouldn’t lead him to a COPout";
"The New York Times Climate Hub";
"Rupert Murdoch’s Australia News Outlets to Ease Their Climate Denial";
"How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate";
"DHS Says Climate Change Will Lead To More Illegal Border Crossings";
"The Young Labor Campaign for A Green New Deal";
"Climate Solutions at Work";
"Southern Cross University regenerative ag course named nation's best agriculture degree";
"Business Council of Australia calls for ambitious short-term carbon emissions reduction target";
"'Another nail in the coffin': Indian-owned Australian coal mine suffers big legal reverse";
"UAE sets net-zero by 2050 target, promises renewable investments";
"Dispute grips Green Climate Fund over net-zero condition for accessing finance";
"The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction";
"Cargo-ship congestion is bringing more dirty air to Southern California";
"Fossil fuel companies paying top law firms millions to ‘dodge responsibility’";
"Galvanizing Climate Action in the Face of Environmental Catastrophes";
"Older people excluded from climate response, says UN";
"Energy Crisis Sets Stage for Record Global Carbon Emissions";
"Road to net-zero: What the rest of the world thinks about Australia’s climate policy";
"World Meteorological Organization Sharpens Warnings About Both Too Much and Too Little Water";
"Warming Trends: A Delay in Autumn Leaves, More Bad News for Corals and the Vicious Cycle of War and Eco-Destruction";
"College formally announces plan to divest from fossil fuels";
"Revealed: Two-Thirds of Online Posts from Six Major European Fossil Fuel Companies ‘Greenwashing’";
"Global forum for urban leaders taking on the climate emergency";
"Climate change blamed for killing 14% of the world's coral reefs in just 10 years";
"Towards net zero: Practical policies to offset carbon emissions";
"'We're going to be a disaster scene here', South Coast councils foot the bill";
"‘This is a story that needs to be told’: BBC film tackles Climategate scandal";
"Empire Energy received $5m tax incentive for fracking gas well in Beetaloo Basin";
"‘Square the ledger’: farmers push Nationals for dedicated income stream in emissions reduction policy";
"Volta Trucks establishes electric vehicle demand in Europe";
"Carbon tax will 'close gulf between promises and policies'";
"Richie Merzian: Net-zero by 2050 is a fraud if fossil fuels flourish";
"Australia’s $2.1 trillion future with 672,000 jobs and net-zero emissions";
"News Corp Australia reveal plans to achieve net-zero goals by 2050";
"We can’t stabilise the climate without carbon offsets – so how do we make them work?";
"Australia could ‘green’ its degraded landscapes for just 6% of what we spend on defence".
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Damien Cave (pictured) came to Sydney four years ago to set up a news bureau for The New York Times, the first it has had in Australia since the Second World War.
Damien talks about the coverage of the climate crisis in Australia, how his new home is something of a "canary in the coalmine" for climate change, the challenges of dealing with what is the most secretive democracy in the developed world and how his newspaper will take its "Climate Hub" to Glasgow in November.
Since arriving in Australia with his young family, Damien has discovered much about the local attitude to risk and the "stark differences" between what he has experienced here and the culture of his American home.
The differences were so great that he wrote about in his just-published book: "Into the Rip: How the Australian Way of Risk Made My Family Stronger, Happier ... and Less American".
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Swedish activist, Greta Thunberg (pictured) is one of the heroes of the climate movement.
“Zali Steggall MP presents climate policy solution for COP26”;
Coming up on October 15 all around Australia is the “School Strike for Climate”.
From Farmers for Climate Action: “Farming under solar, wind and transmission lines”;
And from EnviroNews: “Concern over DRC’s plan to lift logging ban in Congo forest”;
Read about the: “Sustainable Competitiveness Index World Map”;
Two stories from RenewEconomy:
“Sunshine for sale:” NT plans massive hubs to support solar, battery and hydrogen”;
“Why solar farms won’t stew your fruit or boil your berries”;
Five stories from The Guardian:
“Spain’s energy cooperatives lead charge to exploit solar power”;
“Climate 200 raises $2m in six weeks to help independents but expects Liberal party ‘interference’”;
“Google Maps to show the lowest carbon route for car journeys”;
“Angus Taylor advised by department that IPCC climate report was ‘balanced’, documents show”;
“Climate 200 raises $2m in six weeks to help independents but expects Liberal party ‘interference’”;
From the Smart Energy Council it’s: “The Global Race to Zero Summit”;
Readers learn from Medium: “ Changed Climate = Changed Human Behaviour”;
Finally, from Inside Climate News: “Drought is Causing U.S. Hydropower to Have a Rough Year. Is This a Sign of a Long-Term Shift?”;
From the Conflict and Environment Observatory: “A lack of transparency makes it hard to calculate the true scale of military emissions but it’s clear they are significant”;
A complete guide from the “Australian Energy Foundation”;
Learn about “COP26”;
From The New Daily: “‘Peak ridiculous’: Nationals’ $250 billion mining fund slammed as dud investment”;
And now, it’s stories from The Melbourne Age:
“Big banks to feel more heat on fossil fuel funding”;
“Climate change prompts plan to replace trees in Carlton Gardens”;
“Australians wait more than a decade to reap cost-benefit from an electric vehicle”;
“Farmers have done their ‘heavy lifting’ on climate action, Nationals say”;
“‘Overdrive’: Energy crunch propels Asian gas price to record high”;
“Victoria to rely more heavily on desal water as climate change bites”;
"Latest energy crisis highlights reasons PM needs to go to Glasgow";
"Shareholder activists target Westpac, NAB and ANZ over fossil fuel lending";
"Big banks to feel more heat on fossil fuel funding".
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Gina Rinehart (pictured) has told students at her old school to avoid being influenced by climate change propaganda.
"Gina Rinehart warns of ‘propaganda’ in climate denial video to students";
"Gina Rinehart takes Canadian government to court in bid to keep coal dream alive";
"Australia must increase 2030 emissions target to help avoid ‘catastrophic’ heating, Samoan PM says";
"Here’s Why Bill Gates’ “Solutions” to Climate Change are Utterly Foolish";
"Population and climate change";
"Pacific leaders push for halving of emissions by 2030 to prevent climate change catastrophe";
"Fossil fuel industry gets subsidies of $11m a minute, IMF finds";
"AFR poll: majority want Scott Morrison to go to Glasgow climate talks";
"Can Australia’s path to net-zero really be fuelled by carbon capture and LNG?"
"Australia still a fossil in global electric car market";
"‘Eye-watering’: climate change disasters will cost Australia billions each year, study finds";
"In One Place, for One Fish, Climate Change May Be a Boon";
"We analysed 100 million bike trips to reveal where in the world cyclists are most likely to brave rain and cold";
"Just half of govt vehicles to decarbonise by 2025";
"Global impact of smoke aerosols from landscape fires on climate and the Hadley circulation";
"UN report warns of global water crisis amid climate change";
"Australians ready to embrace electric cars and want their pollies to back the switch: poll";
"Net-zero debate hits home: New study reveals net-zero emissions is a growing issue for Australians";
"Liberal MPs scorn Nationals’ $250bn plan for taxpayers to underwrite fossil fuels";
"5 reasons why the Morrison government needs a net-zero target, not just a flimsy plan";
"How fussy eating and changing environments led to the diversity of sharks today (and spelled the end for megalodon)";
"Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Study of Humanity’s Role in Changing Climate";
"Climate change killed 14% of the world’s coral reefs in a decade, study finds";
"Polar Bears Are Suffering from the Arctic’s Loss of Sea Ice. So Is Scientists’ Ability to Study Them";
"UN weather agency warns of water crisis without urgent reforms";
"Climate change protester disrupts Louis Vuitton show in Paris";
"How Methane Emissions Contribute to Climate Change";
"COP26 Resource Hub";
"What Vulnerable Countries Need from the COP26 Climate Summit";
"Will Progress at Climate Week Spur More Action?";
"Cities Are Surprising Leaders in Forest Conservation";
"NSW government faces crucial court challenge to Murray-Darling water plan";
"Third new coal project approved by Australian environment minister Sussan Ley in just one month";
"‘Greta is right’: climate pledges must be matched by action, say Mars executives";
"Biomass is promoted as a carbon-neutral fuel. But is burning wood a step in the wrong direction?";
"To truly reach net-zero emissions, we need to transform the business supply chain";
"How ‘nuisance’ flooding is hurting coastal economies";
"Flooding causes travel chaos in London as Tube and roads forced to close";
"Hyperdrive Daily: Growing Optimism On Electric Trucks";
"Does Tree Planting Stop Global Warming?";
"How Construction Practice Will Change for a Hotter Climate";
"The Solution to Halt Climate Change for 20 Years is Available";
"Level Down" - George Monbiot;
"Lagos advocates collaboration against climate change";
"PM Morrison cool on Glasgow but Rudd says he must go";
"Australia on the cusp of a zero-emissions iron ore deal with South Korea";
"Climate pressure mounts on Australia as world’s coral dies off";
"GM brings forward its target for 100% renewable energy";
"It’s not just you: Everyone is Googling ‘climate anxiety’";
"The Nobel Prize in physics honors work on climate change and complex systems";
"The National Sustainable Living Festival (NSLF)";
"Govt collaborates with stakeholders to promote clean, efficient cooking technologies – Minister";
"FRSC, Gombe partner on tree planting";
"Model 3 tops all new car sales in UK, beats Hilux in NZ. But in Australia ….";
"Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Scientists for Tool That Builds Better Catalysts";
"We need to get real about carbon offsets in Australia – they won’t stop climate change";
"Pandemic Complicates Preparations for COP26 Climate Summit";
"Pasta shortages at supermarkets because climate change killed wheat";
"Climate activists crossed the line with roadblocks, says minister";
"Cop26: fears smaller nations will be priced out of hosting pavilions";
"Hydrogen boiler revolution ‘pretty much impossible’, says minister";
"Greens Election Campaign Kick-Off";
"Kean to retain energy for time being, as solar farm critic elected Nationals boss";
"Angus Taylor’s ARENA regulations likely to be unlawful, silk warns";
"Young adults worldwide have blunt message for governments: ‘We don’t trust you.’ ";
"Mennonite leader helps other pastors speak up on climate change".
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